Raul Blanco

Raúl Blanco
Personal information
Full name	Raúl Blanco
Date of birth	4 December 1941 (age 82)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Senior career*
Years	Team
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
1996-1997	Australia
1996–2000	Australia U23
2002–2003	Marconi Stallions
2009–	Macarthur Rams
	New Zealand (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:09, 13 March 2009 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:09, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Raúl Blanco (Buenos Aires, 4 December 1941) is an Argentine-born Australian Association football coach.

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 World Cup in South Africa while coaching Macarthur Rams.^[2]

Blanco played for Argentine football club Arsenal de Sarandí between 1962 and 1966, he then emigrated to Australia where he played for Prague F.C. between 1968 and 1971 and Pan-Hellenic between 1972 and 1973.