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{{short description|Mexican footballer and politician (born 1973)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
{{BLP sources|date=July 2018}}
| playername = Cuauhtémoc Blanco
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
| image = [[File:Blanco Veracruz.jpg|200px]]
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| caption = Blanco with [[Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz|Veracruz]] in 2010.
| honorific-prefix =
| fullname = Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo
| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1973|1|17|df=y}}
| name = Cuauhtémoc Blanco
| cityofbirth = [[Mexico City]]
| native_name =
| countryofbirth = [[Mexico]]
| native_name_lang = Spanish
| honorific-suffix =
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| position = [[Attacking Midfielder]]<br />[[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| image = Cuauhtemoc Blanco 2.jpg
| currentclub = [[Dorados de Sinaloa]]
| imagesize = 200px
| clubnumber = 20
| caption = Blanco in 2017
| order =
| years1 = 1992–2007 | clubs1 = [[Club América|América]] | caps1 = 333 | goals1 = 125
| years2 = 1997–1998 | clubs2 = → [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]] (loan) | caps2 = 28 | goals2 = 13
| office = Member of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]]
| term_start = 31 August 2024
| years3 = 2000–2002 | clubs3 = → [[Real Valladolid]] (loan) | caps3 = 23 | goals3 = 3
| term_end =
| years4 = 2004 | clubs4 = → [[Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz|Veracruz]] (loan) | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 5
| office1 = [[Governor of Morelos]]
| years5 = 2007–2009 | clubs5 = [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]] | caps5 = 62 | goals5 = 16
| term_start1 = 1 October 2018
| years6 = 2008 | clubs6 = → [[Club Santos Laguna|Santos Laguna]] (loan) | caps6 = 4 | goals6 = 1
| term_end1 = 31 August 2024
| years7 = 2010 | clubs7 = [[Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz|Veracruz]] | caps7 = 14 | goals7 = 5
| predecessor1 = [[Graco Ramírez]]
| years8 = 2010–2011 | clubs8 = [[Irapuato FC|Irapuato]] | caps8 = 47| goals8 = 9
| successor1 = [[Margarita González Saravia]]
| years9 = 2012– | clubs9 = [[Dorados de Sinaloa]] | caps9 = 13| goals9 = 5
| office2 = [[Municipal president]] of [[Cuernavaca]]
| nationalyears1 = 1995–2010 | nationalteam1 = {{nft|Mexico}} | nationalcaps1 = 119 | nationalgoals1 = 39
| medaltemplates =
| term_start2 = 1 January 2016
| pcupdate = 16 April 2012
| term_end2 = 2 April 2018
| successor2 = Denisse Arizmendi Villegas
| predecessor2 = Jorge Morales Barud
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|1|17|}}
| birth_place = [[Mexico City]], Mexico
| birthname = Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/19125/cuauhtemoc-blanco?cc=3888|title=Cuauhtemoc Blanco|work=ESPN|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|access-date=11 January 2011|archive-date=24 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024034218/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/19125/cuauhtemoc-blanco?cc=3888|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| party = [[Morena (political party)|MORENA]] (since 2022)
| otherparty = [[Social Democratic Party (Mexico)|Social Democratic Party]]<br />(2015–2016)<br />[[Independent politician|Independent]]<br />(2016–2017)<br />[[Social Encounter Party]]<br />(2017–2022)
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Marisela Santoyo|1996|2003|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Natalia Rezende|2015}}
}}
| children = 4
| residence =
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* [[Association football|Footballer]] (retired)
* Politician
}}
| signature =
| website =
| footnotes =
| module = {{Infobox football biography | embed = yes | header-color = lavender
| position = {{flatlist|
* [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
* [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|Attacking midfielder]]
}}
| youthyears1 = 1988–1992
| youthclubs1 = [[Club América|América]]
| years1 = 1992–2007 | clubs1 = [[Club América|América]] | caps1 = 308 | goals1 = 108
| years2 = 1997–1998 | clubs2 = → [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]] (loan) | caps2 = 18 | goals2 = 11
| years3 = 2000–2002 | clubs3 = → [[Real Valladolid]] (loan) | caps3 = 23 | goals3 = 3
| years4 = 2004 | clubs4 = → [[C.D. Veracruz|Veracruz]] (loan) | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 5
| years5 = 2007–2009 | clubs5 = [[Chicago Fire FC|Chicago Fire]] | caps5 = 62 | goals5 = 16
| years6 = 2008 | clubs6 = → [[Santos Laguna]] (loan) | caps6 = 4 | goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2010 | clubs7 = [[C.D. Veracruz|Veracruz]] | caps7 = 14 | goals7 = 5
| years8 = 2010–2011 | clubs8 = [[C.D. Irapuato|Irapuato]] | caps8 = 47 | goals8 = 9
| years9 = 2012–2013 | clubs9 = [[Dorados de Sinaloa|Dorados]] | caps9 = 40 | goals9 = 14
| years10 = 2013–2014 | clubs10 = [[Lobos BUAP|BUAP]] | caps10 = 22 | goals10 = 6
| years11 = 2014–2015 | clubs11 = [[Club Puebla|Puebla]] | caps11 = 19 | goals11=3
| years12 = 2016 | clubs12 = [[Club América|América]] | caps12 = 1 | goals12 =0
| totalcaps = 573 | totalgoals = 181
| nationalyears1 = 1995–2014 | nationalteam1 = [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
| nationalcaps1 = 119 | nationalgoals1 = 38
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country | {{flag|Mexico}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999 Mexico]]|}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1995 FIFA Confederations Cup|1995 Saudi Arabia]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996 United States]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998 United States]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007 United States]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1997 Copa América|1997 Bolivia]]|}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1999 Copa América|1999 Paraguay]]|}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[2007 Copa América|2007 Venezuela]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]]|[[Football at the 1995 Pan American Games|Team]]}}
}}
}}
}}
'''Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo''' ({{IPA-es|kwauˈtemok ˈblaŋko}}; born 17 January 1973) is a Mexican professional [[Association football|footballer]] who currently plays for [[Dorados de Sinaloa]]<ref name=dorados>{{cite news | url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/mexico/noticias/2011/12/22/cuauhtemoc-blanco-es-nuevo-jugador-de-los-dorados-de-sinaloa | title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco es nuevo jugador de los Dorados de Sinaloa| date=22 December 2011| language=Spanish}}</ref> in the Mexican [[Liga de Ascenso]].


'''Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo''' ({{IPA|es|kwawˈtemok ˈblaŋko}}; born 17 January 1973) is a Mexican politician and former professional [[Association football|footballer]] serving as a member of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]]. He also served as the [[Governor of Morelos]] from 2018 to 2024 under the coalition ''[[Juntos Haremos Historia]]'', and as the [[municipal president]] of [[Cuernavaca]], [[Morelos]]. As a footballer, Blanco was known for his attacking ability and played most of his career as a [[Forward (association football)|deep-lying forward]] and his last years as an [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|attacking midfielder]]. Blanco is considered to be one of the greatest [[Mexicans|Mexican]] footballers of all time.
Known for his aggressive yet charismatic personality on the field, playing most of his career as a [[Second striker|deep-lying forward]] and his last years as an attacking midfielder. He is widely considered one of the greatest and most talented Mexican players in the last two decades.


== Early life ==
Blanco is the only Mexican football player with an award in a major international [[FIFA]] competition, as he won the Silver Ball and the Silver Shoe awards in the [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup]]. He has been awarded the [[MVP]] of the Mexican First League Division five times.
Blanco was born in [[Mexico City]], in the district of [[Tlatilco]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco cumple 46 años de vida|date=17 January 2019 |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/universal-deportes/futbol/cuauhtemoc-blanco-cumple-46-anos-de-vida}}</ref> but grew up in [[Tepito]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco regresa a su antiguo barrio|date=10 August 2018|url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/adrenalina/cuauhtemoc-blanco-regresa-a-su-antiguo-barrio/1257889}}</ref> Born to Faustino Blanco and Hortensia Bravo,<ref>{{cite web|title=La última 'Cuauhteminha'|url=https://www.reforma.com/aplicacioneslibre/articulo/default.aspx?id=517035&md5=ba586c51049ca48650db2261e370d8e9&ta=0dfdbac11765226904c16cb9ad1b2efe&lcmd5=1d13bbabbbb34d31827250aee56005ca}}</ref> he was named after the last [[Aztec]] emperor [[Cuauhtémoc]], in which the name means "one who has descended like an eagle".<ref>{{cite book|title=Superestrellas del Futbol: Cuauhtémoc Blanco|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D2eXDAAAQBAJ|first=Paco|last=Elzaurdia|date=2013|publisher=Mason Crest|isbn = 9781422291573}}</ref>


==Football career==
He is tied with [[Ronaldinho]] as the leading [[FIFA Confederations Cup goalscorers|Confederations Cup goalscorer]]. Blanco is the second leading goal scorer for the [[Mexican national football team]] and his debut team [[Club América]]; he is also Mexico's second top scorer in both the [[FIFA World Cup]] and the [[Copa Libertadores]] tournament.
===Beginnings===
Blanco started his career with [[Club América|América]] in 1992, where he won various awards, both team-based and individual, and had various loan stints with [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]], Spanish club [[Real Valladolid]], and [[C.D. Veracruz|Veracruz]]. In 2007, he joined the [[Chicago Fire FC|Chicago Fire]],<ref name="thesefootballtimes.co">{{cite web |url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2018/04/12/emperor-cuauhtemoc-blanco/ |title= |website=thesefootballtimes.co |access-date=25 Dec 2018}}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}</ref> with a loan stint with [[Santos Laguna]] for the [[Primera División de México Apertura 2008 Liguilla|2008 Apertura championship]]. In 2010, he returned to Mexico to trek throughout various teams, joining Veracruz again, [[C.D. Irapuato|Irapuato]], [[Dorados de Sinaloa|Dorados]], and Puebla-based teams [[Lobos BUAP]] and [[Club Puebla|Puebla]], where he retired with the latter in 2015. The following year, he came out of retirement to officially end his career with América.<ref name="thesefootballtimes.co"/>


== Club career ==
=== Club career ===
==== Club América ====
Blanco was born in [[Tlatilco]], but grew up in [[Tepito]], a poor neighborhood of Mexico City, where he learned to love playing football in the local fields. Growing up in a rough environment with a high crime rate, Blanco developed a style of play based on creativity and aggressiveness leading him to sometimes lose his temper. Ángel González a scout for Club América discovered him as he won the Torneo Benito Juárez as a part of the Distrito Federal selection team, and brought him to Club América's development program.


[[File:Cuauhtemoc_Blanco.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Blanco with América]]
=== Club América ===
Having played most of his career in América, with 333 appearances and 135 goals, Blanco has become an idol to the club's supporters and an important figure in the history of the team.
[[File:Cuauhtemoc Blanco.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Blanco during his time with Club América.]]
Having played most of his career in [[Club América]], with 333 appearances and 125 goals, Cuauhtémoc has become an idol to the club's supporters and an important figure in the history of the team.


Blanco made his debut in the [[Liga MX|Mexican Primera División]] in 1992 at the age of 19 with América. He won his first Golden Boot with 16 goals in the Winter 1998 season for ''Las Águilas''. He was loaned for Winter 1997 and Summer 1998 at [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]], in which he scored 13 goals in 28 appearances. Blanco was later loaned to [[Real Valladolid]] of [[La Liga]] for the 2000–01 season. However, he suffered a broken leg while on international duty which kept him out of the side for six months. Blanco returned to Valladolid for another loan spell the following season, but he struggled with homesickness and regaining his form. He had a knack for scoring great goals in La Liga, with most notable, a free-kick against [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] at the [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://realvalladolid.elnortedecastilla.es/noticias/2013-11-28/gozo-marcar-bernabeu-201311272217.html|title=El gozo de marcar en el Bernabéu – Real Valladolid C. F.|first=Sarenet|last=S.A.|website=realvalladolid.elnortedecastilla.es|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref>
Blanco made his debut in the [[Mexican Primera División|Primera División]] (Mexican First Division) in 1992 at the age of 19 with Club América. He won his first Golden Boot with 16 goals in the Winter 1998 season for [[Club América|''Las Aguilas'']].


He returned to Mexico and spent the [[Primera División de México Apertura 2004|2004 Apertura season]] with [[C.D. Veracruz|Veracruz]], where they ended up winning their group, but were defeated in the playoffs by [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]. Blanco was a popular player during his time there.
In May 2005, Blanco won his first club championship as a player, leading Club América to its tenth league title, when Club América defeated [[Estudiantes Tecos|U.A.G.]] by an aggregate score of 7–4 (1–1, 6–3). In the next three consecutive years between 2005 to 2007, he was awarded the MVP.
In May 2005, Blanco won his first club championship as a player, leading Club América to its tenth league title, when Club América defeated [[Tecos F.C.|U.A.G.]] by an aggregate score of 7–4 (1–1, 6–3). In the next three consecutive years between 2005 and 2007, he was awarded the MVP.


He scored his last goal is this club during the championship final against Pachuca in 2007. After that game he moved to Chicago and played the next two seasons for Chicago Fire.
He scored his final goal during the championship final against Pachuca in 2007.


==== Necaxa ====
==== Chicago Fire ====
[[File:Cuauhtémoc Blanco Chicago Cinco de Mayo 2009.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Blanco in Chicago in 2009 during his time with the [[Chicago Fire FC|Chicago Fire]]]]
He was loaned for Winter 1997 and Summer 1998 at Club Necaxa, in which he scored 13 goals in 28 appearances.
On 2 April 2007, Blanco ventured on to Major League Soccer in the United States and signed with [[Chicago Fire FC|Chicago Fire]]. He was welcomed by 5,000 fans at [[Toyota Park (Bridgeview)|Toyota Park]] as he conducted interviews with the media, signed autographs and greeted with fans.


He was later voted as a finalist for both the [[Landon Donovan MVP Award|MVP]] and [[MLS Newcomer of the Year Award|Newcomer of the Year]] awards in 2007.<ref name="mls">{{cite web | title= MLSnet.com: Press release | work= 2007 MLS award finalists & announcement schedule | url=http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20071029&content_id=126642&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp | access-date = 2007-10-29 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071229110025/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20071029&content_id=126642&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp |archive-date =29 December 2007}}</ref> Blanco was the 2007 [[MLS Goal of the Year Award|Goal of the Year]] winner, for his goal against [[Real Salt Lake]].<ref>[http://web.mlsnet.com/media/player/mp_tpl.jsp?w=mms%3A//a1503.v115042.c11504.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/11504/v0001/mlbmls.download.akamai.com/11504/2007/open/partner/sierra_mist/goty/081807_smgoty_w20_blanco_350.wmv&w_id=14327&catCode=partner_sponsor&type=v_free&_mp=1 Media Player] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322184926/http://web.mlsnet.com/media/player/mp_tpl.jsp?w=mms%3A%2F%2Fa1503.v115042.c11504.g.vm.akamaistream.net%2F7%2F1503%2F11504%2Fv0001%2Fmlbmls.download.akamai.com%2F11504%2F2007%2Fopen%2Fpartner%2Fsierra_mist%2Fgoty%2F081807_smgoty_w20_blanco_350.wmv&w_id=14327&catCode=partner_sponsor&type=v_free&_mp=1 |date=22 March 2009 }}</ref>
==== Real Valladolid ====
In the year 2000, after winning the Golden Shoe in the Confederations Cup 1999, Blanco was loaned to [[Real Valladolid]] for the 2000–01 campaign. On October of that year in an international WCQ match against Trinidad and Tobago, he received a strong kick from an opposing defender, breaking his leg and leaving him out of the fields for the next 8 months.


