Alfonso Blanco (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfonso Blanco Antúnez[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 July 1987[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Tamiahua, Veracruz, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| 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 | |||
Alfonso Blanco Antúnez (born 31 July 1987) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club León.
Club career
[edit]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.[2]
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.[3] 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.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 10 February 2024[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Indios | 2007–08 | Primera División A | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Pachuca | 2007–08 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cruz Azul | 2008–09 | Primera División | 9 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| Irapuato | 2009–10 | Liga de Ascenso | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Necaxa | 2009–10 | Liga de Ascenso | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||||
| León | 2010–11 | Liga de Ascenso | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 28 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 0 | |||||
| Pachuca | 2011–12 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2012–13 | Liga MX | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2018–19 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 68 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 115 | 0 | ||
| Atlético San Luis (loan) | 2013–14 | Ascenso MX | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| León | 2020–21 | Liga MX | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 10 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 169 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 231 | 0 | ||
Honours
[edit]Pachuca
León
Individual
- CONCACAF Champions League Golden Glove: 2016–17[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023™: List of Players: Club León" (PDF). FIFA. 6 December 2023. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Alfonso Blanco – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Alfonso Blanco – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- ^ Alfonso Blanco at Soccerway
- ^ "Pachuca's Blanco grasps SCCL Golden Glove". CONCACAF.com. April 27, 2017. Archived from the original on July 22, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
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