Rafael Caroca
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rafael Antonio Caroca Cordero | ||
| Date of birth | 19 July 1989[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Curicó, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Deportes Iquique | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2007 | Colo-Colo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2014 | Colo-Colo | 51 | (0) |
| 2008 | → O'Higgins (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → La Serena (loan) | 31 | (2) |
| 2013–2014 | → Iquique (loan) | 37 | (1) |
| 2014– | Iquique | 35 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008–2010 | Chile U23 | 6 | (0) |
| 2008 | Chile | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 November 2013. | |||
Rafael Antonio Caroca Cordero (born 19 July 1989) is a Chilean footballer that currently plays for Deportes Iquique in the Primera División de Chile.
He is from Chilean father and Venezuelan mother.
Club career
Born in Curicó, Maule Region, Caroca arrived in Colo-Colo's youth academy aged 14, after being discovered in 2004 by Marcelo Espina, club’s legend.[1] Three years later, already on mid-2007, he was promoted to the first-adult team and appeared in the bench some Torneo Clausura games.
For the 2008 he was loaned to O'Higgins to gain experience. However he returned to Macul–based team the following year and was part of the champion team that reached the Torneo Clausura. In January 2010, Caroca was loaned to Deportes La Serena and stayed there until December 2011 where was an immovable player during his spell.
International career
In January 2008, Marcelo Bielsa called up Caroca to the Chilean national team which were played in Asia for friendlies against Japan and South Korea.[2] He was also called up for the March 2008 friendly against Israel in Jerusalem; Caroca was the only player from the domestic league to be named in the squad.[3]
In May 2008, Caroca was once again selected by Bielsa. This time it was to the u-23 2008 Toulon Tournament. Caroca started the last three games Chile played in the tournament. Caroca was one of the youngest players to see significant playing time during the tournament. Caroca was named the best young player of the tournament.[4]
Honours
Club
- Colo-Colo
- Torneo de Clausura (2): 2007, 2009
- Deportes Iquique
International
References
- 1 2 Pannain, Guilherme (2 June 2009). "Caroca: futuro chileno" (in Portuguese). Trivela.
- ↑ "Chile enfrentará a Japón en amistoso" (in Spanish). AFP. 25 January 2008.
- ↑ "Marcelo Bielsa jugará con un tridente ofensivo contra Israel" (in Spanish). Yahoo!. 25 March 2008.
- ↑ JFM (31 May 2008). "La nueva hornada criolla toma Europa". Diario Vasco.
External links
- Soccweway Profile
- Rafael Caroca at National-Football-Teams.com
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