Blanco was the second-highest paid player in Major League Soccer, after [[LA Galaxy]] midfielder [[David Beckham]], earning $2.7 million a year.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/cuauht%C3%A9moc-blanco/ |archive-url= https://archive.today/20110722102905/http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/cuauht%C3%A9moc-blanco/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= 22 July 2011 |title= Mr. White Gets to 100 Caps (Maybe), Walks Away |access-date= 21 September 2008 |newspaper= The New York Times }}</ref> Once again, he was a finalist for the MVP of the year award.
After the peak of his career was stopped by an injury, he continued in the club for another season (2001–02), in which he struggled with homesickness and regaining his form; after scoring great goals in Spain, including a free-kick against [[Real Madrid]]'s Iker Casillas at the [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]],<ref>{{cite web|author="" |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_FYQIANw5A |title=Gol Cuauhtemoc Blanco contra Real Madrid Valladolid |publisher=YouTube |date=2007-04-08 |accessdate=2010-06-18}}</ref> he returned to Mexico.


On 24 July 2008, in the [[2008 MLS All-Star Game|All-Stars Game]] against [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]], Blanco won the MVP award with one assist and one goal, a game in which he only played 46 minutes. The MLS All-stars won 3–2.
==== Veracruz ====
In the Apertura 2004 he had a successful season with the [[Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz|''Tiburones Rojos'']] in which they ended up leaders, Blanco being an important factor. During this season he gained an important following at the port, which led him to come back later on.


=== Chicago Fire ===
==== Santos Laguna (loan) ====
On 19 November 2008, it was announced that [[Santos Laguna]] signed Blanco on a loan to play only for the [[Primera División de México Apertura 2008 Liguilla|Apertura 2008 championship]], after the injury of their [[Ecuador]]ian striker [[Christian Benítez]]. Blanco was formally presented to the press the next day, wearing the number 9 jersey, and stated that he looked forward to giving Santos a back-to-back championship.<ref>[http://msn.foxsports.com/fsi/fsla/story/futbol/mexico/primeradivision?contentId=8822758 Blanco va a Santos pero sólo para la Liguilla] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323001910/http://msn.foxsports.com/fsi/fsla/story/futbol/mexico/primeradivision?contentId=8822758 |date=23 March 2009 }}</ref><ref>[http://msn.foxsports.com/fsi/fsla/story/futbol/mexico/primeradivision?contentId=8824668 Blanco quiere el bicampeonato para el Santos] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105004355/http://msn.foxsports.com/fsi/fsla/story/futbol/mexico/primeradivision?contentId=8824668 |date=5 January 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chicago.fire.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20081120&content_id=205622&vkey=news_chf&fext=.jsp&team=t100 |title=Blanco loaned to Santos Laguna |publisher=Chicago.fire.mlsnet.com |date=6 June 2010 |access-date=18 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102004557/http://chicago.fire.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20081120&content_id=205622&vkey=news_chf&fext=.jsp&team=t100 |archive-date= 2 January 2009 }}</ref> On 29 November 2008, Blanco scored his first goal with Santos, a penalty in the second leg of the championship quarter-finals against San Luis.
[[File:Cuauhtémoc Blanco Chicago Cinco de Mayo 2009.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Blanco in Chicago in 2009 during his time with the Chicago Fire.]]
On 2 April 2007, Blanco ventured on to Major League Soccer in the United States and signed with [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]]. He was welcomed by 5,000 fans at [[Toyota Park (Bridgeview)|Toyota Park]] as he conducted interviews with the media, signed autographs and greeted with fans.


