Lluís Carreras

Not to be confused with Luis Carrera.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carreras and the second or maternal family name is Ferrer.

Lluís Carreras
Carreras in 2018
Personal information
Full name Lluís Carreras Ferrer
Date of birth (1972-09-24) 24 September 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Sant Pol de Mar, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1985–1989 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1990 Barcelona C 1 (0)
1990–1993 Barcelona B 85 (22)
1993–1996 Barcelona 19 (0)
1993–1994 → Oviedo (loan) 30 (1)
1994–1995 → Racing Santander (loan) 26 (1)
1996–2001 Mallorca 94 (8)
2001–2003 Atlético Madrid 36 (2)
2003–2004 Murcia 15 (0)
2004–2007 Alavés 28 (0)
Total 334 (34)
International career
1988–1989 Spain U16 2 (1)
1990 Spain U18 3 (0)
1992–1994 Spain U21 7 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Alavés B (assistant)
2009–2010 Alavés B
2010–2013 Sabadell
2014 Mallorca
2015–2016 Zaragoza
2017 Gimnàstic
2019 Sagan Tosu
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Spain
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1994 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lluís Carreras Ferrer (born 24 September 1972) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mostly as a left-back but also as a defensive midfielder, currently a manager.

He started his professional career with Barcelona, without much success, and went on to amass La Liga totals of 169 matches and eight goals in representation of six other clubs. He added 149 games and 25 goals in the Segunda División, over six seasons.

After retiring, Carreras became a coach and guided Sabadell to promotion to Segunda División in his first full season. After three years there, he also managed Mallorca, Zaragoza and Gimnàstic de Tarragona, all of them in the Spanish second tier.

Playing career

Born in Sant Pol de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Carreras was a product of FC Barcelona's famed youth system, La Masia. He made his first-team debut on 4 April 1993 in a 3–0 home win against CD Logroñés,[1] in what would be his only La Liga match of the season.

After two loans with interesting playing time, at Real Oviedo[2] and Racing de Santander, Carreras returned to Barça. Although he appeared regularly in 1995–96's league, they came out empty in silverware.

Carreras then lived his most steady period at RCD Mallorca,[3] although never an undisputed starter. He achieved top-flight promotion in his first season, totalling 128 competitive appearances during his spell in the Balearic Islands.

Subsequently, Carreras had similar experiences with both Atlético Madrid[4] and Deportivo Alavés.[5] after featuring regularly in both clubs' promotion from the Segunda División, he saw very little time the following campaigns; in between, he spent 2003–04 with Real Murcia also in the top division.

Carreras' career would end on a sour note: when playing for the Basque side, he clashed with eccentric owner/chairman/manager Dmitry Piterman.[6] Teammate Roberto Bonano, who stepped up in his defence, was also suspended;[7] both retired shortly afterwards.

Coaching career

After retiring, Carreras returned to his last club to have his first head coaching experience in 2009, with the reserves in the Tercera División.[8] In his debut campaign at the helm of CE Sabadell FC,[9] he led them to promotion to the second tier after 18 years.[10][11]

On 30 May 2013, after avoiding relegation for the second time in a row, Carreras resigned amid rumors he could sign for a top team in the same league.[12] It finally happened on 26 February of the following year when he was appointed at the helm of RCD Mallorca, replacing the fired José Luis Oltra.[13]

Carreras was relieved of his duties on 20 May 2014, after winning only ten points out of 36.[14] On 27 December 2015 he was named Real Zaragoza manager[15] but, after failing to reach the play-off positions with a 6–2 loss at already relegated UE Llagostera in the last matchday of the season, he resigned.[16]

On 21 June 2017, Carreras signed a two-year contract with another second-division club, Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[17] After just four league games (one draw and three losses), he was dismissed.[18]

Carreras was hired by a foreign club for the first time in December 2018, when Japan's Sagan Tosu named him as manager for the upcoming season; they had recently secured the high-profile transfer of his former Atlético teammate Fernando Torres.[19] He resigned the following 5 May, with the side last-placed having scored just once in their first ten J1 League matches.[20]

