Lucas Alcaraz facts for kids
Alcaraz as Recreativo manager in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Luis Lucas Alcaraz González | ||
| Date of birth | 21 June 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Granada, Spain | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Jaén | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| ?–1994 | Granada | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995–1998 | Granada | ||
| 1998 | Almería | ||
| 1999–2000 | Dos Hermanas | ||
| 2000–2003 | Recreativo | ||
| 2003–2005 | Racing Santander | ||
| 2005–2006 | Xerez | ||
| 2006–2008 | Murcia | ||
| 2008–2009 | Recreativo | ||
| 2009–2011 | Córdoba | ||
| – | Almería | ||
| 2012–2013 | Aris | ||
| 2013–2014 | Granada | ||
| 2014–2015 | Levante | ||
| 2016–2017 | Granada | ||
| 2017 | Algeria | ||
| 2017–2018 | Almería | ||
| 2018 | Zaragoza | ||
| 2020 | Albacete | ||
| 2021–2022 | Olympiakos Nicosia | ||
| 2022–2023 | Ibiza | ||
| 2023 | Nassaji Mazandaran | ||
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Luis Lucas Alcaraz González (born on June 21, 1966) is a Spanish football manager. He has been a football coach for over twenty years.
He has managed teams in Spain's top football league, La Liga. These teams include Recreativo, Racing de Santander, Granada, and Levante. With Recreativo, he even reached the final of a big cup competition called the Copa del Rey in 2003. He also led eight different clubs in the Segunda División, which is Spain's second-highest league. He helped Recreativo and Murcia get promoted to a higher league. He also had a short time coaching the national team of Algeria.
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Lucas Alcaraz's Football Journey
Lucas Alcaraz was born in Granada, a city in Andalusia, Spain. He started his coaching career very young, at age 29, with Granada CF in 1995. For three years, he helped his team finish high in their league, the Segunda División B. However, they couldn't win the special playoff games to move up to a higher league.
After Granada, he coached two other teams in the same region and league: Almería CF and Dos Hermanas CF. His time with Almería CF was tough, and the team ended up moving down a league.
Big Moments with Recreativo
In June 2000, when he was 34, Alcaraz became the manager of Recreativo de Huelva. This club is known as the oldest football club in Spain. He helped them achieve something amazing: they returned to La Liga, the top Spanish league, in 2002. This was after 23 years away! They finished just behind big teams like Atlético Madrid and Racing de Santander.
Even though Recreativo went back to the second division the very next year, they had another big success. They made it to the final of the Copa del Rey, a major cup competition. They played against RCD Mallorca but lost the final game 3–0.
Moving to Other Spanish Clubs
After Recreativo, Alcaraz moved to Racing de Santander. He was their coach until the middle of the 2004–2005 season. Then, he spent two seasons coaching in the Segunda División. He helped Real Murcia get promoted to La Liga in 2007. However, the team went back down the next year, and he left in March 2008. He had a similar experience with his next club, Recreativo, where they also moved down a league.
In 2009, Alcaraz joined Córdoba CF, another team in Andalusia. He helped them finish in the top half of the second division in his first year. In 2011, he went back to UD Almería, which had just moved down from the top league.
Later Coaching Roles
In April 2012, Alcaraz left Almería. He then had a very short time coaching in Greece with Aris Thessaloniki FC. In January 2013, he returned to Spain to coach his hometown club, Granada CF, which was now in the top league.
On October 21, 2014, Alcaraz became the manager of Levante UD. He took over after the previous manager was let go. However, he was also dismissed in October of the next year after a tough loss at home.
In October 2016, Alcaraz started his third time coaching Granada CF. But the team was struggling and near the bottom of the league. So, he left the club in April 2017.
International and Recent Coaching
Just a few days after leaving Granada, Alcaraz was chosen to lead the Algeria national team. This was a big step into international football! However, he was fired in October of the same year because the team didn't qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Alcaraz returned to UD Almería in November 2017. He stayed until April 2018, when he resigned after a period without any wins. Later that year, in October 2018, he became the manager of Real Zaragoza. But he was dismissed just a couple of months later in December.
In 2020, Alcaraz managed Albacete Balompié in the second division. He left in October, early in the new season. He then moved to Cyprus in December 2021 to coach Olympiakos Nicosia. He left there after eight games without a win. In November 2022, he became the manager of UD Ibiza. He left Ibiza in June 2023 after the team moved down a league. His most recent role was with F.C. Nassaji Mazandaran in Iran, which he joined in December 2023 and left in February 2024.
About Lucas Alcaraz's Family
Lucas Alcaraz comes from a family with a history in both football and public life. His father, Felipe Alcaraz, was a politician and a writer. He was involved with a political party for a long time. Lucas's grandfather was also a footballer named Manuel González. His uncle, who had the same name as his grandfather, Manuel González, was also a football player.
See also
In Spanish: Lucas Alcaraz para niños
