Maria Gimena Blanco (born 5 December 1987), known as Gimena Blanco, is an Argentine
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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for Italian
Serie A
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club
SSD Napoli Femminile. She is also a
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Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...
player, and represented Argentina internationally in both
football
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and
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football.
Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...
.
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Club career
Blanco played for River Plate and Italian side Gruppo Isef.
International career
Blanco was part of the Argentina women's national football team
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at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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and the 2010 South American Women's Football Championship
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.
See also
* Argentina at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Argentina competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. 137 athletes qualified for the Olympic Games in 19 sports.
Manu Ginóbili, basketball player and gold medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was the na ...
References
External links
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*https://femeninosoccer.wordpress.com/2016/03/23/gimena-blanco-busco-mirar-el-proyecto-del-equipo/
*http://losandes.com.ar/article/la-mendocina-gimena-blanco-la-unica-jugadora-en-ganar-cuatro-scudettos
*http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/mar%C3%ADa-gimena-blanco?excludenudity=true&sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=mar%C3%ADa%20gimena%20blanco
1987 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Mendoza, Argentina
Argentine women's footballers
Women's association football midfielders
Club Atlético River Plate (women) players
Argentina women's international footballers
Olympic footballers for Argentina
Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Argentine expatriate women's footballers
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate women's footballers in Italy
Argentine women's futsal players
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