==== Later career ====
He was later voted as a finalist for both the M.V.P. and Newcomer of the Year awards in 2007.<ref name="mls">{{cite web | title= MLSnet.com: Press release | work= 2007 MLS award finalists & announcement schedule | url=http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20071029&content_id=126642&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp | accessdate = 2007-10-29 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071229110025/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20071029&content_id=126642&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp |archivedate =29 December 2007}}</ref> Blanco was the 2007 Sierra Mist Goal of the Year Winner which was his first season, goal came in week 20 against RSL.<ref>[http://web.mlsnet.com/media/player/mp_tpl.jsp?w=mms%3A//a1503.v115042.c11504.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/11504/v0001/mlbmls.download.akamai.com/11504/2007/open/partner/sierra_mist/goty/081807_smgoty_w20_blanco_350.wmv&w_id=14327&catCode=partner_sponsor&type=v_free&_mp=1 Media Player]{{dead link|date=June 2010}}</ref>
[[File:Cuauhtémoc Blanco.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Blanco warming up with [[C.D. Irapuato|Irapuato]] in 2010]]
In October 2009, Blanco announced he would not be renewing his contract with Chicago Fire and would instead sign with [[C.D. Veracruz|Veracruz]] of the [[Ascenso MX]] beginning in January 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2009-10-29-2733898366_x.htm |title=Cuauhtemoc Blanco to leave Chicago Fire for Mexico |publisher=usatoday.com |date=29 October 2010 |access-date=18 June 2010}}</ref> However, after 6 months with Veracruz he left for [[C.D. Irapuato|Irapuato]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mexico.cnn.com/deportes/2010/07/16/cuauhtemoc-blanco-confirma-su-pase-al-club-irapuato |title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco confirma su pase al club Irapuato |work=CNN Mexico |date=16 July 2010 |language=es |access-date=6 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127041546/http://mexico.cnn.com/deportes/2010/07/16/cuauhtemoc-blanco-confirma-su-pase-al-club-irapuato |archive-date=27 January 2012 }}</ref> Led by Blanco, Irapuato won the 2011 Clausura, but the team failed to advance to the [[Mexican Primera División|Primera División]], losing to [[Club Tijuana|Tijuana]] in the [[2010–11 Liga de Ascenso season#Promotional Final|promotional final]].


[[File:Cuauhtémoc Blanco-Dorados.jpg|thumb|upright|Blanco playing for [[Dorados de Sinaloa|Dorados]] in 2012]]
Blanco was the second-highest paid player in Major League Soccer, after [[Los Angeles Galaxy]] midfielder [[David Beckham]], earning $2.7 million a year.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/cuauht%C3%A9moc-blanco/ |title= Mr. White Gets to 100 Caps (Maybe), Walks Away |accessdate=21 September 2008 |work= |publisher= New York Times |date= }}</ref> Once again finalist for the M.V.P of the year award.
In December 2011, Blanco joined [[Dorados de Sinaloa]] of [[Liga de Ascenso]].<ref name=dorados>{{cite news | url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/mexico/noticias/2011/12/22/cuauhtemoc-blanco-es-nuevo-jugador-de-los-dorados-de-sinaloa | title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco es nuevo jugador de los Dorados de Sinaloa| date=22 December 2011| language=es}}</ref> During [[Apertura 2012 Copa MX|Apertura 2012]], Blanco won the [[Copa MX]] with Dorados. Despite Blanco announcing he would retire after the end of 2012, he changed his mind and played for another six months with Dorados. However, after the tournament ended, he did not renew his contract and was released from the team in June 2013.


