Alfonso Blanco

Infobox Football biography


playername = Alfonso Blanco
fullname = Alfonso Blanco Antunez
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1987|7|31
cityofbirth = Tamiahua, Veracruz
countryofbirth = Mexico
height = height|m=1.85
nickname =
position = Goalkeeper
currentclub = Cruz Azul
clubnumber = 1
youthyears = 2005–2007
youthclubs = Pachuca C.F.
years = 2007
2008
2008–
clubs = C.F. Juarez
Pachuca C.F.
Cruz Azul
caps(goals) = 017 0(0)
000 0(0)
001 0(0)
nationalyears = 2007
nationalteam = flagicon|Mexico Mexico U-20
nationalcaps(goals) = 008 0(0)
pcupdate = March 11, 2007
ntupdate =

Alfonso Blanco Antunez (born July 31, 1987 in Tamiahua, Veracruz) is a Mexican soccer player. He is currently playing for Cruz Azul.

Career

Blanco began in Pachuca's youth division teams and then was transferred on loan for Indios de Ciudad Juarez in the 2007 Season after having a good performance during the U-20 World Cup in Canada in 2007.

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. After Óscar Pérez's controversial signing with Tigres, Cruz Azul brought Blanco, possibly, to be a substitute of Yosgart Gutiérrez, the Goalkeeper who took Perez's spot.