Alfonso Blanco Antúnez (born 31 July 1987) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a goalkeeper for

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club León.

Club career

Blanco began in Pachuca's youth division teams and then was transferred on loan for

Indios de Ciudad Juárez Club de Fútbol Indios de Ciudad Juárez, commonly referred as Indios de Ciudad Juárez or simply Indios, was a Mexican football club. Founded in 2005 when CF Pachuca moved its Pachuca Juniors to Ciudad Juárez, it was promoted to the Primera Div ...

in the 2007 Season after having a good performance during the U-20 World Cup in Canada in 2006. 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

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'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.

Honours

Pachuca *

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: 2016–17 León *

: Guardianes 2020 *

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Individual *

Golden Glove: 2016–17

References

1987 births Living people Footballers from Veracruz Men's association football goalkeepers Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's under-20 international footballers Indios de Ciudad Juárez footballers C.F. Pachuca players Cruz Azul footballers C.D. Irapuato footballers Club América footballers Club Necaxa footballers Club León footballers Atlético San Luis footballers Liga MX players {{Mexico-footy-goalkeeper-stub