Cédric Carrasso

Cédric Carrasso

Personal information
Full name	Cédric Carrasso
Date of birth	December 30, 1981 (1981-12-30) (age 29)
Place of birth	Avignon, France
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Bordeaux
Number	16
Youth career
1998–1999	Avignon
1999–2001	Marseille
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2008	Marseille	59	(0)
2001–2002	→ Crystal Palace (loan)	1	(0)
2004–2005	→ Guingamp (loan)	26	(0)
2008–2009	Toulouse	37	(0)
2009–	Bordeaux	64	(0)
National team‡
2009–	France	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2011

Cédric Carrasso (French pronunciation: [sedʁik kaʁaso]; born 30 December 1981) is a French footballer, who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Bordeaux, and the French national team.

Club career

Marseille

Carrasso joined the Marseille youth system at the age of thirteen and, despite leaving for Avignon 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 Crystal Palace for the 2001–02 season, where he only got to play one match. Upon his return to Marseille, he replaced Vedran Runje 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 Guingamp, 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 ask to fill in during Fabien Barthez'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 August 22, 2007, however, Carrasso injured his left Achilles tendon, which ruled him out for six months. During that time, Steve Mandanda stepped in and, when Carrasso finally returned, Eric Gerets informed him that he would be but the number two goalkeeper from then on. Unwilling to spend another season on the bench, Carrasso joined FC Toulouse for the 2008–09 season.

Toulouse

In Toulouse, he had the difficult task of replacing Nicolas Douchez who had left for Rennes that same summer. He did so with flying colours, Toulouse finishing with the best defence of the league that year, with only 27 goals conceded. His performances attracted the attention of defending champions Bordeaux, who needed a replacement for the iconic but ageing Ulrich Ramé and who signed him on June 30 for a fee of €8 million.

Bordeaux

His consistent performances with Bordeaux led the staff to offer him a new contract running until 2015.

International career

Thanks to excellent performances with Toulouse, Carrasso received his first call-up for the French national team for a friendly against Argentina on February 11, 2009. After that, he was called up for every subsequent France game by Raymond Domenech, but always in the quality of third keeper behind Hugo Lloris and Steve Mandanda. He was included in the squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup,^[2] but injured himself in training and Stéphane Ruffier was called up the fill in as third keeper. However, FIFA denied France's request for this replacement and Carrasso remained the official third keeper despite Ruffier being the one training with the French group.

When Laurent Blanc took over as the French manager, he also took to calling up Carrasso as his third keeper for every game (apart for the friendly against Norway for which none of the 23 participants to the World Cup were called up). Carrasso is set to make his debut in the friendly game against Poland on June 8, 2011.

Personal life

His younger brother, Johann, plays as a goalkeeper for Rennes.

He is married and has one daughter, Léana.

References

1. ^ "Cédric Carrasso". ESPN. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/stats?id=85209&cc=4716. Retrieved 23 May 2010. 
2. ^ "Raymond Domenech names uncapped players in trimmed France squad". The Guardian (Guardian Media Group). 2010-05-17. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/may/17/raymond-domenech-france-squad. Retrieved 2010-05-28. 

External links

• Cédric Carrasso French league stats at LFP.fr (French)

Persondata
Name	Carrasso, Cédric
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Short description
Date of birth	1981-12-30
Place of birth	Avignon, France
Date of death
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Persondata
Name	Carrasso, Cedric
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1981-12-30
Place of birth	Avignon, France
Date of death
Place of death