Lobo Carrasco

Francisco Carrasco

Personal information
Full name	Francisco José Carrasco Hidalgo
Date of birth	(1959-03-06) 6 March 1959
Place of birth	Alcoy, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Template:Spanish name 2 Francisco José Carrasco Hidalgo (born 6 March 1959) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a winger, and a current coach.

Nicknamed Lobo, he played most of his 14-year professional career with Barcelona (eleven seasons), appearing in more than 350 official games and ten winning major titles.

A Spanish international for nine years, Carrasco represented the country at the 1986 World Cup and two European Championships.

Club career

Born in Alcoy, Alicante, Valencian Community, Carrasco was a product of the FC Barcelona youth system, and quickly made a name for himself in La Liga and Europe, with a brilliant display of creative dribbling. Having made his debuts with the first team during 1978–79, he also shone in that season's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final, a 4–3 thriller extra time win against Germany's Fortuna Düsseldorf.

After more than 300 official appearances and nearly 50 league goals scored for the Blaugrana, winning the 1984–85 league title, Carrasco spent three seasons with Ligue 1 club FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, retiring after a short stint with UE Figueres, in a return to Catalonia. Subsequently, he became a manager: in 2005–06 he finished the season with Atlético Malagueño, with the Andalusia team eventually being relegated from the second division. In the 2007–08 campaign, he coached lowly Real Oviedo.

International career

Having first appeared for Spain in a friendly with Romania on 4 April 1979 (2–2 away draw), Carrasco went on to gain 35 caps with five goals, being selected for UEFA Euro 1980 and 1984 (where he played all five matches for the runners-up, scoring from the penalty kick spot against Romania in another tie, 1–1).

He was also picked for the squad that appeared in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, but did not leave the bench for the eventual quarter-finalists.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
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

Honours

Club

Barcelona

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1978–79, 1981–82, 1988–89
• Spanish League: 1984–85
• Spanish Cup: 1980–81, 1982–83, 1987–88
• Spanish Supercup: 1983
• Spanish League Cup: 1982–83, 1985–86
• European Cup: Runner-up 1985–86

Country

• UEFA European Championship: Runner-up 1984

External links

• Lobo Carrasco at BDFutbol
• Lobo Carrasco manager profile at BDFutbol
• Lobo Carrasco at National-Football-Teams.com
• Lobo Carrasco – FIFA competition record (archived)