Raúl Blanco (footballer, born 1941)
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| 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 | Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
Raúl Blanco (born 4 December 1941) is an Argentine football coach and former player.[1]
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,[2] 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.[3]
A defender, Blanco played for Argentine 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
[edit]- ^ Pearson, Matt (7 November 2013). "Former Socceroos boss Raul Blanco takes charge at Sydney Uni". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ 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
[edit]- ozfootball.net Profile
- Raúl Blanco at WorldFootball.net
- Raúl Blanco at BDFA (in Spanish)
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- Living people
- 1941 births
- Argentine emigrants to Australia
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Arsenal de Sarandí footballers
- Sydney FC Prague players
- Footballers from Buenos Aires
- Sydney Olympic FC players
- Argentine football managers
- Parramatta FC managers
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