Lucas Alcaraz

Lucas Alcaraz

Alcaraz as a Recreativo manager
Personal information
Full name	Luis Lucas Alcaraz González
Date of birth	21 June 1966
Place of birth	Granada, Spain
Club information
Current team	Granada (coach)
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
2011–2012	Almería
2012–2013	Aris
2013–2014	Granada
2014–2015	Levante
2016	Elche
2016–	Granada
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Luis Lucas Alcaraz González (born 21 June 1966) is a Spanish retired footballer, and the current manager of Granada CF.

Football career

Born in Granada, Andalusia, Alcaraz started coaching with Granada CF in 1995 at the age of 29, achieving two top-four finishes in the third division in his three-year spell but failing to promote in the playoffs. In the following two seasons he managed in the same category and region, with Almería CF and Dos Hermanas CF, suffering relegation with the former.

In June 2000, 34-year-old Alcaraz signed for Recreativo de Huelva,^[1] helping the oldest club in Spain return to La Liga after an absence of 23 years in 2002,^[2] behind champions Atlético Madrid and Racing de Santander. Even though Recre returned to the second level immediately, they also managed to reach the final of the Copa del Rey, losing 0–3 to RCD Mallorca.

Alcaraz then moved to Racing Santander, being sacked midway through the 2004–05 campaign due to bad results.^[3] He spent the following two seasons in the second division, helping Real Murcia promote in 2007^[4] but being immediately relegated afterwards – he was fired on 6 March 2008 –^[5]and meeting the same fate with his following club, Recreativo.^[6]

In the 2009 summer Alcaraz signed with another team in his native Andalusia, Córdoba CF (second level),^[7] helping the side finish tenth in his first season. In late June 2011, he re-joined Almería – now called Unión Deportiva – freshly relegated from the top division.^[8]

On 3 April 2012, after only four points in six games and no wins, Alcaraz was relieved of his duties.^[9] On 30 January of the following year, after a very short spell in Greece with Aris Thessaloniki FC,^[10] he returned to his country and Granada, with the club now in the main category.^[11]

Alcaraz was appointed at Levante UD on 21 October 2014, replacing fired José Luis Mendilibar after just eight rounds.^[12] On 25 October of the following year, following a 0–4 home defeat to Real Sociedad, he was sacked.^[13]

On 11 June 2016, Alcaraz was announced as the new Elche CF manager,^[14] only to refuse the job six days later.^[15] On 3 October, he began his third spell at Granada.^[16]

Personal life

Alcaraz's father, Felipe, was a politician and a writer, being a longtime secretary-general of the Communist Party of Andalusia.^[17][18][19]

Managerial statistics

As of 20 November 2016

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	Win %
Granada[20][21][22]		October 1995	February 1998	106	44	35	27	41.51
Almería[23]		July 1998	November 1998	11	2	5	4	18.18
Dos Hermanas[24]		July 1999	June 2000	39	14	17	8	35.90
Recreativo[25][26][27]		July 2000	June 2003	134	47	51	36	35.07
Racing Santander[28][29]		July 2003	February 2005	68	20	16	32	29.41
Xerez[30]		July 2005	June 2006	46	20	15	11	43.48
Murcia[31][32]		July 2006	March 2008	71	25	22	24	35.21
Recreativo[33]		November 2008	June 2009	34	8	8	18	23.53
Córdoba[34][35]		July 2009	June 2011	92	31	27	34	33.70
Almería[36]		July 2011	April 2012	35	15	14	6	42.86
Aris[37]		December 2012	January 2013	8	2	4	2	25.00
Granada[38][39]		January 2013	June 2014	57	19	9	29	33.33
Levante[40][41]		October 2014	25 October 2015	43	10	13	20	23.26
Elche		11 June 2016	17 June 2016	0	0	0	0	—
Granada		3 October 2016	Present	5	0	3	2	00.00
Career Total				749	257	239	253	34.31

References

1. "El Recre presenta a L. Alcaraz" [Recre presents L. Alcaraz] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 10 June 2000. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
2. "La euforia se desata en Huelva con el anhelado ascenso recreativista" [Euphoria rampant in Huelva with long-waited recreativista promotion] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 20 May 2002. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
3. "El Racing destituye a Alcaraz y Nando Yosu se hace cargo de equipo" [Racing fires Alcaraz and Nando Yosu takes charge of team] (in Spanish). El País. 9 February 2005. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
4. "El Murcia ya está en Primera" [Murcia already in Primera] (in Spanish). El País. 13 May 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
5. "El Real Murcia destituye a Lucas Alcaraz y ficha a Javier Clemente" [Real Murcia fires Lucas Alcaraz and signs Javier Clemente] (in Spanish). ABC. 6 March 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
6. "El Recre destituye a Zambrano y le sustituye por Lucas Alcaraz" [Recre sacks Zambrano and replaces him with Lucas Alcaraz] (in Spanish). Marca. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
7. "El Córdoba llega a un acuerdo con Lucas Alcaraz" [Córdoba reaches agreement with Lucas Alcaraz] (in Spanish). Marca. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
8. "El Almería firma por una temporada a Lucas Alcaraz" [Almería signs Lucas Alcaraz for one season] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
9. "Lucas Alcaraz deja de ser entrenador del Almería" [Lucas Alcaraz no longer manager of Almería] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
10. "Lucas Alcaraz dimite en el Aris" [Lucas Alcaraz resigns at Aris] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
11. "El Granada destituye a Anquela y ficha a Lucas Alcaraz" [Granada fires Anquela and signs Lucas Alcaraz] (in Spanish). Marca. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
12. "Lucas Alcaraz, nuevo entrenador del Levante UD" [Lucas Alcaraz, new Levante UD manager] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
13. "El Levante prescinde de los servicios de Lucas Alcaraz" [Levante releases Lucas Alcaraz] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
14. "Lucas Alcaraz, nuevo entrenador del Elche C.F." [Lucas Alcaraz, new manager of Elche C.F.] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
15. "Lucas Alcaraz renuncia a entrenar al Elche" [Lucas Alcaraz renounces to manage Elche] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
16. New Granada boss Lucas Alcaraz plans escape from relegation trouble; ESPN FC, 3 October 2016
17. "El hijo del comunista" [The son of the communist] (in Spanish). Diario Córdoba. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
18. "Lucas Alcaraz, ADN rojiblanco" [Lucas Alcaraz, white-and-black DNA] (in Spanish). Marca. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
19. "Lucas Alcaraz, el andaluz que vino del este" [Lucas Alcaraz, the Andalusian who came from the East] (in Spanish). Il Catenaccio. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
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External links

• Lucas Alcaraz manager profile at BDFutbol