José Luis Garcés Rivera (born 9 May 1981) is a

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nian

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who currently plays for

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side

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Club career

At club level, Garcés plays in the striker position. Nicknamed ''el Pistolero'', he played for clubs in

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, and

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before he returned to Panama because he was not being paid in his club

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Criminal charges

He later signed a loan deal with Arabian club

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but later returned to Panama to play for Árabe Unido, where he got arrested a couple of times and in April 2011 spent time in jail. He was later released in July 2011 and signed with

, making his return to football during the

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match against

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. In July 2012 Garcés was again sentenced to serve time in jail on appeal for the alleged assault in 2011 on a woman who subsequently lost her baby, but in November 2012 he was again released after spending 5 months in prison. In March 2013 he was reportedly targeted by armed men in Puerto Caimito but came out unharmed. In June 2014, Garcés joined Tauro, who released him in June 2015. He subsequently moved to

Plaza Amador Plaza Amador is a Panamanian football club based in Panama City, that currently plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is the oldest team in Panama. History C.D Plaza Amador was founded in 1955 by Panamanian sports legend León Cocoliso Tejad ...

International career

Garcés made his international debut for the

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in 2000 in a match against

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and has earned a total of 32 caps, scoring 9 goals. He represented his country in 10

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matches and played at the

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and

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- RSSSF His final international was a July

match against the

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.''

Honors

;Nacional *

Uruguayan Primera División The Liga Profesional de Primera División (American Spanish , , local: , ''First Division''), named "Torneo Uruguayo Copa Coca-Cola" for sponsorship reasons, is the highest professional Association football, football league in Uruguay organized b ...

(1): 2005–06 ;CSKA Sofia *

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(1): 2007–08 ;National team * Gold Cup runner-Up (1):

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runner-Up (1):

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garces, Jose Luis 1981 births Living people People from La Chorrera District Sportspeople from Panamá Oeste Province Men's association football forwards Panamanian men's footballers 21st-century Panamanian sportsmen Panama men's international footballers 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Sporting San Miguelito players C.D. Árabe Unido players San Francisco F.C. players Grêmio FBPA players Club Nacional de Football players C.F. Os Belenenses players PFC CSKA Sofia players Académica de Coimbra (football) players Al-Ettifaq FC players Tauro F.C. players C.D. Plaza Amador players Panamanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Uruguayan Primera División players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Panamanian criminals Saudi Pro League players Liga Panameña de Fútbol players Sportspeople convicted of crimes