Luis Lucas Alcaraz González (born 21 June 1966) is a Spanish retired
footballer
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, currently
manager
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Management includes the activities ...
of
UD Ibiza
Unión Deportiva Ibiza is a Spanish professional football club based in the town of Ibiza, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 2015, it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at '' Estadi Municipal de Can Mis ...
.
In a managerial career of over two decades, he competed in ten
La Liga
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seasons at the helm of
Recreativo,
Racing de Santander
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,
Granada and
Levante. He was also in charge of eight clubs in
Segunda División, winning promotion with Recreativo and
Murcia
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, and had a brief spell in international selection with
Algeria
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Football career
Born in
Granada,
Andalusia
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, Alcaraz started coaching with
Granada CF
Granada Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. (), known simply as Granada, is a Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that plays in the Segunda División, after being relegated from La Liga in the 2021â ...
in 1995 at the age of 29, achieving two top-four finishes in the
third division in his three-year spell but failing to promote in the playoffs. In the following two seasons he managed in the same tier and region, with
AlmerÃa CF
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and
Dos Hermanas CF,
suffering relegation with the former.
In June 2000, 34-year-old Alcaraz signed for
Recreativo de Huelva
Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, 2 days before Christmas, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play i ...
, helping the oldest club in Spain return to
La Liga
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after an absence of 23 years in
2002 behind champions
Atlético Madrid and
Racing de Santander
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. Even though ''Recre''
returned to the second level immediately, they also managed to
reach the final of the
Copa del Rey
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, losing 0–3 to
RCD Mallorca.
Alcaraz then moved to Racing Santander, being sacked midway through the
2004–05 campaign due to bad results. He spent the following two seasons in the second division, helping
Real Murcia
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to
promote in 2007 but
being immediately relegated afterwards – he was fired on 6 March 2008 – and
meeting the same fate with his following club, Recreativo.
In the summer of 2009, Alcaraz signed with another team in his native Andalusia,
Córdoba CF (second level), helping the side
finish tenth in his first season. In late June 2011, he re-joined AlmerÃa – now called ''Unión Deportiva'' –
recently relegated from the top flight.
On 3 April 2012, after only four points in six games and no wins, Alcaraz was relieved of his duties. On 30 January of the following year, after a very short spell in
Greece
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with
Aris Thessaloniki FC, he returned to his country and Granada, with the club now in the top tier.
Alcaraz was appointed at
Levante UD on 21 October 2014, replacing fired
José Luis Mendilibar
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He played no higher than Segunda División, ...
after just eight rounds. On 25 October of the following year, following a 0–4 home defeat to
Real Sociedad, he was sacked.
On 11 June 2016, Alcaraz was announced as the new
Elche CF
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manager, only to refuse the job six days later. On 3 October, he began his third spell at Granada.
As the team stood
second from the bottom in the table, Alcaraz was relieved of his duties on 10 April 2017. Three days later, he was appointed at the helm of the
Algeria national side, but was fired in October after
failing to qualify to the
2018 FIFA World Cup, receiving a €345,000 payout.
Alcaraz returned to AlmerÃa on 16 November 2017, replacing
Luis Miguel Ramis
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He amassed La Liga totals of 165 matches and eight goals over nine seasons, ma ...
. He resigned the following 24 April, after an eight-match winless run.
On 22 October 2018, Alcaraz was appointed
Real Zaragoza
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manager in the place of sacked
Imanol Idiakez
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Playing career
Born in San Sebastián, Gipu ...
. On 17 December, he was himself dismissed.
Alcaraz was named manager of
Albacete Balompié
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on 3 February 2020, still in the second division, He was relieved of his duties on 13 October, just five matches into
the new season.
On 29 December 2021, Alcaraz moved to Cyprus with
Olympiakos Nicosia
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, but left after collecting no wins in eight games. In November 2022, he became
UD Ibiza
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's third manager of the
second-tier campaign.
Personal life
Alcaraz's father,
Felipe, was a
politician
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and a
writer
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, being a longtime secretary-general of the
Communist Party of Andalusia
Communist Party of Andalusia (in Spanish: ''Partido Comunista de AndalucÃa'') is the federation of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) in Andalusia.
History
PCA was founded in 1979, as the Andalusian branch of PCE was converted into a regional par ...
. His grandfather was
Manuel González, and his
namesake
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History
The word is first attested around 1635, and probably comes from the phrase "for one's name's sake",
which originates in English Bible translations ...
his uncle.
Managerial statistics
References
External links
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1966 births
Living people
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Granada
Association footballers not categorized by position
Granada CF footballers
Spanish football managers
La Liga managers
Segunda División managers
Segunda División B managers
Granada CF managers
UD AlmerÃa managers
Recreativo de Huelva managers
Racing de Santander managers
Xerez CD managers
Real Murcia managers
Córdoba CF managers
Levante UD managers
Elche CF managers
Real Zaragoza managers
Albacete Balompié managers
UD Ibiza managers
Super League Greece managers
Aris Thessaloniki F.C. managers
Cypriot First Division managers
Olympiakos Nicosia managers
Algeria national football team managers
Spanish expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Greece
Expatriate football managers in Algeria
Expatriate football managers in Cyprus
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Algeria
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus