Carlos Carmona

For the Spanish footballer, see Carlos Carmona Bonet.

Carlos Carmona

Carmona playing for Atalanta in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Emilio Carmona Tello
Date of birth	(1987-02-21) February 21, 1987
Place of birth	Coquimbo, Chile
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Atalanta
Number	17
Youth career
	Coquimbo Unido
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2007	Coquimbo Unido	92	(7)
2008	O'Higgins	17	(3)
2008–2010	Reggina	67	(0)
2010–	Atalanta	155	(5)
International career‡
2005–2007	Chile U20	20	(1)
2008–	Chile	48	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2014

Carlos Emilio Carmona Tello (born February 21, 1987) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Atalanta as a midfielder.

Club career

Carmona started his career as a centre midfielder in Coquimbo Unido. Two years later he moved to O'Higgins, but appeared sparingly during his one season spell.

On June 1, 2008, Carmona was bought by Serie A side Reggina. He made his debut abroad on 14 September, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw against Torino. Carmona appeared in 32 matches during the campaign (being mostly used as a holding midfielder), which ended in relegation.

In the 2010 summer Carmona moved to Atalanta, also relegated to Serie B, in a co-ownership deal. He contributed with 32 appearances (30 as a starter) as La Dea returned to the top level.

International career

Youth

Carmone was Chile's youngest player at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands where he showed some glimpse of talent in Chile's opening game, a 7–0 win against Honduras. Two years later, he captained Chile to the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup where he played in a 3–0 win against Canada, a 3–0 win against Congo, a 4–0 win against Nigeria and a 1–0 win against Austria; Chile eventually were bronze medallists at the end of tournament.

His international fortunes continued as Chile's coach Marcelo Bielsa called him up for the 2008 Toulon Tournament, a Under-23 football event, where Carmona won a silver medal with his side.

Senior

His performances in Toulon won him a spot in Chile's starting 11 for two World Cup Qualifying (South Africa 2010) games - away victories against Bolivia (2–0) and Venezuela (3–2), starting on both occasions as the team's only defensive central midfielder.

On February 6, 2013, against Egypt, Carmona scored his first goal for the national team in a 2–1 victory for the Chilean team.

Carmona was named in the 2015 Copa America squad but had to withdraw through injury and was replaced by José Pedro Fuenzalida.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 February 2013	Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain	Egypt	2-0	2-1	Friendly

External links

• Carlos Carmona at National-Football-Teams.com
• Carlos Carmona – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Carlos Carmona at Soccerway