Juan Ramón Carrasco
Juan Ramón Carrasco Torres ( born September 15, 1956 in Sarandi del Yi, Uruguay ) is a former Uruguayan football player and current coach.
Player
Association
Carrasco began his playing career with Nacional in 1973 in the Uruguayan Primera División and made his debut there on 22 August 1973. 1978, he moved to Argentina for River Plate and played there until 1980. The following year he joined Club for the colors of Racing and shot there in the Primera División Metropolitano in 32 games 18 goals. About the Mexican club Tecos, for whom he met between 1981 and 1983 in 28 games four times, led his way back to Uruguay. There he joined again in Montevideo Nacional on. As early as 1985 he left the club but again and played in that year first at city rivals Danubio FC and consequently in the Venezuelan club Cucuta Deportivo. Between two further engagements with Nacional in 1986, when he División with eleven goals scorer in the Primera Uruguay was, and in 1987 he stood for the first time in Europe at FC Cadiz under contract. There are recorded with two Torerfolgen for him 10 games. 1988-1991 he joined every year the club and was again active at Nacional, then at River Plate Montevideo and finally at Peñarol. 1990 performed at FC São Paulo in the statistics for him four scoreless games in Brazil. 1991 and 1992 again returned to Uruguay, he played in Montevideo for River Plate and Bella Vista. During his time at River Plate in 1991, he scored 15 goals in the season and was top scorer of the Segunda División.
This was followed in 1992/93 a second commitment in Venezuela, this time at Club Sport Marítimo. Thereafter, he joined one after another for the Uruguayan capital club River Plate, Nacional, Rampla Juniors and Nacional again. His playing career, he eventually finished as player-coach at the small Uruguayan club Rocha FC, for whom he took in his first professional season and in the Apertura 2000, with nine goals scored on par with Daniel Rosselló 's top scorer of the team.
National
Carrasco participated with the Juniorennationalelf at the Junior Americas Cup in 1975 and took the title with this team. He also played for the Uruguayan national team for which he scored two goals in 19 international matches from his debut on 1 October 1975 until his last mission on May 26, 1985
Coach
In Rocha, his last stop as a player, he began his work as a trainer. There was a short time at CA Fénix, where he achieved his biggest success in 2003 with the qualification for the Copa Libertadores. From April 2003 until the defeat against Venezuela in April 2004, Carrasco was national coach of the Uruguayan national football team. In 2006 he then signed a contract with River Plate. From October 2010, he headed to the dugout sporting fortunes Nacional's and was with the team 2010/11 Uruguayan champion. In July 2011 he took over as coach Ecuadorian club Emelec function on. On December 27, 2011, he was then announced as the new coach of Atlético Paranaense and so went to another overseas commitment. There he was in office until June 2012. The coaching staff Carrascos the Brazilian second division club consisted of Alejandro Martínez, Omar Garate and the goalkeeper coach César Olivera. On Sept. 17, 2012 Danubio Carrasco, presented during a press conference in succession from Daniel Sanchez as their new coach. There he was active in the coaching staff with Ildo Maneiro and his División for the team in the Tercera competent son Juan Carlos. It also stood there as with his previous coach station Alejandro Martínez and as a goalkeeper coach Omar Garate aside. On 30 November 2012, the termination of the commitment after completion of the Apertura 2012 was announced.