Lobo Carrasco

Lobo Carrasco
Personal information
Full name Francisco José Carrasco Hidalgo
Date of birth (1959-03-06) 6 March 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth Alcoy, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Lleida
PB Tarragona
Torredembarra
Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978 Barcelona B 14 (3)
1978Terrassa (loan) 6 (1)
1978–1989 Barcelona 262 (49)
1989–1992 Sochaux 71 (2)
1992 Figueres 5 (0)
Total 358 (55)
International career
1977 Spain U18 2 (1)
1978 Spain U21 2 (0)
1979 Spain U23 5 (1)
1979–1983 Spain amateur 7 (1)
1979–1988 Spain 35 (5)
Managerial career
2005–2006 Málaga B
2007–2008 Oviedo
Medal record
Representing  Spain
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 1984 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco José Carrasco Hidalgo (born 6 March 1959) is a Spanish retired football player and manager.

Nicknamed Lobo,[1][2] he played as a winger spending most of his 14-year professional career with Barcelona (11 seasons). He won ten major titles with the club including the 1984–85 La Liga and three Cup Winners' Cups.

A Spain international for nine years, Carrasco represented the country at the 1986 World Cup and two European Championships.

  1. ^ "¿Por qué tienen esos apodos los futbolistas?" [Why are footballers nicknamed like that?] (in Spanish). Inter Deportes. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ^ ""Messi está en un manicomio"" ["Messi is in a nuthouse"]. Olé (in Spanish). 2 July 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.