Lucas Alcaraz

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

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Alcaraz and the second or maternal family name is González.
Lucas Alcaraz
Alcaraz as Recreativo manager in 2009
Personal information
Full name Luis Lucas Alcaraz González
Date of birth (1966-06-21) 21 June 1966
Place of birth Granada, Spain
Club information
Current team
 Albacete (manager)
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
2016–2017 Granada
2017 Algeria
2017–2018 Almería
2018 Zaragoza
2020– Albacete
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In a managerial career of over two decades, he competed in ten La Liga seasons at the helm of Recreativo, Racing de Santander, Granada and Levante. He was also in charge of five clubs in Segunda División, winning promotion with Recreativo and Murcia, and had a brief spell in international selection with Algeria.

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 tier 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 behind champions Atlético Madrid and Racing de Santander.[2] 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.[3]

Alcaraz then moved to Racing Santander, being sacked midway through the 2004–05 campaign due to bad results.[4] He spent the following two seasons in the second division, helping Real Murcia promote in 2007[5] but being immediately relegated afterwards – he was fired on 6 March 2008 –[6] and meeting the same fate with his following club, Recreativo.[7]

In the summer of 2009, Alcaraz signed with another team in his native Andalusia, Córdoba CF (second level),[8] helping the side finish tenth in his first season. In late June 2011, he re-joined Almería – now called Unión Deportiva – recently relegated from the top flight.[9]

On 3 April 2012, after only four points in six games and no wins, Alcaraz was relieved of his duties.[10] On 30 January of the following year, after a very short spell in Greece with Aris Thessaloniki FC,[11] he returned to his country and Granada, with the club now in the top tier.[12]

Alcaraz was appointed at Levante UD on 21 October 2014, replacing fired José Luis Mendilibar after just eight rounds.[13] On 25 October of the following year, following a 0–4 home defeat to Real Sociedad, he was sacked.[14]

On 11 June 2016, Alcaraz was announced as the new Elche CF manager,[15] only to refuse the job six days later.[16] On 3 October, he began his third spell at Granada.[17]

As the team stood second from the bottom in the table, Alcaraz was relieved of his duties on 10 April 2017.[18] Three days later, he was appointed at the helm of the Algeria national side,[19] but was fired in October after failing to qualify to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, receiving a €345,000 payout.[20]

Alcaraz returned to Almería on 16 November 2017, replacing Luis Miguel Ramis.[21] He resigned the following 24 April, after an eight-match winless run.[22]

On 22 October 2018, Alcaraz was appointed Real Zaragoza manager in the place of sacked Imanol Idiakez.[23] On 17 December, he was himself dismissed.[24]

Personal life

Alcaraz's father, Felipe, was a politician and a writer, being a longtime secretary-general of the Communist Party of Andalusia.[25][26][27] His grandfather was Manuel González, and his namesake his uncle.[28]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 20 July 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Granada 16 October 1995 22 February 1998 106 44 35 27 134 92 +42 041.51 [29]
Almería 22 May 1998 8 November 1998 11 2 5 4 8 9 −1 018.18 [30]
Dos Hermanas 2 July 1999 16 May 2000 39 14 17 8 41 33 +8 035.90 [31]
Recreativo 10 June 2000 30 June 2003 134 47 51 36 138 133 +5 035.07 [32]
Racing Santander 31 July 2003 9 February 2005 64 18 17 29 73 100 −27 028.13 [33]
Xerez 26 June 2005 18 June 2006 46 20 15 11 70 53 +17 043.48 [34]
Murcia 20 June 2006 6 March 2008 71 26 22 23 85 88 −3 036.62 [35]
Recreativo 7 October 2008 15 June 2009 34 8 8 18 34 49 −15 023.53 [36]
Córdoba 25 June 2009 8 June 2011 92 31 27 34 108 119 −11 033.70 [37]
Almería 26 June 2011 4 April 2012 35 15 14 6 57 41 +16 042.86 [38]
Aris 3 December 2012 29 January 2013 8 2 4 2 9 11 −2 025.00 [39]
Granada 30 January 2013 19 May 2014 57 19 9 29 57 83 −26 033.33 [40]
Levante 21 October 2014 25 October 2015 43 10 13 20 40 71 −31 023.26 [41]
Elche 11 June 2016 17 June 2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Granada 3 October 2016 10 April 2017 26 5 6 15 21 51 −30 019.23 [42]
Algeria 13 April 2017 11 October 2017 7 2 1 4 6 10 −4 028.57 [43]
Almería 16 November 2017 24 April 2018 21 6 6 9 22 25 −3 028.57 [44]
Zaragoza 22 October 2018 17 December 2018 8 1 2 5 6 13 −7 012.50 [45]
Albacete 3 February 2020 Present 17 5 9 3 18 15 +3 029.41 [46]
Total 819 275 261 283 927 996 −69 033.58 —
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References
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  2. Maestre, Juan José (20 May 2002). "La euforia se desata en Huelva con el anhelado ascenso recreativista" [Euphoria rampant in Huelva with long-waited recreativista promotion] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  3. Miguelez, José (29 June 2003). "Eto'o pone Mallorca a brindar" [Eto'o has Mallorca toasting]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  4. "El Racing destituye a Alcaraz y Nando Yosu se hace cargo de equipo" [Racing dismiss Alcaraz and Nando Yosu takes charge of team]. El País (in Spanish). 9 February 2005. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  5. "El Murcia ya está en Primera" [Murcia already in Primera]. El País (in Spanish). 13 May 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  6. "El Real Murcia destituye a Lucas Alcaraz y ficha a Javier Clemente" [Real Murcia dismiss Lucas Alcaraz and sign Javier Clemente]. ABC (in Spanish). 6 March 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
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  8. "El Córdoba llega a un acuerdo con Lucas Alcaraz" [Córdoba reach agreement with Lucas Alcaraz]. Marca (in Spanish). 25 June 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
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  20. "Alcaraz empoche 345 000 euros après son limogeage" [Alcaraz pockets €345,000 after his dismissal] (in French). Où Va L'Algérie. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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