Kepa Blanco
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kepa Blanco González | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Marbella, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Recreativo | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2002 | Sevilla | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2005 | Sevilla B | 90 | (37) |
| 2005–2006 | Sevilla | 37 | (9) |
| 2007 | → West Ham (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2007–2010 | Getafe | 24 | (2) |
| 2010– | Recreativo | 19 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 2003 | Spain U19 | 3 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Spain U21 | 8 | (2) |
| 2005 | Spain U23 | 4 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Kepa Blanco González, simply Kepa (born 13 January 1984 in Marbella, Málaga), is a Spanish footballer who plays for Recreativo de Huelva as a striker.
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[edit] Football career
Brought up through the ranks of Sevilla FC, Kepa played two La Liga matches with the first team in the 2004–05 season, and established himself as an important offensive player with the Andalusia outfit in the following two years.
In 2006–07, even after having scored a hat-trick against Levante UD in the league opener, and another three in the victorious UEFA Cup campaign, he fell out of favour and, on 22 January 2007, agreed a loan move to West Ham United in the Premier League until the end of the season, with the option of a permanent move available.[1]
On his debut for West Ham, he scored a 77th minute goal after only being on for 70 seconds with his first touch of the game against Liverpool, on 30 January 2007.[2]
In July 2007, Kepa agreed a four-year deal with first division's Getafe CF, with Sevilla retaining the option of repurchasing the player the next season or the one after that.[3] During the season, he appeared sparingly for the UEFA Cup quarterfinalists. On 21 October, after coming from the bench, he scored in a 2–0 home win over Real Murcia, but was sent off after kicking an opponent;[4] from that moment onwards, he rarely had a match, not even in the Copa del Rey (nine league games in two full seasons combined).
On 5 August 2010, Kepa was sold to Recreativo de Huelva in Segunda División, as Adrián Colunga moved in the opposite direction.[5]
[edit] Honours
- Sevilla
- Spain U23
[edit] References
- ^ Kepa completes loan move from Sevilla; West Ham's official site, 22 January 2007
- ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups. 30 January 2007. http://www.football-lineups.com/wiki/_match3671.php.
- ^ Getafe to get hands on Kepa; UEFA.com, 6 July 2007
- ^ "El Polaris vence a su bestia negra y el Murcia cae derrotado ante el Getafe [Polaris defeats nemesis and Murcia falls to Getafe]" (in Spanish). Reportero Digital. 22 October 2007. http://www.reporterodigital.com/murcia/post.php/2007/10/22/el_polaris_vence_a_su_bestia_negra_y_el_. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ^ "Kepa Blanco nuevo delantero del Decano [Kepa Blanco new Decano forward]" (in Spanish). Recreativo's official website. 5 August 2010. http://www.recreativohuelva.com/pag/noticias_detalle.asp?idnoticias=7219&seccion=Noticias. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
[edit] External links
- BDFutbol profile
- Futbolme profile (Spanish)
- Kepa Blanco career stats at Soccerbase
- Transfermarkt profile
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- People from Marbella
- Spanish footballers
- Andalusian footballers
- Association football forwards
- La Liga footballers
- Sevilla FC footballers
- Getafe CF footballers
- Recreativo de Huelva footballers
- Premier League players
- West Ham United F.C. players
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spain under-23 international footballers
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
