Former Liverpool legendary Spain international winger Luis García officially appointed as Malaysian Super League giants Johor Darul Ta'zim's new CEO..

Malaysian Super League defending champions Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT), announced on their official website on Monday that former Liverpool legendary Spain international winger Luis García will be appointed as the club's new CEO.

According to JDT's official statement, García's term will take effect from April 2025. He will replace former Australia international center forward Alistair Edwards as the club's new CEO, who will move to the role as the club's new Technical Director.

In addition, according to the news brought by GOAL's resident renowned English English Liverpool team correspondent Neil Jones, although García will be appointed as Johor Darul Ta'zim's new CEO, this does not mean that his role as Liverpool's official global ambassador will be abolished. The latter will still hold both positions while ensuring that there will be no conflict of interest.

García's appointment as the Malaysian Super League defending champions' new CEO has unsurprisingly quickly attracted local Liverpool fans in Malaysia to leave messages and support on his personal and JDT's official social media accounts.

About Luis García

García, 46, was born on June 24, 1978 in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain. He is 1.76 meters tall and primarily plays as a right winger. He can also play as an attacking midfielder or center forward.

García joined the youth academy of his hometown club Badalona at the age of 6, moved to the Sant Gabriel youth academy at the age of 10, and joined Barcelona's famous La Masia youth academy at the age of 12. He began to play for Barcelona B team in 1997 and completed his Barcelona first-team debut by coming on as a substitute in a Supercopa de España match in August of the following year.

From the summer of 1999 to the first half of 2000, García was loaned-out to Real Valladolid and Toledo successively.

In the summer of 2000, García was loaned to Tenerife, during which he helped the club get promoted, and it was also here that he first met and worked with Liverpool's legendary Spanish head coach Rafael Benítez.

The following summer, García was loaned back to Real Valladolid.

In July 2002, García moved to Atlético Madrid for €3.6 million. The following summer, due to his outstanding performance, Barcelona repurchased his rights for €5 million.

In August 2004, García joined Liverpool for £6 million.

As a member of the Reds, García was highly praised for always scoring goals at critical moments.

In January 2007, because Liverpool began to face financial problems at the time, García was forced to return to Atlético Madrid for £4 million.

However, after returning to Los Colchoneros, García performed poorly in his two-year spell there as he fell out of favour.

After leaving Atléti for the second time in August 2009, García played for Racing Santander, Panathinaikos, Puebla and UNAM, before officially announcing his retirement in January 2014.

However, in July of the same year, García suddenly announced that coming out of reitrement to play for Atlético de Kolkata, during which he won the Indian Super League once with the club.

In January 2016, García joined Central Coast Mariners as a free agent, but was forced to retire again six months later due to constant injury issues.

After retiring, García was appointed as Liverpool's global ambassador, often flying around the world for the Reds to carry out promotional activities, and was also one of the frequent regular guests of Liverpool Legends.

During his three-year spell with the Reds, García played 121 times for the Premier League leaders in all competitions, scored 30 goals, assisted 16 times, won the English FA Cup once, the English Community Shield once, the UEFA Champions League once, and the UEFA Super Cup once with the club, and reached the English League Cup final once and the FIFA World Club Cup once, and was selected into the UEFA Team of the Year once.

At the same time, he also occupies an important legendary position in the hearts of Reds fans because of his key goal known as the "Ghost Goal" in the 2005 Champions League semi-final match against Chelsea, which became the catalyst which led Liverpool to miraculously win the title that year.