Blanco signed for [[Lobos BUAP]] for the [[2013–14 Ascenso MX season|Apertura 2013 Liga de Ascenso season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.record.com.mx/article/cuau-nuevo-jugador-de-lobos-buap |title=Cuau, nuevo jugador de Lobos BUAP |publisher=record.com.mx |date=6 June 2013 |access-date=1 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609033645/http://www.record.com.mx/article/cuau-nuevo-jugador-de-lobos-buap |archive-date= 9 June 2013 }}</ref> After one year with the club, he did not renew his contract with BUAP and was released from the club at the end of the season, in which the club failed to qualify for the play-offs.
On 24 July 2008 during the [[2008 MLS All-Star Game|MLS All-Stars]] vs [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]], Blanco won the MVP of the game with one assist and one goal, a game in which he only played 46 minutes. The MLS All-stars won 3–2.


After considering retirement, Blanco signed with [[Club Puebla|Puebla]] for one last season in the [[Liga MX]]. On 21 April 2015, he played in the [[Clausura 2015 Copa MX|Clausura's Copa MX]] final against [[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]], coming off the bench. Puebla went on to win the cup, and sent Blanco off as a champion in what was supposed to be the final game of his career.
=== Santos Laguna ===
On November 19, 2008, it was announced that [[Club Santos Laguna|Santos Laguna]] signed Blanco on a loan to play only for the Apertura 2008 Liguilla, after the injury of their [[Ecuador]]ian striker [[Christian Benítez]]. Blanco was formally presented to the press the next day, wearing jersey number 9, and stated that he looks forward to giving Santos a back-to-back championship.<ref>[http://msn.foxsports.com/fsi/fsla/story/futbol/mexico/primeradivision?contentId=8822758 Blanco va a Santos pero sólo para la Liguilla]</ref><ref>[http://msn.foxsports.com/fsi/fsla/story/futbol/mexico/primeradivision?contentId=8824668 Blanco quiere el bicampeonato para el Santos]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chicago.fire.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20081120&content_id=205622&vkey=news_chf&fext=.jsp&team=t100 |title=Blanco loaned to Santos Laguna |publisher=Chicago.fire.mlsnet.com |date=6 June 2010 |accessdate=18 June 2010}}</ref>
Blanco scored his first goal with Santos Laguna 29 November 2008. It was penalty against San Luis goalkeeper Adrian Martinez in the return game which Santos Laguna won 2–1 and 5–2 aggregate score.


On 22 February 2016, a month into his political career, it was announced that Blanco would participate in an official Liga MX match during the Week 9 of Clausura 2016 for the club that started his career, Club América.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/mexican-liga-mx/story/2813368/cuauhtemoc-blanco-to-get-special-club-america-farewell|title=Club America to give Cuauhtemoc Blanco special farewell in Liga MX|publisher=espnfc.us|date= 22 February 2016}}</ref> It would allow him to officially end his career, while playing for the club. On 5 March, Blanco started the match wearing a number 100 jersey, and played 36 minutes for América at the [[Estadio Azteca]] in a match against [[Monarcas Morelia|Morelia]], before being replaced by [[Darwin Quintero]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ligamx.net/cancha/informeArbitral/67144/eyJpZENsdWJsb2NhbCI6IjEiLCJpZENsdWJ2aXNpdGEiOiIxMCJ9|title=Informe Arbitral, América 4-1 Morelia|publisher=LigaMX.net}}</ref> During the match, Blanco demonstrated his signature move, the ''Cuauhtemiña'', and had two shots on goal, one of which hit the crossbar from the outside of the penalty box. The match was eventually won by América 4–1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.us/mexican-liga-mx/22/blog/post/2823256/cuauhtemoc-blanco-farewells-america-estadio-azteca-in-style|title=Cuauhtemoc Blanco farewells Club America, Estadio Azteca in style|publisher=espnfc.com|date= 6 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://deportes.televisa.com/futbol-mexicano/2016-03-05/cronica-america-vs-morelia-clausura-2016/|title=Regalan goles al 'Cuau'|publisher=Televisa Deportes|date=5 March 2016|access-date=8 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309023326/http://deportes.televisa.com/futbol-mexicano/2016-03-05/cronica-america-vs-morelia-clausura-2016/|archive-date=9 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== Return to Mexico ===
In October 2009 Blanco announced he would not be renewing his contract with Chicago Fire and would instead sign with [[Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz|Veracruz]] of [[Liga de Ascenso]] starting January 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2009-10-29-2733898366_x.htm |title=Cuauhtemoc Blanco to leave Chicago Fire for Mexico |publisher=usatoday.com |date=29 October 2010 |accessdate=18 June 2010}}</ref> However, after 6 months with Veracruz he left for [[Irapuato FC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mexico.cnn.com/deportes/2010/07/16/cuauhtemoc-blanco-confirma-su-pase-al-club-irapuato |title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco confirma su pase al club Irapuato|work=CNN Mexico |date=16 July 2010|language=Spanish |accessdate=6 April 2012}}</ref> Led by Cuauhtemoc [[Irapuato FC|Irapuato]] won Clausura 2011, but the team failed to advance to the [[Mexican Primera División|Primera División]] losing to [[Club Tijuana]] in the [[2010–11 Liga de Ascenso season#Promotional_Final|promotional final]].


