Lautaro Blanco

Lautaro Emanuel Blanco (born 19 February 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Segunda División club Elche and the Argentina national team.[2]

Lautaro Blanco
Personal information
Full name Lautaro Emanuel Blanco
Date of birth (1999-02-19) 19 February 1999
Place of birth Las Delicias, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Elche
Number 3
Youth career
La Consolata
Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Rosario Central 84 (0)
2023– Elche 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 July 2023

Club career

Rosario Central

Blanco started out with local team La Consolata, before joining the Rosario Central academy.[3][4][5] He signed his first professional contract at the beginning of July 2020.[4][6] Blanco made the breakthrough into first-team football later that year under manager Kily González, with the defender's senior debut arriving on 2 November in the Copa de la Liga Profesional against Godoy Cruz; he played, at left-back, the full duration of a 2–1 win.[7]

Elche

On 8 August 2022, Spanish La Liga side Elche CF reached an agreement with Rosario Central for the transfer of Blanco, with the player joining his new club in the following January.[8]

International career

In March 2023, Blanco received his first call-up to the Argentina senior national team by head coach Lionel Scaloni for two friendly matches against Panama and Curaçao.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 19 March 2023[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rosario Central 2020–21[nb 1] Argentine Primera División 12010——130
2021 Argentine Primera División 3300010[lower-alpha 1]0—430
2022 Argentine Primera División 39010——400
Total 8402010000960
Elche 2022–23 La Liga 8010——90
Career total 92030100001050
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana

Notes
  1. Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References
  1. "Lautaro Blanco". World Football. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. "Argentina - L. Blanco". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  3. "Un juvenil que asoma con todo en el costado canalla". La Capital. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. "Otro profesional para el Kily: Lautaro Blanco, de 21 años, firmó su primer contrato con el Canalla". El Ciudadano. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. "¡Fuerza Lautaro!". Rosario Central. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. "El juvenil Lautaro Blanco firmó su primer contrato con el club". One Football. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  7. "Central tuvo un debut con buenas sensaciones". La Capital. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  8. "OFICIAL | El Elche cierra la contratación de Lautaro Blanco" [OFFICIAL | Elche complete the signing of Lautaro Blanco] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  9. "Selección Mayor: lista de convocados para los amistosos ante Panamá y Curazao". AFA (in Spanish). 3 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
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