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Manuel Carrasco (footballer)

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Manuel Carrasco
Personal information
Full name Manuel Carrasco Alonso
Date of birth (1894-01-27)27 January 1894
Place of birth San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Date of death 12 March 1935(1935-03-12) (aged 41)
Place of death Unknown
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912–1915 Racing de Irún
1915–1919 Real Unión
1919–1920 Real Sociedad
International career
1915–1916 Basque Country
1920 Spain 0 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
 Basque Country
Prince of Asturias Cup
Gold medal – first place 1915 Prince of Asturias Cup Team
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1920 Antwerp Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Carrasco Alonso (27 January 1894 – 12 March 1935) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender and who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Club career

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Born in Irun, Carrasco began playing football at his hometown club Racing de Irún in 1912, and he played a pivotal role in helping the club win the 1913 Copa del Rey, defeating Athletic Bilbao in the final.[3] In 1915, Racing de Irún merged with Sporting de Irún to form Real Unión Club de Irún and along with other Racing players, Carrasco joined this newly created club that would become one of the dominant teams in Basque and Spain during the following decade, winning another Copa del Rey title after beating Madrid FC

International career

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Being a Real Unión player, he was eligible to play for the 'North' / Basque Country representative team, being a member of the team that won the first edition of the Prince of Asturias Cup in 1915, an inter-regional competition organized by the RFEF.[4] With the Basque side he formed a great defensive partnership with Athletic's Luis Hurtado, which only conceded one goal in the whole tournament, and that was to Santiago Bernabéu in a 1–1 draw with a Castille/Madrid XI,[5] a draw that was enough for the Basques to win the cup for the first time.[6]

Carrasco was a member of the Spanish squad that competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics, but he failed to feature in a single game as Spain won silver after beating the Netherlands 3–1 in the decisive game.[1]

Honours

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Club

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Real Unión
  1. ^ As Racing de Irún

International

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Spain
Basque Country XI

References

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  1. ^ a b "Manuel Carrasco". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Manuel Carrasco Alonso - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Spain - Cup 1913". RSSSF. 19 January 2000. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Squad of Norte 1915 Copa del Príncipe de Asturias". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Centro - Norte (1 - 1) 14/05/1915". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  6. ^ Vicente Martínez Calatrava (17 August 2009). "La Copa Príncipe de Asturias" [The Prince of Asturias Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2022.