Jorge Carrascosa

Jorge Carrascosa
Carrascosa in 1970
Personal information
Full name Jorge Carrascosa
Date of birth (1948-08-15) 15 August 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth Valentín Alsina, Argentina
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Banfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1969 Banfield 52 (0)
1970–1972 Rosario Central 88 (3)
1973–1979 Huracán 287 (0)
Total 427 (3)
International career
1970–1977 Argentina 30 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2007

Jorge Carrascosa (born 15 August 1948 in Valentín Alsina), also known as El Lobo, is an Argentine former footballer who played as a left back. He played club football for Banfield, Rosario Central and Huracán and represented the Argentina national football team.

Career

Carrascosa started his career in 1967 with Banfield. He made his debut for Argentina in 1970 and was signed by Rosario Central, where he was part of the squad that won the Nacional 1971.

In 1973, he joined Huracán where he won a second Argentine championship in his first season, the Metropolitano was the clubs first championship since the professionalisation of Argentine football in 1931.

Carrascosa was a member of the 1974 World Cup squad, but the Argentine team fared poorly, finishing bottom of their 2nd round group.

Carrascosa played for Argentina until 1977, making 30 appearances and scoring one goal.[1] He resigned from the national team, while he was its captain, for personal reasons. He later declared that he was worn out from the media pressure and obsession for success typical of the football world.[2] He played for Huracán until his retirement in 1979.

Honours

Rosario Central
Huracán

References