Lautaro Emanuel Blanco (born 19 February 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors.[2]
Blanco started out with local team La Consolata, before joining the Rosario Central academy.[3][4][5] He signed his first professional contract at the beginning of July 2020.[4][6] Blanco made the breakthrough into first-team football later that year under manager Kily González, with the defender's senior debut arriving on 2 November in the Copa de la Liga Profesional against Godoy Cruz; he played, at left-back, the full duration of a 2–1 win.[7]
On 8 August 2022, Spanish La Liga side Elche CF reached an agreement with Rosario Central for the transfer of Blanco, with the player joining his new club in the following January.[8]
In March 2023, Blanco received his first call-up to the Argentina senior national team by head coach Lionel Scaloni for two friendly matches against Panama and Curaçao.[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rosario Central | 2020–21[nb 1] | Argentine Primera División | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | Argentine Primera División | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10[a] | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | Argentine Primera División | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 0 | |||
| Total | 84 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | ||
| Elche | 2022–23 | La Liga | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 92 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 0 | ||
