Alejandro Carrasco

Alejandro Carrasco
Personal information
Full name	Alejandro Ulises Carrasco Orellana
Date of birth	23 March 1978
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–2004	Audax Italiano
2003	→ Skoda Xanthi (loan)
2005	Colo-Colo
2005–2008	Deportes Melipilla
2006	→ Santiago Wanderers (loan)
2008–2014	Palestino
2014–2015	San Luis
2015–2016	Everton
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alejandro Ulises Carrasco Orellana (born 23 March 1978) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder.

His last club was Everton.

Club career

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.

International career

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]

Personal life

He is known by his nickname Bocha.[3]

Honours

Player

Palestino

Primera División de Chile (1): Runner-up 2008 Clausura

References

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.

External links

Alejandro Ulises Carrasco at BDFA (in Spanish)

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[1] Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (19 September 2004). "Greece 2003/04 (First and Second Level Details)". RSSSF.

[2] "Alejandro Carrasco es el segundo refuerzo de Colo Colo" (in Spanish). coopertiva.cl. 4 January 2005.

[dixon-3] 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.