Bryan Paul Carrasco Santos (born 31 January 1991) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a

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for

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side

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Club career

Audax Italiano

Born and raised in Población José María Caro (located in Chile's capital city

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), Carrasco joined the youth ranks of the professional team

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when he was 14 in 2005. Carrasco made his professional debut, aged 18, during a Primera División game: a 2–2 draw with

Huachipato Huachipato FC is a Chilean football club based in Talcahuano that currently plays in the Chilean Primera División. Huachipato was founded on 7 June 1947 by workers of the homonymous steel mill in Talcahuano, and it currently plays its home g ...

on 18 September 2009 at

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, where he was replaced by Fernando Gutiérrez. The same year, he played three games as starter for the Torneo Clausura: in the 2–2 draw with Huachipato, a 4–2 loss with

Deportes La Serena Club de Deportes La Serena S.A.D.P., is a Chilean football club based in the city of La Serena, Coquimbo Region. The club was founded 9 December 1955 and plays in the second division of the Chilean football league. Their home games are play ...

and a 1–1 draw with O'Higgins. His first goals for the club came on April 24, 2010, in a 3–1 victory over

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Estadio Bicentenario de La Florida Estadio Bicentenario Municipal de La Florida is a multi-purpose stadium, located in La Florida, in eastern Santiago, Chile. It is the home stadium of Chilean football team Audax Italiano. The stadium was built in 1986 and rebuilt in 2008. The st ...

for Primera División's thirteenth matchday, where he netted a twice. The same game, he was elected the man of the match. In 2012, he was sent on loan to Croatia's top-level

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International career

Chile U20

In January 2011, Carrasco was nominated by

César Vaccia César Pablo Vaccia Izami (born 10 December 1952) is a Chilean football manager and former player. Career As a footballer, he played for San Antonio Unido and Audax Italiano. He is well known in his country for reach two consecutive league tit ...

to play for the Chilean under-20 team the

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, and debuted as a starter against the host team and scored one goal in a 2–0 victory at

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. He gained notoriety for an incident during Chile's 1–0 loss to

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in the final group's last match, in which he grabbed Ecuador forward Edson Montaño's arm and swung it into his face in his successful attempt to gain a

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Senior Team

On April 11, 2012, he scored in a 3–0 friendly win over

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International goals

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carrasco, Bryan 1991 births Living people People from Santiago Province, Chile Footballers from Santiago Metropolitan Region Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers 21st-century Chilean sportsmen Chile men's international footballers Chile men's youth international footballers Chile men's under-20 international footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean Primera División players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Audax Italiano footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Croatian Football League players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players Liga MX players C.D. Veracruz footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Chilean expatriates in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Chilean expatriates in Mexico Men's association football wingers