Andrés Carrasco (football manager)
Spanish football manager (born 1978)
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Andrés Carrasco Carrillo (born 4 March 1978) is a Spanish football manager.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Andrés Rubén Carrasco Carrillo | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Olèrdola, Spain | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | LNZ Cherkasy | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1999–2011 | Barcelona (youth) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Dinamo Tbilisi (youth) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Málaga (youth) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Sabadell (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2017 | Western Sydney Wanderers (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Karabükspor (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Shakhtar Donetsk U19 | ||
| 2020 | Kuwait U19 | ||
| 2020–2021 | Kuwait | ||
| 2021–2022 | Kuwait U19 | ||
| 2022–2023 | Dinamo Tbilisi (academy) | ||
| 2023–2024 | Dinamo Tbilisi | ||
| 2024 | LNZ Cherkasy | ||
Career
Born in Sant Miquel d'Olèrdola, Olèrdola, Barcelona, Catalonia,[1] Carrasco worked for 11 years at FC Barcelona's La Masia, managing the under-9, under-12 and under-14 squads. In June 2011, he moved abroad and joined Georgia's FC Dinamo Tbilisi as a director of the youth categories.
Carrasco returned to his home nation in 2012, taking over Málaga CF's Cadete A squad and leading the side to two accolades.[2] On 15 July 2013, he returned to Georgia after being appointed director of the youth setup at FC Saburtalo Tbilisi.[3]
On 24 November 2014, Carrasco was named assistant manager of Álex García (whom he worked with at Dinamo Tbilisi) at CE Sabadell FC.[4] He left the club the following February, as the manager resigned, and joined Western Sydney Wanderers FC on 14 July 2015.[5]
Carrasco re-signed for the Wanderers in January 2016,[6] remaining at the club until February 2017 after accepting an offer from Kardemir Karabükspor.[7] On 6 July 2018, he switched teams and countries again after being appointed manager of FC Shakhtar Donetsk's under-19 squad.[8] He managed the latter side in the 2019–20 UEFA Youth League, being knocked out in the group stage.
On 10 November 2020, one month after being named manager of the under-19 team,[9] Carrasco was named manager of the Kuwait national team as well as the Kuwait U19 team.[10]
On 4 August 2023, Dinamo Tbilisi announced the appointment of Carrasco as Head Coach after Giorgi Tchiabrishvili had left the club.[11] On 7 June 2024 Carrasco left his role as Head Coach of Dinamo Tbilisi.[12]
On 11 June 2024[13] Carrasco signed a contract as a manager of the Ukrainian Premier League club LNZ Cherkasy returning to Ukraine.
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 1 June 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
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| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Kuwait |  |
10 November 2020 | 1 October 2021 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0.00 |
| Dinamo Tbilisi |  |
5 August 2023 | 7 June 2024 | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 70 | 41 | +29 | 47.37 |
| Total | 44 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 72 | 49 | +23 | 40.91 | |||