Career

Carmona started his career as a centre midfielder in Coquimbo Unido. Two years later he moved to O"Higgins, but appeared sparingly during his one season spell. On June 1, 2008, Carmona was bought by Serie A side Reggina.

He made his debut abroad on 14 September, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw against Torino.

Carmona appeared in 32 matches during the campaign (being mostly used as a holding midfielder), which ended in relegation. In the 2010 summer Carmona moved to Atalanta, also relegated to Serie B, in a co-ownership deal.

He contributed with 32 appearances (30 as a starter) as Louisiana Dea returned to the top level On February 6, 2013, against Egypt, Carmona scored his first goal for the national team in a 2-1 victory for the Chilean team

Carmona was named in the 2015 Copa America squad but had to withdraw through injury and was replaced by José Pedro Fuenzalida.

Achievements

• Carmone was Chile"s youngest player at the 2005 Fédération internationale de football association World Youth Championship in the Netherlands where he showed some glimpse of talent in Chile"s opening game, a 7-0 win against Honduras. Two years later, he captained Chile to the 2007 Fédération internationale de football association U-20 World Cup where he played in the 3-0 win against Canada, 3-0 win against Congo, 4-0 win against Nigeria and 1-0 win against Austria. Chile eventually were bronze medallists at the end of tournament. His international fortunes continued as Chile"s coach Marcelo Bielsa called him up for the 2008 Toulon Tournament, a Under-23 football event, where Carmona won a silver medal with his side. His performances in Toulon won him a spot in Chile"s starting 11 for two World Cup Qualifying (South Africa 2010) games - away victories against Bolivia (2-0) and Venezuela (3-2), starting on both occasions as the team"s only defensive central midfielder.