Cristian Eduardo Carrasco González (born on 7 July 1978 in

Santiago de Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

) is a Chilean former professional

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who played as a

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Career

As a child, Carrasco joined

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youth system at the age of 7, coinciding with well-known players such as

Rafael Olarra Rafael Andrés Olarra Guerrero (born 26 May 1978) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a defender. Career Olarra began his career in Audax Italiano. He then spent time with Universidad de Chile, where he made a name for himself and beg ...

and

Alejandro Carrasco Alejandro Ulises Carrasco Orellana (born 23 March 1978) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder. His last club was Everton. Club career Born in Santiago, Carrasco began playing professional football with Audax Italiano. He ...

. Then he moved to

Unión Española Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional association football, football club based in the Independencia, Chile, Independencia neighborhood, commune of Santiago, Chile. They currently participate in the Chilean Primera Division, Primera D ...

, aged 17. After playing for clubs in his country at the three mainly divisions, he went to Indonesia. He played for Persim Maros, where also played his compatriot Fernando Cárdenas,

Persita Tangerang Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Tangerang ( 'Indonesian Football Association of Tangerang'), commonly known as Persita is an Indonesian professional football club based in Tangerang. They currently compete in the Liga 1. Their nicknames are ''Pen ...

in the

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, among other clubs. With Persim Maros, he scored forty goals between 2002 and 2003. He has continued on playing football for exhibition games alongside players such as Claudio Martínez and Alejandro Tobar.

Personal life

He is known as "Spider-Man" for his penchant of putting on a

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mask to celebrate after scoring a goal. Carrasco puts it down to his love for the comic character while growing up.

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Cristian Carrasco
at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es) * Living people 1978 births Footballers from Santiago Chilean men's footballers Men's association football forwards Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Tercera División de Chile players Unión Española footballers San Marcos de Arica footballers Indonesian Premier Division players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Liga 2 (Indonesia) players Persim Maros players PSMS Medan players Persebaya Surabaya players Persipura Jayapura players Persma Manado players PSM Makassar players Persita Tangerang players Malaysia Premier League players Kuala Muda Naza F.C. players Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Malaysia Chilean expatriate sportspeople in East Timor Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Malaysia Expatriate men's footballers in East Timor Chilean football managers Chilean expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Indonesia {{Chile-footy-forward-stub