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Victor Blasco Llorens (born 1 July 1994) is a Spanish professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays as a winger for Maltese club
Balzan Balzan () is a municipality in the Northern Region, Malta, Northern Region of Malta, and together with Attard and Lija, forms part of the "Three villages of Malta, Three Villages" (). The village originally consisted of a group of small dwellin ...
.


Career


Early career

Born in
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
,
Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...
, Blasco spent his youth career with
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, Cornellà and
Mallorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest of the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of the island, Palma, Majorca, Palma, i ...
before moving to Canada to play university football at
Vancouver Island University Vancouver Island University (abbreviated as VIU, formerly known as Malaspina University-College and Malaspina College) is a Canadian public research university serving Vancouver Island and coastal British Columbia. Malaspina College opened in 196 ...
. In the 2014 season with the Mariners, he led the PACWEST with 12 goals in 13 appearances and was named 2014 PACWEST Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year.


Whitecaps FC 2

On 25 March 2015, Blasco signed a professional contract with
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expansion club
Whitecaps FC 2 Whitecaps FC 2 is a professional association football, soccer team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that serves as the reserve team of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer. History Prior to the MLS Next Pro iteratio ...
. He made his professional debut on 29 March in a 4–0 defeat to
Seattle Sounders FC 2 The Tacoma Defiance, formerly Seattle Sounders FC 2, are an American professional Association football, soccer team based in the Puget Sound region in Tukwila, Washington, United States. The team competes in MLS Next Pro, a league in the third ...
. Blasco was released by Vancouver on 19 April 2016 for an undisclosed breach of club policy.


Pacific FC

After returning to VIU, and playing in the PCSL and the VMSL, Blasco signed with new club
Pacific FC Pacific Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Greater Victoria, British Columbia. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League, playing home matches at Starlight Stadium located in Langford. History On May 5, 20 ...
of the
Canadian Premier League The Canadian Premier League (CPL or CanPL; ) is a professional Association football, soccer league in Canada and the highest level of the Canadian soccer league system. The league comprises eight teams, from five of provinces and territories of ...
on 7 February 2019. In 25 games, Blasco scored six goals and three assists in the
2019 Canadian Premier League season The 2019 Canadian Premier League season was the inaugural season of the Canadian Premier League, the Canadian soccer league system, top level of Canadian Professionalism in association football, professional soccer. The regular season began on ...
, which was also the first season in league history, and also appeared in one
Canadian Championship The Canadian Championship () is an annual soccer tournament contested by Canadian professional teams. The winner is awarded the Voyageurs Cup and a berth in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. It is contested by Major League Soccer sides Toronto FC, Va ...
match. Pacific finished in fifth in the spring season and fourth in the fall season, not qualifying for the
finals Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final examination or finals, a test given at the end of a course of study or training *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which d ...
. After Blasco's successful
2021 season 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...
, where Pacific captured the championship, he departed the club.


Vida

On 16 December 2021, Blasco signed with Honduran Liga Nacional club Vida.


Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC

On 10 June 2022, it was announced that Blasco signed with
Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng Football Club (), also known as Svay Rieng or PKR, is a professional football club based in Krong Svay Rieng, Svay Rieng province, Cambodia, that plays in the Cambodian Premier League. The club has won 4 league an ...
who's playing in
Cambodian Premier League The Cambodian Premier League (, ) is a top association football division in Cambodia and administered by the Cambodian Football League Company (CFLC). Contested by 11 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Cambodian Leag ...
. He joins his former teammate at
Pacific FC Pacific Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Greater Victoria, British Columbia. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League, playing home matches at Starlight Stadium located in Langford. History On May 5, 20 ...
Marcus Haber Marcus Warren Haber (born January 11, 1989) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Thai League 1 club Nongbua Pitchaya, on loan from Chonburi. Haber began his career at local club Vancouver Selects, playing fou ...


Honours

Individual * CCAA All-Canadian: 2014 * PACWEST 1st-Team All Star: 2014 * PACWEST Rookie of the Year: 2014 * PACWEST Player of the Year: 2014 Pacific FC *
Canadian Premier League The Canadian Premier League (CPL or CanPL; ) is a professional Association football, soccer league in Canada and the highest level of the Canadian soccer league system. The league comprises eight teams, from five of provinces and territories of ...
:
2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...


References


External links


Canadian Premier league profile page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blasco, Victor 1994 births Footballers from Barcelona Living people 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Whitecaps FC 2 players Vancouver Island University alumni Pacific FC players C.D.S. Vida players Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC players Angkor Tiger FC players Visakha FC players Balzan F.C. players USL Championship players Canadian Premier League players University and college men's soccer players in Canada Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Cambodian Premier League players Maltese Premier League players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Canada Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Honduras Expatriate men's footballers in Cambodia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cambodia Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Malta