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| Full name | Francisco José Carrasco Hidalgo[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1959-03-06)6 March 1959 (age 66)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Alcoy, Spain[1] | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position | Winger | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Lleida | ||||||||||||||
| PB Tarragona | ||||||||||||||
| Torredembarra | ||||||||||||||
| Barcelona | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1978 | Barcelona B | 14 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1978 | →Terrassa (loan) | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1978–1989 | Barcelona | 262 | (49) | |||||||||||
| 1989–1992 | Sochaux | 71 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1992 | Figueres | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Total | 358 | (55) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1977 | Spain U18 | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1978 | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1979 | Spain U23 | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1979–1983 | Spain amateur | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1979–1988 | Spain | 35 | (5) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Málaga B | |||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Oviedo | |||||||||||||
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Francisco José Carrasco Hidalgo (born 6 March 1959) is a Spanish formerfootball player andmanager.
NicknamedLobo,[2][3] he played as awinger and spent most of his 14-year professional career withBarcelona (11 seasons). He won ten major titles with the club, including the1984–85 La Liga and threeCup Winners' Cups.
ASpain international for nine years, Carrasco represented the country at the1986 World Cup and twoEuropean Championships.
Born inAlcoy,Alicante,Valencian Community, Carrasco was a product of theFC Barcelona youth system, and quickly made a name for himself inLa Liga andEurope, with a brilliant display of creative dribbling.[4] Having made his debut with the first team during1978–79, he also shone inthat season'sUEFA Cup Winners' Cupfinal, a 4–3 thrillerextra time win against Germany'sFortuna Düsseldorf.[5]
After 376 competitive appearances for theBlaugrana, winning the1984–85 league title,[6][4] Carrasco spent three seasons withLigue 1 clubFC Sochaux-Montbéliard. He retired following a short stint withUE Figueres, in a return toCatalonia.[7]
Subsequently, Carrasco became a manager: he finished2005–06 atAtlético Malagueño, with theAndalusia team eventually being relegated fromSegunda División.[8][9] In the2007–08 campaign, he coached lowlyReal Oviedo.[10]
Having first appeared forSpain in afriendly withRomania on 4 April 1979 (2–2 away draw), Carrasco went on to collect 35caps with five goals, being selected forUEFA Euro 1980 and1984 (where he played all five matches for the runners-up, scoring from thepenalty kick spot against Romania in another tie, 1–1).[11][12]
Carrasco was also picked for the squad that appeared in the1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, but did not leave the bench for the eventual quarter-finalists.[13]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition[12] |
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| 1. | 15 May 1983 | Ta' Qali,Attard,Malta |  Malta | 2–2 | 2–3 | Euro 1984 qualifying |
| 2. | 14 June 1984 | Geoffroy-Guichard,Saint-Étienne, France |  Romania | 0–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 1984 |
| 3. | 17 October 1984 | Benito Villamarín,Seville, Spain |  Wales | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1986 World Cup qualification |
| 4. | 1 April 1987 | Prater,Vienna,Austria |  Austria | 2–3 | 2–3 | Euro 1988 qualifying |
| 5. | 23 September 1987 | Nou Castalia,Castellón, Spain |  Luxembourg | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
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