Due to his extraordinary dribbling ability, García became an idol of Racing Club, being acclaimed even by his rivals.

[4] His brother Salvador played in the Unión de Santa Fe reserve team and brought him to the club for a try, but he was not chosen.

[2] In Gimnasia, García won the Santa Fe regional championship, being part of a forward line nicknamed los pistoleros ("the gunmen") due to their high goal average.

The Rosarian team was still playing in regional tournaments, but García became an idol of the club and gained recognition not only in the city but in the whole country.

Apart from García, Racing hired Alejandro Scopelli and Enrique Guaita and goalkeeper Angel Capuano (all of them, returning from Italy).

[2] In September 1943 García's left received a serious meniscus injury in a match v Boca Juniors, and underwent surgery.

He was part of the Copa América winning squads of 1937 (where he was one of the keyplayers of the team due to his goals and assistances)[2] and 1941, he also played in the 1942 edition of the tournament.

When his professional career ended, García worked at his own sweet shop until 1960, when he returned to football as talent scout and trainer of the youth divisions at Racing Club.

"We do not whish to form players from a day to another so footballers can't escape from the human law of evolution", said García by then.

Goes along the corner, then inside the area, he shots, plays, dances, blends, softens, shrinks the ball... and everything with just one leg.

[2]If the dirty face of football claimed for someone who represented him, so Enrique García, the poet of the left leg, was the man.

He was naughty, mocky, ironic, despective, almost cruel to rivals, joking, angel and demon, admired by some and hated by others.