Spanish footballer
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Alcaraz and the second or maternal family name is
González .
Luis Lucas Alcaraz González (born 21 June 1966) is a Spanishfootball manager .
In a managerial career of over two decades, he competed in tenLa Liga seasons at the helm ofRecreativo (with whom he reached the2003 Copa del Rey final ),Racing de Santander ,Granada andLevante . He was also in charge of eight clubs in theSegunda División , winning promotion with Recreativo andMurcia , and had a brief spell in international selection withAlgeria .
Born inGranada ,Andalusia , Alcaraz started coaching withAD Adra in 1994 at the age of 28,[ 1] and subsequently achieved two top-four finishes in theSegunda División B in his three-year spell atGranada CF , but failing to promote in the playoffs.[ 2] In the following two seasons he managed in the same tier and region, withAlmería CF andDos Hermanas CF ,suffering relegation with the former .[ 3] [ 4]
In June 2000, the 34-year-old Alcaraz signed forRecreativo de Huelva ,[ 5] helping the oldest club in Spain return toLa Liga after an absence of 23 years in2002 behind championsAtlético Madrid andRacing de Santander .[ 6] Even thoughRecre returned to the second division immediately , they also managed toreach the final of theCopa del Rey , losing 3–0 toRCD Mallorca .[ 7]
Alcaraz then moved to Racing Santander, being sacked midway through the2004–05 campaign due to bad results.[ 8] He spent the following two seasons in theSegunda División , helpingReal Murcia CF topromote in 2007 [ 9] butbeing immediately relegated afterwards – he was fired on 6 March 2008 –[ 10] andmeeting the same fate with his following club, Recreativo.[ 11]
In the summer of 2009, Alcaraz signed with another team in his native Andalusia,Córdoba CF (division two),[ 12] helping the sidefinish tenth in his first season . In late June 2011, he re-joined Almería – now calledUnión Deportiva –recently relegated from the top flight .[ 13]
On 3 April 2012, after only four points in six games and no wins, Alcaraz was relieved of his duties.[ 14] On 30 January of the following year, after a very short spell inGreece withAris Thessaloniki FC ,[ 15] he returned to his country and Granada, with the club now in the top tier.[ 16]
Alcaraz was appointed atLevante UD on 21 October 2014, replacing firedJosé Luis Mendilibar after just eight rounds.[ 17] One year and four days later, following a 0–4 home defeat toReal Sociedad , he was sacked.[ 18]
On 11 June 2016, Alcaraz was announced as the newElche CF manager,[ 19] only to refuse the job six days later.[ 20] On 3 October, he began his third spell at Granada.[ 21]
As the team stoodsecond-bottom in the table , Alcaraz was relieved of his duties on 10 April 2017.[ 22] Three days later, he was appointed at the helm of theAlgeria national side ,[ 23] but was fired in October afterfailing to qualify for the2018 FIFA World Cup , receiving a €345,000 payout.[ 24]
Alcaraz returned to Almería on 16 November 2017, replacingLuis Miguel Ramis .[ 25] He resigned on 24 April 2018, after an eight-match winless run.[ 26]
On 22 October 2018, Alcaraz was appointedReal Zaragoza manager in place of the sackedImanol Idiakez .[ 27] On 17 December, he was himself dismissed.[ 28]
Alcaraz was named manager ofAlbacete Balompié on 3 February 2020, still in the second division,[ 29] He was relieved of his duties on 13 October, just five matches into thenew season .[ 30]
On 29 December 2021, Alcaraz moved to Cyprus withOlympiakos Nicosia , but left after collecting no wins in eight games.[ 31] In November 2022, he becameUD Ibiza 's third manager of thesecond-tier campaign .[ 32]
On 6 June 2023, after the relegation of theBalearic Islands side, Alcaraz left.[ 33] On 24 December, he signed forF.C. Nassaji Mazandaran in thePersian Gulf Pro League ,[ 34] leaving his post the following February.[ 35]
Alcaraz's father,Felipe , was apolitician and awriter , being a longtime secretary-general of theCommunist Party of Andalusia .[ 36] [ 37] [ 38] His grandfather wasManuel González , and hisnamesake his uncle.[ 39]
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