Managerial statistics

As of 9 January 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Alavés B Spain 12 February 2009 29 June 2010 48 21 10 17 86 51 +35 043.75 [21]
Sabadell Spain 29 June 2010 30 May 2013 133 47 39 47 150 166 −16 035.34 [22]
Mallorca Spain 26 February 2014 20 May 2014 12 2 4 6 8 15 −7 016.67 [23]
Zaragoza Spain 27 December 2015 6 June 2016 24 10 7 7 31 29 +2 041.67 [24]
Gimnàstic Spain 22 June 2017 9 September 2017 5 0 2 3 2 9 −7 000.00 [25]
Sagan Tosu Japan 22 December 2018 30 April 2019 13 2 2 9 4 19 −15 015.38 [26]
Total 235 82 64 89 281 289 −8 034.89 —

Honours

Barcelona

Mallorca

Atlético Madrid

Spain U21

References

  1. ^ El Barça golea sin acusar las ausencias (Barça rout regardless of absences); Mundo Deportivo, 5 April 1993 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Maqueda y Carreras, presentados en Oviedo (Maqueda and Carreras, presented in Oviedo); Mundo Deportivo, 23 July 1993 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Alud de presentaciones (Presentations galore); Mundo Deportivo, 20 July 1996 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Carreras, el quinto fichaje del Atlético (Carreras, Atlético's fifth signing); Mundo Deportivo, 28 June 2001 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Carreras aspira al ascenso (Carreras aims for promotion); Mundo Deportivo, 20 July 2004 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Carreras denuncia el "trato vejatorio" de Piterman (Carreras denounces "vexatious treatment" by Piterman); 20 minutos, 16 February 2006 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Bonano se planta ante Piterman y le dejan solo (Bonano confronts Piterman and is left alone); Gara, 21 February 2007 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Zárate promociona a Pablo Gómez (Zárate promotes Pablo Gómez); El Correo, 12 February 2009 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Lluís Carreras, nuevo entrenador del Sabadell (Lluís Carreras, new manager of Sabadell); Mundo Deportivo, 2 May 2010 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ 1–0: Eneko marca y la fiesta es completa para el Sabadell (1–0: Eneko scores and celebration complete for Sabadell); Mundo Deportivo, 5 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ La nueva vida del Sabadell (Sabadell's new life); El Periódico de Catalunya, 18 October 2011 (in Spanish)
  12. ^ Lluis Carreras hace oficial que no sigue en el banquillo arlequinado (Lluis Carreras makes it official that he does not remain in the arquelinado bench); Marca, 30 May 2013 (in Spanish)
  13. ^ Lluís Carreras sustituye a Oltra en el banquillo del Mallorca (Lluís Carreras replaces Oltra in Mallorca's bench); Diario AS, 26 February 2014 (in Spanish)
  14. ^ Lluis Carreras deja de ser el entrenador del Real Mallorca (Lluis Carreras is no longer manager of Real Mallorca); Marca, 20 May 2014 (in Spanish)
  15. ^ Lluis Carreras, nuevo entrenador del Real Zaragoza (Lluis Carreras, new manager of Real Zaragoza); Real Zaragoza, 27 December 2015 (in Spanish)
  16. ^ Lluís Carreras: "Deberán encontrar otro entrenador que sea capaz de conseguir el ascenso" (Lluís Carreras: "They must find another manager who is able to achieve a promotion"); Heraldo de Aragón, 4 June 2016 (in Spanish)
  17. ^ Lluís Carreras, nuevo entrenador del Gimnàstic de Tarragona (Lluís Carreras, new manager of Gimnàstic de Tarragona); La Vanguardia, 21 June 2017 (in Spanish)
  18. ^ Lluís Carreras, destituido como entrenador del Nàstic (Lluís Carreras, dismissed as Nàstic manager); Sport, 9 September 2017 (in Spanish)
  19. ^ "Sagan Tosu appoint new manager Lluis Carreras". The Japan Times. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  20. ^ "Carreras resigns as coach of Japanese side Sagan Tosu". USA Today. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  21. ^ "Tercera División (Grupo 4) 2008–09" [Tercera División (Group 4) 2008–09] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
    "Regional Preferente Alavesa 2009–10" [Regional Preferente Alavesa 2009–10] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  22. ^ "Carreras: Lluís Carreras Ferrer". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
    "Carreras: Lluís Carreras Ferrer". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
    "Carreras: Lluís Carreras Ferrer". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  23. ^ "Carreras: Lluís Carreras Ferrer". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  24. ^ "Carreras: Lluís Carreras Ferrer". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  25. ^ "Carreras: Lluís Carreras Ferrer". BDFutbol. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  26. ^ Lluís Carreras manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese) Edit this at Wikidata