Jorge Carrascal
Squad number 8 · Flamengo
Their 2026 World Cup
Jorge Carrascal travelled to the 2026 World Cup with Colombia, wearing number 8, without ever getting on the pitch. His side played 5 matches (3 wins and 2 draws) and bowed out in the round of 16, beaten by Switzerland 0-0.
Midfield went to G. Puerta (5 matches, 470′) and J. Lerma (5 matches, 412′).
Another 4 players in the Colombia squad ended up the same way, without a single minute. The full run is on the Colombia team page.
Biography
Jorge Andrés Carrascal Guardo (born 25 May 1998) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo and the Colombia national team.
Club career Born in Cartagena, Carrascal was a Millonarios youth graduate, after starting it out at CD Heroicos. He made his professional – and Categoría Primera A – debut on 9 November 2014 at the age of only 16, coming on as a late substitute for Luis Hernán Mosquera in a 1–0 away loss against Deportes Tolima. Carrascal only appeared again 7 November 2015, again from the bench in a 2–0 loss at Independiente Medellín. His first (and only) start for the club came on 17 March 2016, in a 2–0 Copa Colombia home win against Bogotá. On 25 May 2016, Carrascal moved abroad, signing a five-year deal with Spanish La Liga side Sevilla FC, being immediately assigned to the reserves in Segunda División. On 13 July 2017, he transferred to Karpaty Lviv in Ukraine at first on loan for a year. In April 2018 Carrascal was recognized as a player of the month in the Ukrainian Premier League.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · text adapted from the article.
See all the tournament stats on the World Cup data hub.
Photo: Вячеслав Евдокимов / ФК «Зенит» · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)