Rubén Blanco
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rubén Blanco Veiga | ||
Date of birth | 25 July 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Mos, Spain | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Celta | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
Santa Mariña | |||
2010–2012 | Celta | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Celta B | 58 | (0) |
2013– | Celta | 121 | (0) |
National team | |||
2011 | Spain U16 | 3 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Spain U17 | 7 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Spain U19 | 11 | (0) |
2012 | Spain U20 | 2 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:27, 7 March 2021 (UTC) |
Rubén Blanco Veiga (born 25 July 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for RC Celta de Vigo as a goalkeeper.
He made his professional debut for Celta in La Liga at the age of 17, and went on to play over 100 games for the club.
Club career[]
Born in Mos, Province of Pontevedra, Galicia, Blanco finished his youth career with local RC Celta de Vigo. He played his first games as a senior at only 16, with the B team in Segunda División B.
On 26 May 2013, two months shy of his 18th birthday, Blanco made his main squad – and La Liga – debut, entering the pitch at half-time after Javi Varas suffered a serious shoulder injury and keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 away win against Real Valladolid.[1][2] He retained his position for the following match, the last of the season, helping to a 1–0 home victory over RCD Espanyol as Celta managed to stay up, being the first team above the relegation zone.[3]
Blanco made eight Copa del Rey appearances in 2015–16 in a semi-final run before a 6–2 aggregate loss to Sevilla FC. On the league front, he played as many matches as back-up to Sergio Álvarez. On 3 January 2016, he received a straight red card for a foul on Nordin Amrabat in a 2–0 loss at Málaga CF.[4]
In 2016–17, Blanco made his continental debut as the side reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League. He played four group games, beginning with the 2–2 draw against AFC Ajax at Balaídos on 20 October.[5] After five appearances of the following campaign's domestic league, he succeeded Álvarez as starting goalkeeper under manager Juan Carlos Unzué.[6] He was sent off on 16 October 2017 for taking down Jonathan Calleri in a 5–2 away win over UD Las Palmas.[7]
Blanco signed a new contract in June 2018, running until 2023.[8] On 9 November 2019, in a 4–1 away loss to FC Barcelona, he surpassed 1950s player Padrón as the youngest goalkeeper in club history to reach 100 games; both men were 24.[9]
At the start of 2021–22, Blanco lost his place to veteran Matías Dituro, whom he had previously displaced from Celta's B-team.[10]
Career statistics[]
Club[]
- As of 2 January 2021[11]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Celta | 2012–13 | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
2014–15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
2015–16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
2016–17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | ||||
2018–19 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 0 | ||||
2019–20 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||||
2020–21 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 109 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 0 |
Honours[]
Spain U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2017[12]
References[]
- ^ "Aspas is spot on". ESPN FC. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ Estévez, Antonio (28 May 2013). "La salvación del Celta, en manos de un menor de edad" [Celta's salvation, in the hands of a minor]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ^ "Insa hands Celta survival". ESPN FC. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ^ Álvarez, Juan Carlos (5 January 2016). "El Celta presenta una alegación por la tarjeta roja a Rubén Blanco en Málaga" [Celta present an appeal against Rubén Blanco's red card in Málaga]. Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "Orellana salva al Celta con un golazo y consigue el empate ante el Ajax" [Orella saves Celta with a wondergoal and gets draw against Ajax]. El Economista (in Spanish). 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ Estévez, Antonio (13 November 2017). "Rubén Blanco: "Tengo que devolverle a Unzué la confianza que ha depositado en mí"" [Rubén Blanco: "I have to pay back to Unzué the trust that he has given to me"]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "Iago Aspas leads Celta 5–2 over Las Palmas". EFE. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "Rubén Blanco renueva hasta el 2023" [Rubén Blanco renews until 2023]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ Fuentes, Fran (12 November 2019). "Juventud y experiencia en un solo nombre: el centenario Rubén Blanco" [Youth and experience in just one name: centenarian Rubén Blanco] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "Dituro y Rubén, papeles cambiados diez años después" [Dituro and Rubén, roles reversed ten years later]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 8 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Rubén Blanco at Soccerway
- ^ "Germany U21 1–0 Spain U21". BBC Sport. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
External links[]
- Rubén Blanco at BDFutbol
- Rubén Blanco at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- 1995 births
- Living people
- People from Vigo (comarca)
- Spanish footballers
- Footballers from Galicia (Spain)
- Association football goalkeepers
- La Liga players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Celta de Vigo B players
- RC Celta de Vigo players
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers