Alejandro_Carrasco
Alejandro Carrasco
Chilean footballer (born 1978)
Alejandro Ulises Carrasco Orellana (born 23 March 1978) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alejandro Ulises Carrasco Orellana | ||
| Date of birth | (1978-03-23) 23 March 1978 (age 46) | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2004 | Audax Italiano | 105 | (12) |
| 2003 | → Skoda Xanthi (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2005 | Colo-Colo | 7 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Deportes Melipilla | 67 | (11) |
| 2006 | → Santiago Wanderers (loan) | 20 | (2) |
| 2008–2014 | Palestino | 104 | (4) |
| 2014–2015 | San Luis | 33 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Everton | 33 | (0) |
| Total | 374 | (29) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
His last club was Everton.
Born in Santiago, Carrasco began playing professional football with Audax Italiano. He helped the club earn promotion from the Chilean second division during the 1995 season. He would play for Audax Italiano in the Chilean first division over the next 7.5 seasons.
Carrasco moved to Greece in July 2003, joining Greek first division side Skoda Xanthi F.C., but played in only five league matches before leaving in December 2003.[1]
He returned to Audax Italiano for the 2004 season, before moving to Chilean first division sides Colo-Colo,[2] Deportes Melipilla, Santiago Wanderers and Palestino.
He was called up to the Chile national team for the friendly matches against Turkey in 2002 and Costa Rica in 2003, but he didn't make his debut.[3]
He is known by his nickname Bocha.[3]
Player
- Palestino
- Primera División de Chile (1): Runner-up 2008 Clausura
- Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (19 September 2004). "Greece 2003/04 (First and Second Level Details)". RSSSF.
- "Alejandro Carrasco es el segundo refuerzo de Colo Colo" (in Spanish). coopertiva.cl. 4 January 2005.
- Dixon, Martín (31 March 2014). "El lamento del "Bocha" Carrasco con la "Roja": "Fui llamado dos veces y en ninguna pude jugar"" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- Alejandro Ulises Carrasco at BDFA (in Spanish)
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