Carlos Carmona
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| Carlos Carmona | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Emilio Carmona Tello | |
| Date of birth | February 21, 1987 | |
| Place of birth | Coquimbo, Chile | |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Reggina | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2003-2005 | Coquimbo Unido | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2005-2007 2008 2008-present |
Coquimbo Unido O'Higgins Reggina |
92 (7) 14 (3) |
| National team | ||
| 2005-2007 | Chile U-20 | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Carlos Emilio Carmona Tello (February 21, 1987) is a professional Chilean footballer who started off his career as a centre midfielder in Club Deportivo O'Higgins and has already captained Chile's U-20 and U-23 sides and . On June 1st, 2008, he was bought by Italian Serie A club, Reggina, where he is expected to play until 2012.
Although Carmona is an extremely young player, he has bags of talent and experience. He was Chile's youngest player at the 2005 U-20 World Cup in Holland where he showed unbelievable talent in Chile's opening game, a 7-0 win against Honduras. Only a couple of years after he captained Chile to the 2007 U-20 World Cup where he played excellent games in the 3-0 win against Canada, 3-0 win against Congo, 1-0 win against Congo, 4-0 win against Nigeria and 1-0 win against Austria. He led Chile to a historic bronze medal.
However, his international success would continue as Chile's senior side's world-renown coach Marcelo Bielsa quickly took note of his tremendous displays for his club, O'Higgins and quickly called him up for the 2008 Toulon Tournament, the most prestigious U-23 football event in Europe. It was there where Carmona really stepped up and led Chile to the silver medal after beating France 5-3, the Netherlands 2-0, Japan 2-0 (where he scored from an amazing volley from 40 yards out) and Cote d'Ivoire 2-1. Unfortunately, he missed the final due to a questionable yellow card in the dying minutes of the semifinal where Chile fell 1-0 to Italy.
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