Juan Ramón Carrasco

Juan Ramón Carrasco

Personal information
Full name	Juan Ramón Carrasco Torres
Date of birth	September 15, 1956
Place of birth	Sarandí del Yí, Uruguay
Playing position	Manager
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1973–1978	Nacional	?	(?)
1979–1980	River Plate	?	(?)
1981	Racing Club	?	(?)
1982–1983	Tecos UAG	28	(4)
1984	Nacional	?	(?)
1985	Cúcuta Deportivo	?	(?)
1985	Danubio	?	(?)
1986	Nacional	?	(?)
1987	Cádiz	10	(2)
1988	River Plate UY	?	(?)
1989	Peñarol	?	(?)
1990	São Paulo	4	(0)
1990	River Plate UY	?	(?)
1991	Bella Vista	?	(?)
1992	Marítimo Caracas	?	(?)
1993-1994	River Plate UY	?	(?)
1995	Nacional	?	(?)
1996	Rampla Juniors	?	(?)
1997	Nacional	?	(?)
2000–2001	Rocha	?	(?)
National team
1975–1985	Uruguay	19	(3)
Teams managed
2000–2001	Rocha
2002	Fénix
2003–2004	Uruguay
2007–2010	River Plate
2010–2011	Nacional
2011	Emelec
2012	Atlético Paranaense
2012	Danubio
2015-	River Plate
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Juan Ramón Carrasco Torres (born September 15, 1956 in Sarandi del Yí, Uruguay), is a Uruguayan football coach and former player, possibly one of the players that had most appearances, in different rosters, in Uruguay. ^[1]

Playing career

Carrasco started his career in 1973 playing for Nacional. He played 19 times for Uruguay in which he scored three goals.^[2]

Carrasco had a spell in Argentina, where he played for River Plate and Racing Club. He also played professional football in Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Colombia and Venezuela.

Coaching career

He started coaching in 2000. He won his first title recently as the coach of Uruguayan Nacional in Uruguayan First Division. His best international performance was made in River Plate during 2009 as the team reached semi-finals for Copa Sudamericana. On July 6, 2011, he signed with Emelec of Ecuador to replace Omar "el Turco" Asad. On November 27, six months later, he resigned. But, on December 26, he signed with Atlético Paranaense of Brazil. He played as an attacking midfielder.

Between 2003 and 2004, Carrasco was the manager of Uruguay.

References

1. "Juan Ramón Carrasco, Ficha del Jugador" (in Spanish).
2. rsssf: Uruguay record international players