Mauricio Nicolás Carrasco (born 24 September 1987) is an Argentine

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who plays as a

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Football career

Carrasco started his football career when he joined

Estudiantes de la Plata ( lit. "La Plata Students"), simply referred to as Estudiantes de La Plata, is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Plata. The club's football team currently competes in the Primera División, where it has spent most of its histo ...

youth academy. He was promoted to the senior squad in 2008. In 2009, he joined Quilmes on a one-year loan. He then rejoined his club but he didn't play any match. He went again on loan, this time to Aldovisi where he played thirty one times and scored seven goals. The following season would find him again away from Estudiantes as he went on loan to Patronato. He made twenty nine appearances and his scored eleven times, which is his own personal record of goals in a season. In 2013 Carrasco, move on loan to the

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club

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He played in thirty four matches and scored eleven goals, tying his own record of goals in a season. In his contract there was also a €360.000 fee if Asteras wanted to buy the player. Although, Asteras desire to buy Carrasco, Estudiantes insisted on the price that it was set on the contract and Asteras didn't make an official bid for the player. Carrasco returned to Estudiantes after his successful loan spell in Greece and so far he played in five games but he hasn't score yet, any goals.Αστέρας Τρίπολης: Ξεκαθαρίζει για Ντε Μπλάσις, Καράσκο
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Honours

Estudiantes

* Primera División (2): 2007 Apertura, x1 Runners-up 2010 Clausura, 2011 Apertura *

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Recopa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Recopa Sudamericana (), also known as Recopa Sudamericana or CONMEBOL Recopa, and simply as Recopa (, ; "Winners' Cup"), is an annual international club Association football, football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1988. It ...

: x1 Runners-up

2010 Recopa Sudamericana The 2010 Recopa Sudamericana de Clubes was a two-legged tie that determined the winner of the Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana competitions. It was co ...

FIFA Club World Cup The FIFA Club World Cup (FIFA CWC) is an international men's association football competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (FIFA), the sport's global sports governing body, governing body. The compe ...

: x1 Runners-up

2009 FIFA Club World Cup The 2009 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament played from 9 to 19 December 2009. It was the sixth FIFA Club World Cup and was played in Ab ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carrasco, Mauricio 1987 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Neuquén Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Bolivian Primera División players Super League Greece players Quilmes Atlético Club footballers Club Atlético Aldosivi footballers Asteras Tripolis F.C. players Atromitos F.C. players Club Atlético Nueva Chicago footballers Club Atlético Patronato footballers Boca Unidos footballers Royal Pari F.C. players Gimnasia y Tiro footballers Club Atlético Brown footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia 21st-century Argentine sportsmen