Gabri (footballer, born 1979)

Gabriel Francisco García de la Torre (born 10 February 1979), known as Gabri, is a Spanish retired footballer, currently manager of CE Atlètic Lleida.

He spent seven years of his professional career with Barcelona (13 counting youth teams), winning four major titles but almost exclusively as a backup, totalling 194 games and 13 goals.

[2] Gabri was promoted to the main squad for the 1999–2000 campaign, making his debut on 8 August in the first leg of the Supercopa de España as a 77th-minute substitute for Phillip Cocu in the 1–0 loss at Valencia CF (4–3 aggregate defeat).

[7] While he did not even make the bench for the 2006 Champions League final which his team won against Arsenal, he scored to open a 3–1 home victory against SV Werder Bremen in the group phase on 22 November.

There, he immediately won the Johan Cruyff Shield in a 3–1 defeat of PSV Eindhoven in August,[12] and was also a key element in a side that lost the Eredivisie on the last matchday, to the same opposition.

[19] After making his full debut on 30 April 2003 in a friendly with Ecuador,[20] Gabri went on to represent the nation at UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal,[21][22] not leaving the bench in an eventual group-stage exit.

[27] At the end of December 2018, Gabri signed with FC Andorra with former Barcelona teammate Albert Jorquera as his assistant, following Gerard Piqué's acquisition of the principality-based club in Catalan regional football.

[34] The team had a sharp drop in budget and mostly relied on youth, with him fielding 27 players in 17 games, losing nine; he was dismissed on 19 December while lying two points inside the relegation zone.