Alejandro Ulises Carrasco Orellana (born 23 March 1978) is a Chilean former

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who played as a

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. His last club was Everton.

Club career

Born in

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

, Carrasco began playing professional football with

Audax Italiano Audax Club Sportivo Italiano () is a Chilean football club based in La Florida playing in the Campeonato Nacional, having has spent most of its history in the top tier of Chilean football. History The club was founded by Italian residents in S ...

. He helped the club earn promotion from the Chilean second division during the 1995 season. He would play for Audax Italiano in the Chilean first division over the next 7.5 seasons. Carrasco moved to Greece in July 2003, joining Greek first division side Skoda Xanthi F.C., but played in only five league matches before leaving in December 2003. He returned to Audax Italiano for the 2004 season, before moving to Chilean first division sides

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

Deportes Melipilla Deportes Melipilla is a Chilean football club, based on Melipilla, a comune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on January 24, 1992, as a successor of ''Club Deportivo Soinca Bata''. The club has its classic rival, San Antonio Un ...

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and Palestino.

International career

He was called up to the Chile national team for the friendly matches against

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in 2002 and

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in 2003, but he didn't make his debut.

Personal life

He is known by his nickname ''Bocha''.

Honours

Player

;Palestino *

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(1): Runner-up 2008 Clausura

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* 1978 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Audax Italiano footballers Xanthi F.C. players Colo-Colo footballers Deportes Melipilla footballers Santiago Wanderers footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers San Luis de Quillota footballers Everton de Viña del Mar footballers Chilean Primera División players Super League Greece players Primera B de Chile players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Men's association football midfielders {{Chile-footy-midfielder-stub