Alfonso Blanco (footballer)
Alfonso Blanco Antúnez (born 31 July 1987) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club León.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfonso Blanco Antúnez[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 July 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Tamiahua, Veracruz, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | León | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2007 | Pachuca Juniors | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | Indios | 11 | (0) |
| 2008 | Pachuca | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Cruz Azul | 9 | (0) |
| 2009 | Irapuato | 18 | (0) |
| 2010 | América | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | Necaxa | 7 | (0) |
| 2011 | León | 27 | (0) |
| 2012–2020 | Pachuca | 68 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Atlético San Luis (loan) | 28 | (0) |
| 2020– | León | 9 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2007 | Mexico U20 | 8 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 August 2023 | |||
Club career
Blanco began in Pachuca's youth division teams and then was transferred on loan for Indios de Ciudad Juárez in the 2007 Season after having a good performance during the U-20 World Cup in Canada in 2006.[3]
Blanco arrived to Indios as one of the main bookings for the season but after 4 games and receiving 10 goals he was relegated to the bench for the rest of the season. Indios managed to qualify for the Liguilla in Apertura 2007 and due to an injury from the goalie Joel Barba, Blanco returned to the first team and helped the team get to the finals.
Though he did not make his debut in the Primera División with Pachuca, there were already offers for Blanco from European clubs from Spain, Greece and Holland but in the end, he settled with Cruz Azul.[4] After Óscar Pérez's controversial signing with Tigres UANL, Cruz Azul brought Blanco, possibly, to be a substitute of Yosgart Gutiérrez, the Goalkeeper who took Perez's spot. He played the rest of Clausura 2009 as the Cruz Azul starter goalkeeper but the team finished in the last place of the table. On June 19, 2009, he was signed by Deportivo Irapuato. Later he joined Club León.
Before starting Clausura 2012, it was announced he would play for his original club, Pachuca.
References
- "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
- "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional". www.ligamx.net. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
- Alfonso Blanco – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Alfonso Blanco – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archive) (in Spanish)
- "Pachuca's Blanco grasps SCCL Golden Glove". CONCACAF.com. April 27, 2017. Archived from the original on July 22, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2018.