Lobo Carrasco

Lobo Carrasco
Personal information
Full name	Francisco José Carrasco Hidalgo
Date of birth	6 March 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Alcoy, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
	Lleida
	PB Tarragona
	Torredembarra
	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team
1978	Barcelona B
1978	→ Terrassa (loan)
1978–1989	Barcelona
1989–1992	Sochaux
1992	Figueres
Total
International career
1977	Spain U18
1978	Spain U21
1979	Spain U23
1979–1983	Spain amateur
1979–1988	Spain
Managerial career
2005–2006	Málaga B
2007–2008	Oviedo
Medal record
Representing Spain
UEFA European Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco José Carrasco Hidalgo (born 6 March 1959) is a Spanish retired football player and manager.

Nicknamed Lobo,^[1]^[2] he played as a winger spending most of his 14-year professional career with Barcelona (11 seasons). He won ten major titles with the club including the 1984–85 La Liga and three Cup Winners' Cups.

A Spain international for nine years, Carrasco represented the country at the 1986 World Cup and two European Championships.

Club career

Born in Alcoy, Alicante, Valencian Community, Carrasco was a product of the FC Barcelona youth system, and quickly made a name for himself in La Liga and Europe, with a brilliant display of creative dribbling.^[3] Having made his debut with the first team during 1978–79, he also shone in that season's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final, a 4–3 thriller extra time win against Germany's Fortuna Düsseldorf.^[4]

After more than 350 competitive appearances for the Blaugrana, winning the 1984–85 league title,^[3] Carrasco spent three seasons with Ligue 1 club FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. He retired after a short stint with UE Figueres, in a return to Catalonia.^[5]

Subsequently, Carrasco became a manager: he finished 2005–06 at Atlético Malagueño, with the Andalusia team eventually being relegated from Segunda División.^[6]^[7] In the 2007–08 campaign, he coached lowly Real Oviedo.^[8]

International career

Having first appeared for Spain in a friendly with Romania on 4 April 1979 (2–2 away draw), Carrasco went on to collect 35 caps with five goals, being selected for UEFA Euro 1980 and 1984 (where he played all five matches for the runners-up, scoring from the penalty kick spot against Romania in another tie, 1–1).^[9]^[10]

Carrasco was also picked for the squad that appeared in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, but did not leave the bench for the eventual quarter-finalists.^[11]

Career statistics

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition^[10]
1.	15 May 1983	Ta' Qali, Attard, Malta	Malta	2–2	2–3	Euro 1984 qualifying
2.	14 June 1984	Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France	Romania	0–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 1984
3.	17 October 1984	Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain	Wales	2–0	3–0	1986 World Cup qualification
4.	1 April 1987	Prater, Vienna, Austria	Austria	2–3	2–3	Euro 1988 qualifying
5.	23 September 1987	Nou Castalia, Castellón, Spain	Luxembourg	1–0	2–0	Friendly