Joaquín Alberto del Olmo Blanco (born 20 April 1969) is a Mexican former professional football midfielder and current consultantReal Oviedo
"Organization chart"
for Real Oviedo of Segunda División. A defensive midfielder who occasionally played as a fullback at international level, he began his top-division career with Tampico in the 1988–89 season.MedioTiempo
"Joaquín del Olmo – Pumas"
. Retrieved on 25 March 2013. Del Olmo joined

Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...

in 1990 and soon became a starter; in the 1993–94 season, he played 33 matches and scored 4 times. He joined América after the

1994 World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States w ...

, staying for two years before moving to the Netherlands to Vitesse in the 1996–97 season. Upon del Olmo's return to Mexico in 1997, he represented Necaxa,

Tigres UANL Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Found ...

, Puebla, and Chiapas during the following six years. Most of that time was spent at Tigres, where he participated in the Invierno 2001 final. He closed his top-flight career with

UNAM The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigge ...

, playing on the Pumas team that won consecutive championships in 2004. Del Olmo also earned 51 caps and 3 goals for the

Mexico national team The Mexico national football team () represents Mexico in international football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation (). It competes as a member of CONCACAF. Mexico has qualified to seventeen World Cups and has qualified conse ...

. He made his international debut on 29 June 1993 against Costa Rica, in a 2–0 victory. Under coach Miguel Mejia Baron, del Olmo represented Mexico in that year's

CONCACAF Gold Cup The CONCACAF Gold Cup ( es, Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF, french: Coupe D'or CONCACAF) is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF, determining the continental champion of North Ameri ...

and made the squad for the

1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States ...

, where he played in Mexico's first-round games against

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, and

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.FIFA
"FIFA Player Statistics: Joaquin DEL OLMO"
Retrieved on 25 March 2013. He also appeared at the

1995 Copa América The 1995 Copa América football tournament was staged in Uruguay. It was won by Uruguay, who beat Brazil 5–3 in the penalty shootout after a 1–1 draw in the final. All 10 CONMEBOL members took part, with Mexico and the United States invite ...

and

1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the third edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). The tournament returned to the United States and California; the games were hosted by Los ...

, as well as several qualifiers for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, but he missed out on

Manuel Lapuente Manuel Lapuente Díaz (born 15 May 1944) is a Mexican former professional footballer and manager. Playing career He has played 13 matches for Mexico and scored 5 goals. Career as manager He coached Mexico at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and lead ...

's final World Cup squad. After a long absence from the team, del Olmo was recalled at age 32 by

Enrique Meza Enrique Meza Enríquez (born 3 March 1948) is a Mexican professional football manager who most recently coached Veracruz. Prior to pursuing a career in coaching, he was a goalkeeper for Cruz Azul during their dynasty of the 1970s, albeit a back ...

in 2001. He earned his last cap on 16 June 2001 in a 2–1 loss at

Estadio Azteca Estadio Azteca () is a multi-purpose stadium located in Mexico City. It is the official home of Association football, football clubs Club América and Cruz Azul as well as the Mexico national football team. The stadium sits at an altitude of a ...

to Costa Rica in a qualifier for the

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.FIFA
"Mexico – Costa Rica 1:2"
''FIFA.com'', 16 June 2001. Retrieved on 25 March 2013.

Career statistics

International goals

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Hakatanomori Football Stadium (official name: Higashi-Hirao Park Hakatanomori Football Stadium (東平尾公園博多の森球技場), renamed on March 1, 2008 for naming rights), is located in the Hakata Ward of Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is the home ground of ...

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Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...

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1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

Honours

Player

UNAM * Mexican Primera División: Clausura 2004, Apertura 2004

Manager

Tijuana *

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: Apertura 2010

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Olmo, Joaquin del 1969 births Living people Mexican football managers C.D. Veracruz footballers Club América footballers 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 1994 FIFA World Cup players 1995 King Fahd Cup players 1995 Copa América players 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players CONCACAF Gold Cup-winning players Mexico international footballers Sportspeople from Tampico, Tamaulipas Footballers from Tamaulipas Chiapas F.C. footballers Mexican expatriate footballers Mexican footballers Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands SBV Vitesse players Club Necaxa footballers Tigres UANL footballers Club Puebla players Club Universidad Nacional footballers Liga MX players Eredivisie players Correcaminos UAT managers C.D. Veracruz managers Club Tijuana managers Club Universidad Nacional managers Association football midfielders