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'''Cuauhtémoc Blanco''' (born [[January 17]], [[1973]]) is a [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[football (soccer)|football]] [[striker]], who currently plays for the [[Chicago Fire (soccer)|Chicago Fire]] of [[Major League Soccer]] and for the [[Mexico national football team|Mexican national team]], where he is the most honored player by FIFA with a Golden Boot and a Silver Ball, both in [[Confederations Cup]]. Usually a second-striker he is known for his dribbling, passing, free-kicks, and penalties.
'''Cuauhtémoc Blanco''' (born [[January 17]], [[1973]]) is a [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[football (soccer)|football]] [[striker]], who currently plays for the [[Chicago Fire (soccer)|Chicago Fire]] of [[Major League Soccer]] and for the [[Mexico national football team|Mexican national team]].. Usually a second-striker he is known for his dribbling, passing, free-kicks, and penalties.
==Career==
==Career==

Revision as of 02:22, 21 March 2008

Cuauhtémoc Blanco
File:C blanco.jpg
Personal information
Full name Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker-Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Chicago Fire
Number 10
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 February 2008

Cuauhtémoc Blanco (born January 17, 1973) is a Mexican football striker, who currently plays for the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer and for the Mexican national team.. Usually a second-striker he is known for his dribbling, passing, free-kicks, and penalties.

Career

Cuauhtemoc Blanco made his debut in the Primera División de México and in 1990 at age 17 with Club América. , he was sent to play with Necaxa, and returned 2 years later to Club América. In 2000 Blanco was transferred to Real Valladolid in Spain where he played for 2 years before returning again to América. In 2004, after being involved in a training-ground bustup at the Estadio Azteca, Blanco was loaned to CD Veracruz for six months before returning to Club América. Blanco has played for the Mexican National Team in two World Cups, France '98 and Korea-Japan 2002, scoring a total of two goals. He was a member of the Mexican National Team that won the Confederations Cup in 1999 where he was the tournament's leading scorer with 9 goals. He was awarded the Golden Boot and Silver Ball. Blanco holds the record with Ronaldinho as the highest-scoring players in the Confederations Cup with 9. (See Confederations Cup goalscorers). He is one of the top scorers of the Mexican National Team only nine goals behind the top scorer of all time Jared Borgetti. Following this tournament, Blanco attracted attention from both Spanish and German clubs.[citation needed]

In May of 2005, Blanco won his first club championship as a player, leading Club América to its tenth league title, when the "Aguilas" defeated the UAG Tecos by an aggregate score of 7-4 (1-1, 6-3). Blanco is one of Mexico's best attacking strikers and one of the league's most prolific scorers still in activity, with nearly 150 goals to his name. He has amassed 97 caps and scored 34 goals for his country. Blanco was responsible for introducing a novel footballing technique known popularly in México as the 'Cuautemiña' (Also known as the 'Blanco Bounce' or 'Bunny Hop'), whereupon Blanco would deviously secure the ball lodged between both feet and avoid sliding players with the ball hidden away from the defenders. This move was introduced in the 1998 World Cup against South Korea. In the selection for the final 2006 FIFA World Cup squad, coach Ricardo Lavolpe left Blanco out of the team. While the ostensible reason is that Blanco is frequently injured and not in good form, some people considered this to be a consequence of the previous year's constant bickering and due to personal problems with the player.

Major League Soccer

On April 2, 2007, Cuauhtémoc Blanco was welcomed by the Chicago Fire with around 5,000 fans at Toyota Park as he signed autographs and shook hands with fans. Blanco will be wearing number 10 as he did with Club America. "I am coming to Chicago," Blanco told the Bridgeview crowd. "I am very happy and will give 100 percent for Chicago to be in the final. I look forward to working with this group of players to bring a championship to Chicago, a community that has always supported me, in good times and in bad times. I hope to bring great satisfaction to all of you." He is usually known for his deadly free kicks totaling over 60 free kick goals and his skills when getting to his team mates.

His first game on the Fire was against Celtic FC, a very talented Scottish football team; he scored the first goal of the game and the match was tied at the end.His first season with the Fire was a very good one, as he scored 4 goals and had 7 assists in 14 regular season games as he helped Chicago make the MLS Playoffs. He was announced as a finalist for both the MVP and Newcomer of the Year awards.News Release

Debut

On July 22, 2007, which was his debut, he scored the first goal against Celtic F.C. in an exhibition game. The game later ended on a 1-1 score. In the game he successfully used his signature move the "Cuauhtemiña" in between two defenders.

Celebration

From very early on in his career, he celebrates scoring a goal by acting like the Prehispanic Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc, in order to show respect for the Mexican people, and their heritage. This celebration is Blanco's signature and one of the most famous celebrations in Mexico.

Other famous celebrations

  • The bad relationship between Blanco and Ricardo Lavolpe has lasted for more than 5 years, since when words were said before a match between Club América and CF Atlas, where Lavolpe was head coach; Blanco scored a goal in that match and celebrated by lying on the floor in front of Lavolpe.

Controversy

He has been involved in many controversial events in his career, establishing a reputation of being loved or hated, with no middle opinions about him. He has been subject of the media with relationships with Galilea Montijo and many more personalities, and inside the pitch he is known for provoking opponents and referees alike.

He also punched ESPN reporter David Faitelson in his locker room in a game between America and Veracruz in the Luis Pirata Fuente Stadium, and TV Azteca started a war with Blanco, in which Jose Ramon Fernandez (who has always been very critical of him) called him a coward. [citation needed]

Trivia

  • The name Cuauhtémoc comes form the Nahuatl words Cuauhtli and Temoc, where Cuahtli means eagle, curiously, the mascot of Club América.
  • When he played on the Tiburones of CD Veracruz, he used to be called Tiburón Blanco (White Shark); he therefore modified his celebration, putting a hand to his head like a fin.
  • When Ricardo Lavolpe decided not to include Blanco in the national team, a large group of fans organized a 15km protest march.[1]
  • He has been a Club America fan since he was 6 years old.[2]
  • Cuauhtemoc has the World Cup record for most fouls received.
  • Cuauhtemoc is currently (as of May 5, 2007) the second best all-time Mexican goalscorer in the Copa Libertadores tournament. He has 15 goals to his name only behind Juan Francisco Palencia with 16 goals.
  • One of Cuauhtemoc's most famous goal was scored in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium against Real Madrid

Honors

Club Honors

Mexico Club America

International Honors

Mexico Mexico

Individual Honors

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References

  1. ^ Marcha Pro-Cuauhtemoc www.oem.com.mx
  2. ^ Entrevista
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