Jorge Carrascal

Jorge Andrés Carrascal Guardo (born 25 May 1998) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Argentine club River Plate.

Jorge Carrascal
Personal information
Full name Jorge Andrés Carrascal Guardo
Date of birth (1998-05-25) 25 May 1998
Place of birth Cartagena, Colombia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 River Plate
Number 8
Youth career
Heroicos
Millonarios
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Millonarios 2 (0)
2016–2018 Sevilla B 1 (0)
2017–2018 → Karpaty Lviv (loan) 22 (6)
2018–2019 Karpaty Lviv 16 (0)
2019 → River Plate (loan) 10 (2)
2020– River Plate 9 (0)
National team
2013 Colombia U15
2015 Colombia U17 5 (1)
2020 Colombia U23 7 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 January 2021
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carrascal and the second or maternal family name is Guardo.

Club career

Born in Cartagena, Carrascal was a Millonarios youth graduate, after starting it out at CD Heroicos.[1] He made his professional – and Categoría Primera A – debut on 9 November 2014 at the age of only 16, coming on as a late substitute for Luis Hernán Mosquera in a 0–1 away loss against Deportes Tolima.[2]

Carrascal only appeared again 7 November 2015, again from the bench in a 0–2 loss at Independiente Medellín. His first (and only) start for the club came on 17 March 2016, in a 2–0 Copa Colombia home win against Bogotá.

On 25 May 2016 Carrascal moved abroad, signing a five-year deal with Spanish La Liga side Sevilla FC, being immediately assigned to the reserves in Segunda División.[3]

On 13 July 2017 he transferred to Karpaty Lviv in Ukraine at first on loan for a year.[4] In April of 2018 Carrascal was recognized as a player of the month in the Ukrainian Premier League.[5]

Honours
River Plate

References
  1. "El cartagenero Jorge Carrascal, en los planes del Sevilla" [Cartagenero Jorge Carrascal, in Sevilla's target] (in Spanish). Primer Tiempo. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  2. "Deportes Tolima superó 1–0 a Millonarios" [Deportes Tolima defeated Millonarios by 1–0] (in Spanish). Vanguardia Liberal. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  3. "El Sevilla ficha al joven colombiano Carrascal (Millonarios) para su filial" [Sevilla sign Colombian youngster Carrascal (Millonarios) for their reserves] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  4. http://football.ua/ukraine/339323-karpaty-usililis-kolumbijjskim-poluzashhitnikom-iz-sevili.html
  5. https://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/high/1525945873-viznacheno-naykraschogo-gravcya-kvitnya-v-upl.html
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