Rafael Carbajal

Rafael Carbajal (born September 30, 1960) is an Uruguayan former footballer and manager. His playing career was mostly spent in the National Soccer League, and concluded in the successor league the Canadian Professional Soccer League. After retiring from the game he made the transition to the managerial side, where he initially began managing in the NSL, and later in the CPSL.

Rafael Carbajal
Carbajal in 2009
Personal information
Full name Rafael Carbajal
Date of birth (1960-09-30) September 30, 1960
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1968–1972
1976–1977		 Real Montevideo/Real Colombo
Defensor Sporting Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979 Club Rosario Atlético
1981–1983 Toronto Croatia
1984 Bradford Marshlanders
1985 Toronto Italia
1986 Nacional Latino
1987 Panhellenic
1989 First Portuguese
1990–1992 Toronto Croatia
1998 North York Astros
Teams managed
1986 Nacional Latino (player-coach)
1994–1996 Scarborough Astros (GK coach)
1999–2000 North York Astros
2001 North York Azzurri U19
2002–2003 C.S. Voltana (GK coach)
2003–2004 Faenza Calcio U15
2004–2005 Faenza Calcio (ass't)
2005–2006 Faenza Calcio
2006–2008 North York Astros
2009 Serbian White Eagles
2010–2011 Milltown FC
2010–2011 Canada U18 & U20 (ass't)
2011–2012 Oakville Soccer Club
2012 Canada U23 (ass't)
2014–2016 Canada Men (ass't)
2016–2017 Canadian S.C.
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In 2002, he went abroad in order to gain additional experience with his involvement with several Italian clubs. He later returned to the Canadian Soccer League, where he managed several clubs and eventually was recognized with the CSL Coach of the Year award in 2008. In 2010, he was part-owner of Milltown FC, and also served as head coach in the club's inaugural run in the CSL.[1] He would later serve as an assistant coach to the Canadian national team, U-23, U-20, and U-18 teams.[2] In 2016, he managed in the Uruguayan Segunda División for Canadian S.C..

In 2013, he succeeded Dino Lopez as the Interim Technical Director for Oakville Soccer Club, and was instrumental in the creation of League1 Ontario where he served as Technical Director in 2014.[3][4][5]

Playing career

In 1981, Carbajal went to Canada to sign with Toronto Croatia of the National Soccer League. During his tenure within the NSL he played with Bradford Marshlanders, Toronto Italia, Nacional Latino, Panhellenic, First Portuguese.[6][7][8] He won the NSL Goalkeeper of the Year award three times.[9]

Coaching career

Carbajal went into coaching first as a player/coach with Nacional Latino in 1985, then as a goalkeeper coach for Scarborough Astros in 1994. In 1999, he returned to competitive soccer to play and coach the North York Astros of the newly formed Canadian Professional Soccer League.[10] In 2003, he went to Italy to first coach the Faenza Calcio U-15 team. Then he was promoted to assistant coach, and eventually head coach in 2005.[11] In 2007, he returned to coach North York Astros, and completely transformed the team from a struggling team to a playoff contender.[12] In his first year, he secured a postseason, and in his second season led the team to a second-place finish in the National Division.

The league awarded Carbajal with the CSL Coach of the Year award in 2008.[13] In 2009, he was appointed head coach for CSL giants Serbian White Eagles.[14][15] He secured the International Division title for the club, but was released by the club before the playoffs.[16] In 2010, Milltown FC announced the signing of Carbajal as head coach.[17] In his first season with Milltown the club finished fourth in the overall standings with the second best defensive record. In 2010, he served as assistant coach for Canada men's national under-20 soccer team.[18] In 2012, he served as assistant coach for Canada men's national under-23 soccer team, and in January 2014 he was appointed assistant coach to Benito Floro for the Canada men's national soccer team.[19] In 2016, he returned to his native country to manage Canadian S.C. of the Uruguayan Segunda División.[4][20][21]

Honours

Club

Individual

References
  1. LeBlanc, Steve (2010-04-06). "Milltown FC joins forces with youth soccer". InsideHalton.com. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  2. "Oakville Soccer Club adds to coaching depth" (PDF). InsideHalton.
  3. Neefs, Joy (2013-10-01). "Rafael Carbajal Appointed Oakville Soccer Club Interim Technical Director | Oakville News". Oakville News. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  4. Squizzato, Daniel. "Carbajal forging his career abroad, with hopes of bringing experience back to Canada". www.rednationonline.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  5. Glover, Robin. "July 10, 2014 League 1 Ontario--Player's profile Toronto FC Academy's Molham Babouli (from League 1 Ontario website)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  6. "Technical Staff". web.archive.org. 2011-07-14. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  7. Waddell, Dave (June 1, 1987). "Windsor Wheels roll over errors to stay unbeaten". Newspapers.com. Windsor Star. p. 19. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  8. Méndez, Hugo Vera (May 15, 1987). "Chile Lindo and Nacional Latino participan NSL". newspapers.lib.sfu.ca. El Popular. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  9. "Rafael Carbajal resume" (PDF).
  10. Glover, Robin. "CPSL - North York Astros vs Oshawa Flames". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  11. "Faenza Calcio S.r.l. - 2004". www.emiliaromagnasport.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  12. "Winning and entertaining". 2007-02-05. Archived from the original on February 5, 2007. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
  13. Glover, Robin (May 18, 2007). "North York Astros new player signings". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  14. Glover, Robin (May 22, 2009). "CSL Portugal FC vs Serbian White Eagles". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  15. B92 (2009-06-12). "Karbahal: "Orlovi će pobediti"" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2018-10-13.
  16. Glover, Robin (September 20, 2009). "CSL Serbian White Eagles vs Toronto Croatia". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  17. Glover, Robin (April 3, 2010). "CSL Milltown FC press conference and other CSL news". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  18. "[2010-05] Internationale Cor Groenewegan Toernooi". www.canadasoccer.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  19. "Canadian men's soccer team camp has Oakville connections". www.insidehalton.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  20. De Redacción, Mesa (October 1, 2016). "Segunda: resultados del sábado". www.tenfield.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  21. "Rafael Carbajal". canadiansc.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 15, 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
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