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Greg Garza

American soccer player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 28, 2025
Entity authorityQ2083727
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Gregory "Greg" Martin Garza (born August 16, 1991) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a left-back.

Club career

Estoril Praia

Garza spent several years with Sporting Clube de Portugal's under-19 team, but he was not offered a contract with the senior squad. As a result, he moved to Estoril Praia on a two-year contract in August 2010.

Club Tijuana

Garza signed with Mexican Primera División side Club Tijuana on December 21, 2011.

Garza made his debut coming in as a sub in minute 73 for José Sand against Monarcas Morelia in a 1–1 tied game. He scored the first goal of his career for the club on October 13, 2012, in a 2–2 draw at Santos Laguna.

Atlanta United

In December 2016 it was announced that Garza had signed a one-year loan deal with newly formed side Atlanta United for the 2017 season. Atlanta acquired Garza's MLS right from Columbus Crew SC in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.

On November 29, 2017, Atlanta announced that it had signed Garza to a permanent multi-year deal. Greg Garza made $175,008 for the 2018 MLS Season.

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“Greg Garza” enters the record as american soccer player. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Greg, Garza and American can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1991, 2010, 2011, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1991-08-16. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Greg, Garza and American.
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“Greg Garza” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Greg, Garza and American provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 28, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2083727. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

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This entry incorporates text from Greg Garza” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.