Raúl Blanco (born 4 December 1941) is an Argentine-born Australian Association football coach and former player.
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Full name | Raúl Blanco | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 4 December 1941 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1962–1966 | Arsenal de Sarandí | ||||||||||||||||
1968–1971 | Sydney Prague | ||||||||||||||||
1972–1973 | Pan-Hellenic | ||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1979–1980 | St George | ||||||||||||||||
1981 | Marconi Stallions | ||||||||||||||||
1981–1983 | Australia Youth Team | ||||||||||||||||
1984–1985 | Parramatta Eagles | ||||||||||||||||
1992 | NSW Team State Coach | ||||||||||||||||
1992–1995 | West Adelaide Hellas | ||||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Australien | ||||||||||||||||
1996–2000 | Australia U23 | ||||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Marconi Stallions | ||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Macarthur Rams | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2013 | New Zealand (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Blanco was born in Buenos Aires. He is well known for coaching the Socceroos from March 1998 to June 1999. He was also coaching the Olyroos (Under-23 side) at the same time,[1] and coached them during the 2000 Summer Olympics. Blanco was also employed by New Zealand Football as a technical assistant in their successful campaign to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa while coaching Macarthur Rams.[2]
A defender, Blanco played for Argentine football club Arsenal de Sarandí between 1962 and 1966, he then immigrated to Australia where he played for Prague F.C. between 1968 and 1971 and Pan-Hellenic between 1972 and 1973.
References
- ^ Olyroos matches 1999 at Oz football
- ^ "Raul's World Cup Dream - Australian FourFourTwo - the Ultimate football Website". Archived from the original on 19 November 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
External links
- ozfootball.net Profile
- Raul Blanco at WorldFootball.net
- Raul Blanco at BDFA (in Spanish)