Luis Miguel Carrión Delgado (born 7 February 1979) is a Spanish former professional
footballer
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who played as a
right-back
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, currently a
manager
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.
Playing career
Born in
Barcelona
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,
Catalonia
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, Carrión began his senior career in the
C and
B teams of
Barcelona
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. He made 24 total
Segunda División
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appearances for the latter and
Gimnàstic de Tarragona
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, and played 262 matches in the
Segunda División B
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for those clubs and five others.
Coaching career
In June 2011, Carrión was appointed manager of the
women's team of
Espanyol in his hometown. He left two years later, having won the
Copa de la Reina de Fútbol in
2012
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.
Carrión then returned to the men's game and became assistant to
Pablo Villa at
Córdoba in the second tier. In February 2014, he was made
interim when the latter was dismissed, and on the 16th he was on the bench as the side lost 3–0 at
Numancia.
In March 2015, Carrión was named coach of
Córdoba's reserves in division three. Having
suffered relegation to
Tercera División
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and bounced back
with promotion, he was then given the job at the first team on 29 November 2016, replacing
José Luis Oltra at a side 16th in the standings. The following 16 October, he was himself relieved of his duties.
In June 2018, Carrión was hired at third-tier
Melilla
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, whom he had played for a decade earlier. He took the team from the
North African exclave to the
playoffs
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, where they were eliminated by a single goal from
Atlético Baleares in the semi-finals.
Carrión moved up a league in the summer of 2019, agreeing to a deal at Numancia. He left the club after their
relegation
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in July 2020, and was appointed at fellow second division side
Cartagena on 12 January 2021.
On 1 June 2023, after two consecutive ninth-place finishes, Carrión left the
Estadio Cartagonova
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after rejecting a contract renewal. On 21 September, he replaced
Álvaro Cervera at the helm of
Real Oviedo also in the second tier, and led them to the final of the
promotion play-offs
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, losing 2–1 on aggregate to his former employers Espanyol.
On 26 June 2024, Carrión left
Asturias
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, and signed a two-year contract with
Las Palmas
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of
La Liga
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later that day. On 8 October, after nine matches without a win – the last being a 1–0 home loss against
Celta in spite of playing 40 minutes with two more players – and with his team bottom of the table, he was dismissed.
Managerial statistics
Honours
Espanyol Feminino
*
Copa de la Reina de Fútbol:
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
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References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Barcelona
Men's association football fullbacks
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
CF Damm players
FC Barcelona C players
FC Barcelona Atlètic players
CF Gavà players
Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers
Córdoba CF players
Terrassa FC footballers
UD Melilla footballers
Deportivo Alavés players
Spain men's youth international footballers
Spanish football managers
La Liga managers
Segunda División managers
Segunda División B managers
Tercera División managers
Córdoba CF B managers
Córdoba CF managers
UD Melilla managers
CD Numancia managers
FC Cartagena managers
Real Oviedo managers
UD Las Palmas managers
Liga F managers
RCD Espanyol non-playing staff