Cristian Carrasco

Cristian Eduardo Carrasco González^[1] (born 7 July 1978) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Cristian Carrasco

Personal information
Full name	Cristian Eduardo Carrasco González
Date of birth	(1978-07-07) 7 July 1978 (age 47)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Banten Jaya (manager)
Youth career
1985–1995	Audax Italiano
1995–1996	Unión Española
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Unión Española
2002–2003	Persim Maros		(40)
2003–2004	PSMS Medan
2004–2005	Persebaya Surabaya
2005–2006	Persipura Jayapura
2006	Persma Manado
2006–2007	Kuala Muda Naza
2007–2008	San Marcos
2008–2009	PSM Makassar
2009–2013	Persita Tangerang
2017	Assalam
Managerial career
2018–	Banten Jaya
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

As a child, Carrasco joined Audax Italiano youth system at the age of 7, coinciding with well-known players such as Rafael Olarra and Alejandro Carrasco.^[2] Then he moved to Unión Española, aged 17.^[3] After playing for clubs in his country at the three mainly divisions, he went to Indonesia.^[2]

He played for Persim Maros, where also played his compatriot Fernando Cárdenas,^[4] Persita Tangerang in the Indonesian Super League,^[5] among other clubs.^[6] With Persim Maros, he scored forty goals between 2002 and 2003.^[7]

He has continued on playing football for exhibition games alongside players such as Claudio Martínez and Alejandro Tobar.^[8]

Personal life

He is known as "Spider-Man" for his penchant of putting on a Spider-Man mask to celebrate after scoring a goal. Carrasco puts it down to his love for the comic character while growing up.^[9]