Fernando Carazo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Carazo Castro | ||
| Date of birth | 6 April 1904 | ||
| Place of birth | A Coruña, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 18 July 1986 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Wandekok | |||
| 1925 | EC Itapira | ||
| 1926–1927 | Antarctica FC | ||
| 1927 | Palestra Itália-SP | 1 | (0) |
| 1928–1932 | Palestra Itália-MG | ||
| 1932 | Villa Nova | ||
| 1933–1935 | Palestra Itália-SP | ||
| 1936 | São Paulo | 2 | (2) |
| 1936–1941 | Palestra Itália-MG | ||
| 1943 | Metalusina EC | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 November 2025 | |||
Fernando Carazo Castro (6 April 1904 – 18 July 1986), was a Spanish professional footballer who played as midfielder.
Career
[edit]Born in A Coruña, Spain, Carazo arrived in Brazil with his family in 1907. During the 1920s he began playing football, starting with the amateur team Wandekok and later with EC Itapira and Antarctica FC. In 1927 he joined the second team of SS Palestra Italia (now SE Palmeiras), playing in one of the team's state championship matches. At the end of 1927, he was spotted by directors of Palestra Italia FC, now Cruzeiro EC, and taken to Belo Horizonte. With the team, Carazo became the club's most prominent foreign player to date, making 113 appearances, scoring 44 goals, and winning the championship in 1928, 1929, and 1930.[1][2] In 1932 he transferred to Villa Nova and won another championship.[3][4][5]
He returned to Palestra Italia-SP in 1933 and 1934, participating in the campaigns for the state and Rio-São Paulo titles. In 1936 he transferred to São Paulo FC where he played only twice,[6] returning to Palestra Italia-MG. He ended his career in 1943 with Metalusina EC, from Barão de Cocais. Upon retiring, he began working as a carpenter.[4][5]
Honours
[edit]Cruzeiro
- Campeonato Mineiro: 1928, 1929, 1930, 1940
Villa Nova
- Campeonato Mineiro: 1932 (AMEG)
Palmeiras
- Campeonato Paulista: 1927 (APEA), 1933, 1934
- Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1933
References
[edit]- ^ "Cruzeiro anuncia homenagem aos maiores artilheiros estrangeiros do clube". O Tempo (in Portuguese). 28 February 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
- ^ Alexander Rodrigues (10 December 2021). "Cruzeiro tem espanhol e francês entre os melhores gringos da sua história; saiba mais". torcedores.com (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 13 June 2024.
- ^ "Títulos do Villa Nova". Portal Villa Nova (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Carazo tinha fome de bola". Páginas Heróicas Digitais (in Portuguese). 10 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Que fim levou? Fernando Carazo". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
- ^ "Todos os Jogadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- 1904 births
- 1986 deaths
- Men's association football midfielders
- Spanish men's footballers
- Cruzeiro EC players
- Villa Nova Atlético Clube players
- SE Palmeiras players
- São Paulo FC players
- Footballers from A Coruña
- Spanish emigrants to Brazil
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- 20th-century Spanish sportsmen