Jorge Carrascosa
{{short description|Argentine former footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jorge Carrascosa
| image = Jorge Carrascosa (1970).png
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Carrascosa in 1970
| fullname = Jorge Carrascosa
| height = {{convert|1.68|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|8|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Valentín Alsina, Argentina
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Left-back
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Banfield
| years1 = 1967–1969
| years2 = 1970–1972
| years3 = 1973–1979
| clubs1 = Banfield
| clubs2 = Rosario Central
| clubs3 = Huracán
| caps1 = 52
| caps2 = 88
| caps3 = 287
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 = 3
| goals3 = 0
| totalcaps = 427
| totalgoals = 3
| nationalyears1 = 1970–1977
| nationalteam1 = Argentina
| nationalcaps1 = 30
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| pcupdate = 26 November 2007
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Jorge Carrascosa (born 15 August 1948 in Valentín Alsina), also known as El Lobo, is an Argentine former footballer who played as a left back. He played club football for Banfield, Rosario Central and Huracán and represented the Argentina national football team.
Career
Carrascosa started his career in 1967 with Banfield. He made his debut for Argentina in 1970 and was signed by Rosario Central, where he was part of the squad that won the Nacional 1971.
In 1973, he joined Huracán where he won a second Argentine championship in his first season, the Metropolitano was the clubs first championship since the professionalisation of Argentine football in 1931.
Carrascosa was a member of the 1974 World Cup squad, but the Argentine team fared poorly, finishing bottom of their 2nd round group.
Carrascosa played for Argentina until 1977, making 30 appearances and scoring one goal.[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/arg-recintlp.html rsssf: Argentina record international players] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113172740/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/arg-recintlp.html |date=2010-01-13 }} He resigned from the national team, while he was its captain, for personal reasons. He later declared that he was worn out from the media pressure and obsession for success typical of the football world.{{in lang|es}} [https://www.elgrafico.com.ar/articulo/1089/34808/lo-que-carrascosa-callo-durante-20-anios "What Carrascosa did not say during 20 years"]. ''El Gráfico, 4-11-2019 He played for Huracán until his retirement in 1979.
Honours
References
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External links
- {{commons category-inline|Jorge Carrascosa|Jorge Carrascosa}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4zd-tt6I5M&t=207s HistoriasDeFútbol. Episodio 5 "Jorge Lobo Carrascosa, el gran capitán"]
{{Argentina Squad 1974 World Cup}}
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Category:Footballers from Buenos Aires
Category:Argentine men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Argentina men's international footballers
Category:1974 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Club Atlético Banfield footballers
Category:Rosario Central footballers
Category:Club Atlético Huracán footballers
Category:Argentine Primera División players
Category:20th-century Argentine sportsmen
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