Cédric Pascal Régis Carrasso (born 30 December 1981) is a French former professional

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who spent most of his career with

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and

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playing as a

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. He was also capped once for the

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Club career

Marseille

Carrasso joined

's youth system at the age of thirteen and, despite leaving for

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for one year in 1998, it was there that he signed his first professional contract. Before he had a chance to play for the first team, he was loaned out to

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for the 2001–02 season, where he only got to play one match. Upon his return to Marseille, Carrasso made his debut for Marseille in a 2–0 win over

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on 2 November 2002, where he got his first clean sheet in his professional debut and later on he replaced

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for a couple of games, but seriously injured himself in an exhibition match against France 98 and was sidelined for the whole of the 2003–04 season. He was then loaned out again, this time to

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, for the following season, and there he became the number one keeper for the first time in his career. When he returned to Marseille, Carrasso was asked to fill in during

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's long ban. His performances were deemed impressive enough for him to retain the starting keeper position for the 2006–07 season and force Barthez to leave the club. On 9 October 2005, Carrasso signed a new contract, which would keep him until 2009. In the second leg of UEFA Cup on 16 March 2006 against

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leading 1–0 in the first leg, Carrasso received a red card in his Marseille career on a 90th minutes as the result was 1–1 which, meant that Zenit won 2–1 on aggregate. Carrasso remained as a first-choice goalkeeper for Marseille until on 22 August 2007, however, Carrasso injured his left

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, which ruled him out for six months. During that time,

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stepped in and, when Carrasso finally returned,

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informed him that he would be but the number two goalkeeper from then on.

Toulouse

Unwilling to spend another season on the bench, Carrasso joined

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for the 2008–09 season. In Toulouse, he had the difficult task of replacing

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, who had left for

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that same summer. On 10 August 2008, Carrasso made his debut for Toulouse in a 3–0 loss against

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. Despite the loss, Carrasso remained the first-choice goalkeeper ahead of Sébastien Hamel and

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. Toulouse conceded only 27 goals during the 2008 campaign, the fewest in the Championnat. Carrasso also has a total of clean sheet of 19 in the league.

Bordeaux

His performances attracted the attention of defending champions

, who needed a replacement for the iconic but aging

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, and on 30 June, he was acquired for a transfer fee of €8 million. Following his move to Bordeaux, Carrasso told L’Equipe that he was now looking forward to Champions League football with his new club. Carrasso also told L'Equpe: Carrasso made his debut for Bordeaux in 4–1 win over

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. By 9 August 2009, he had amassed a total of 29 clean sheets in League 1. Despite his success, Carrasso conceded 5 times to

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in a 5–1 loss on 19 February 2012 and received a straight red card in stoppage time, earning him a one-match ban. (This was Carrasso's second sending-off against Lorient, the first coming during his spell with Guingamp, when he was dismissed in minute 76 of the 1-1 draw between Lorient and Guingamp played 20 September 2004.) During his one-match ban, Ulrich Ramé, the man he replaced as first-choice keeper at Bordeaux, deputized for him. Carrasso returned to action against Brest in a 3–1 win on 6 March 2011. His consistent performances with Bordeaux resulted in a new contract running until 2015. On 17 September 2011, during his third season at Bordeaux, with the Girondins winning 2–0 at half time against Toulouse, Carrasso received another red card, this time for a foul on

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. He was replaced by youngster Abdoulaye Keita, who conceded a late goal from

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in an eventual 3–2 loss. Once again, Carrasso received a one-match ban. On this occasion, newly arrived goalkeeper

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took his place, mading his debut against

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in a 1–1 draw. After serving his ban, Carrasso returned to action against Lyon in a 3–1 loss on 24 September 2010.

Galatasaray

Carrasso signed for Galatasaray after his contract with Bordeaux expired on 8 September 2017. After the end of 2017–18 season, the club did not offer him a new contract and Carrasco became a free agent.

International career

Thanks to excellent performances with Toulouse, Carrasso received his first call-up for the

for a friendly against

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on 11 February 2009. He was then called up for every subsequent France game by

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, but always in the role of third keeper behind

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and

. He was included in the squad for the

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, but injured himself in training.

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was called up the fill-in as third choice keeper. However,

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denied France's request for this substitution, and Carrasso remained the official third keeper, despite the fact that Ruffier was training with the France squad. When

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took over as the France manager, he also named Carrasso as his third keeper for every game (apart from a friendly against

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, for which none of the 23 members of the previous World Cup were called up). Carrasso made his debut in the friendly game against

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played on 8 June 2011. It was his only appearance for France at any level.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Marseille *

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Bordeaux *

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Galatasaray *

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: 2017–18

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carrasso, Cedric 1981 births Living people Footballers from Avignon French men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers AC Avignonnais players Olympique de Marseille players Crystal Palace F.C. players En Avant Guingamp players Toulouse FC players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players Galatasaray S.K. footballers English Football League players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Süper Lig players France men's international footballers 2010 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2012 players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century French sportsmen