Lautaro Blanco

Lautaro Emanuel Blanco (born 19 February 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Rosario Central.[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 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Left-back[1]
Club information
Current team
 Rosario Central
Number 3
Youth career
La Consolata
Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Rosario Central 25 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 July 2021

Career

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]

Personal life

Blanco's father, Sergio, passed away in September 2020 after contracting COVID-19 at his workplace.[3][5]

Career statistics
As of 5 November 2020.[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rosario Central 2020–21[nb 1] Primera División 100000—0010
Career total 100000—0010

    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.
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