Juan Ramón Carrasco

Football manager infobox
playername = Juan Ramón Carrasco


fullname = Juan Ramón Carrasco Torres
nickname = "JR"
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1956|9|15
cityofbirth = Sarandi del Yí
countryofbirth = Uruguay
currentclub = flagicon|Uruguay River Plate
position = Manager
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1973-1978
1979-1980
1981
1982-1983
1984
1985
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994-1995
1996
1997
2000-2001
clubs = flagicon|Uruguay Nacional
flagicon|Argentina River Plate
flagicon|Argentina Racing Club
flagicon|Mexico UAG
flagicon|Uruguay Nacional
flagicon|Colombia Cúcuta Deportivo
flagicon|Uruguay Danubio
flagicon|Uruguay Nacional
flagicon|Spain Cádiz CF
flagicon|Uruguay River Plate
flagicon|Uruguay Peñarol
flagicon|Brazil Sao Paulo
flagicon|Uruguay River Plate
flagicon|Uruguay Bella Vista
flagicon|Venezuela Marítimo Caracas
flagicon|Uruguay River Plate
flagicon|Uruguay Nacional
flagicon|Uruguay Rampla Juniors
flagicon|Uruguay Nacional
flagicon|Uruguay Rocha
caps(goals)= ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?) ? (?)
nationalyears = 1975-1985
nationalteam = Uruguay
nationalcaps(goals) = 19 (3)
manageryears = 2000-2001 2002 2003-2004 2006-
managerclubs = flagicon|Uruguay Rocha flagicon|Uruguay Fénix flagicon|Uruguay Uruguay flagicon|Uruguay River Plate

Juan Ramón Carrasco (born September 19, 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. [cite web|url=http://www.tenfieldigital.com.uy/servlet/hprfchju?1,13,1%2F13%2F,1,131|title=Juan Ramón Carrasco, Ficha del Jugador|language=Spanish]

Playing career

Carrasco started his career in 1973 playing for Nacional. He played 19 times for Uruguay in which he scored three goals [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/uru-recintlp.html rsssf: Uruguay record international players] ] .

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

Coaching career

Currently, he works as the coach of Uruguayan River Plate in Uruguayan First Division. As a coach, the best performance he reached was made in Fénix during 2002 season as the team qualifyied for Copa Libertadores 2003 [cite web|url=http://www.bolivia.com/noticias/AutoNoticias/DetalleNoticia11791.asp|title=En el grupo de Strongest, Corinthians venció a Fénix|language=Spanish] .

Between 2003 and 2004, Carrasco was the manager of Uruguay; his performance was poor as he resigned on March 2004 after being defeated against Venezuela 0-3 in Montevideo for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification. [cite web|url=http://www.futbol.com.uy/mvdcms/noticia_5655_1.html|title=Uruguay 0 - Venezuela 3|language = Spanish] .

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