Alejandro Carrasco

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alejandro Carrasco

| image =

| fullname = Alejandro Ulises Carrasco Orellana

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|3|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Santiago, Chile

| height = 1.70 m

| currentclub =

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1995–2004 | clubs1 = Audax Italiano | caps1 = 105 | goals1 = 12

| years2 = 2003 | clubs2 = → Skoda Xanthi (loan) | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 0

| years4 = 2005 | clubs4 = Colo-Colo | caps4 = 7 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2005–2008 | clubs5 = Deportes Melipilla | caps5 = 67 | goals5 = 11

| years6 = 2006 | clubs6 = → Santiago Wanderers (loan) | caps6 = 20 | goals6 = 2

| years8 = 2008–2014 | clubs8 = Palestino | caps8 = 104 | goals8 = 4

| years9 = 2014–2015 | clubs9 = San Luis | caps9 = 33 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2015–2016 | clubs10 = Everton | caps10 = 33 | goals10 = 0

| totalcaps = 374

| totalgoals = 29

}}

Alejandro Ulises Carrasco Orellana (born 23 March 1978) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder.

His last club was Everton.

Club career

Born in Santiago, Carrasco began playing professional football with Audax Italiano. He helped the club earn promotion from the Chilean second division during the 1995 season. He would play for Audax Italiano in the Chilean first division over the next 7.5 seasons.

Carrasco moved to Greece in July 2003, joining Greek first division side Skoda Xanthi F.C., but played in only five league matches before leaving in December 2003.{{cite web|author=Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander|title=Greece 2003/04 (First and Second Level Details)|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/grk04det.html|date=19 September 2004}}

He returned to Audax Italiano for the 2004 season, before moving to Chilean first division sides Colo-Colo,{{cite web|publisher=coopertiva.cl|title=Alejandro Carrasco es el segundo refuerzo de Colo Colo|url=http://www.cooperativa.cl/p4_noticias/site/artic/20050104/pags/20050104155236.html|language=Spanish|date=4 January 2005}} Deportes Melipilla, Santiago Wanderers and Palestino.

International career

He was called up to the Chile national team for the friendly matches against Turkey in 2002 and Costa Rica in 2003, but he didn't make his debut.{{cite web |last1=Dixon |first1=Martín |title=El lamento del "Bocha" Carrasco con la "Roja": "Fui llamado dos veces y en ninguna pude jugar" |url=https://www.latercera.com/noticia/el-lamento-del-bocha-carrasco-con-la-roja-fui-llamado-dos-veces-y-en-ninguna-pude-jugar/ |publisher=La Tercera |access-date=13 September 2022 |language=es |date=31 March 2014}}