Bio

Francisco Javier García Pimienta (born 3 August 1974), known as García Pimienta, is a Spanish football manager and former player. He is the current manager of UD Las Palmas. A left winger, García Pimienta made his senior debut with Barcelona's C-team, and later represented the reserves before making his first team debut in 1997. He featured in a further four La Liga matches with CF Extremadura, and subsequently went on to resume his career in the lower leagues. As a coach, he worked for Barça for twenty years, being named in charge of the B-side in 2018 but being dismissed in 2021.