Daniel Blanco
Blanco in 2021
Personal information
Full name Daniel Alejandro Blanco Aparicio
Date of birth (1990-05-25) 25 May 1990
Place of birth Caracas, Venezuela
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Monagas (manager)
Youth career
Gulima
Caracas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Caracas 2 (0)
2010–2011 → Caroní (loan) 7 (0)
2011–2012 → Atlético Venezuela (loan)
2012–2015 Metropolitanos
2015 Barrio México
2016 Plaza Amador 8 (0)
2017 San Miguelito 7 (0)
2017–2018 Plaza Amador
2018–2020 Costa del Este
International career
2005 Venezuela U15
2007 Venezuela U17
Managerial career
2021–2023 Potros del Este
2024– Monagas
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Alejandro Blanco Aparicio (born 25 May 1990) is a Venezuelan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Monagas.

Playing career

Born in Caracas, Blanco was a Caracas FC youth graduate. After appearing with the reserves, he made his first team debut in 2009, and subsequently served loan stints at Primera División newcomers Caroní and Atlético Venezuela.

In 2012, Blanco signed for Metropolitanos in Segunda División, and helped in their first-ever promotion to the top tier in 2014.[1] In August 2015, he moved abroad and joined Costa Rican side Barrio México.[2]

On 1 March 2016, Blanco agreed to a contract with Plaza Amador in Panama.[3] He moved to fellow league team San Miguelito ahead of the 2017 season, but returned to Plaza Amador in July of that year.[4]

On 14 August 2018, Blanco joined Costa del Este still in the Panamanian top tier.[5] He won the 2018–19 Copa Panamá with the club before retiring in January 2020, aged 29.

Managerial career

Shortly after retiring, Blanco joined the technical staff of his last club Costa del Este. On 28 May 2021, he was named their new manager.[6][7] He continued to work with the club after they changed name to Potros del Este in 2022, only leaving his post in May 2023.

In June 2023, Blanco joined Thomas Christiansen's staff at the Panama national team, as a video analyst. He left the post on 20 October,[8] and returned to managerial duties after being appointed in charge of Monagas back in his home country.[9]

Honours

Player

Costa del Este

References

  1. ↑ "Daniel Blanco continuará con Metropolitanos" [Daniel Blanco will continue with Metropolitanos] (in Spanish). La Vinotinto. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Daniel Blanco fue fichado por el Club Barrio México de Segunda División en Costa Rica" [Daniel Blanco was signed by Club Barrio México from the Costa Rican Second Division] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Daniel Blanco firmó con Plaza Amador FC de la primera división de Panamá" [Daniel Blanco signed with Plaza Amador FC from the first division of Panama] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Daniel Blanco regresa a casa" [Daniel Blanco returns home] (in Spanish). Diario Meridiano. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Costa del Este se refuerza con Eric Vásquez y Daniel Blanco" [Costa del Este bolster with Eric Vásquez and Daniel Blanco] (in Spanish). RPC Televisión. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "El Club Deportivo del Este tiene nuevo técnico" [Club Deportivo del Este have a new manager] (in Spanish). JM Deportes. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Daniel Blanco será el DT de Costa del Este de la Primera de Panamá que tiene a 5 criollos confirmados" [Daniel Blanco will be the manager of Costa del Este from the First Division of Panama which has 5 criollos confirmed] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Daniel Blanco se despide de la Selección de Panamá para volver a ser entrenador" [Daniel Blanco bids farewell from the Panama national team to return to being a manager] (in Spanish). Fútbol Centroamérica. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Monagas SC no perdió tiempo y anunció al entrenador Daniel Blanco como su nuevo DT" [Monagas SC did not waste time and announced the manager Daniel Blanco as their new manager] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
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