=== International career ===
In December 2011, after he could not secure a contract with any [[Mexican Primera División|Primera División]] team and a month shy of his 39th birthday, Blanco joined [[Dorados de Sinaloa]] of [[Liga de Ascenso]].<ref name=dorados /> According to Blanco, this will be the last team he represents.<ref name=dorados /> He would like to finish his professional player career playing for [[Dorados de Sinaloa]] and later pursue his career as a coach.<ref name=dorados />
Blanco represented [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] from 1995 to 2010 (with a special appearance in 2014). He was capped 120 times and scored 38 goals. Blanco is the only Mexican to have won [[FIFA Confederations Cup|Confederations Cup]] awards, being awarded the Silver Ball and Silver Boot at the [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999 Confederations Cup]] after a first-place finish on home soil, until [[Oswaldo Sánchez]]'s Golden Glove award in 2005. In 2010, he became the first Mexican to score at three [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup tournaments]], a feat later equalled by [[Rafael Márquez]] and [[Javier Hernández]], appearing in the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]], and [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010]] editions of the tournament.


[[File:FIFA_World_Cup_2010_France_Mexico.jpg|thumb|left|Blanco converting a penalty against France at the 2010 World Cup]]
== International career ==
Blanco has played for [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] at three [[FIFA World Cup|World Cups]]. He was part of the squad at [[1998 FIFA World Cup|France '98]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|Korea-Japan 2002]] and [[2010 FIFA World Cup|South Africa 2010]]. He was also a member of the Mexico team that won the [[Confederations Cup]] in 1999 where he was the tournament's leading scorer with six goals, including one in the final. He was awarded the "Golden Boot" and "Silver Boot" for outstanding player of the tournament. Blanco holds the record along with [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]'s [[Ronaldinho]] as the highest scoring players in the Confederations Cup with nine goals, three in 1997 and six in 1999.
Blanco made his debut with the senior national team under [[Bora Milutinovic]] in a friendly match against [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] on 1 February 1995.<ref>{{cite web|title=Los 13 momentos más destacados de Cuauhtémoc Blanco|url=https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/meta/los-13-momentos-mas-destacados-de-cuauhtemoc-blanco/|date=17 January 2020|work=Heraldo de Mexico}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Blanco has played for [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] at three [[FIFA World Cup|World Cups]]; he was part of the squad at [[1998 FIFA World Cup|France 1998]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|Korea-Japan 2002]] and [[2010 FIFA World Cup|South Africa 2010]].<ref name="inside">{{cite web|url=http://www.insidefutbol.com/2010/06/28/cuauhtemoc-blanco-worthy-of-2010-world-cup-cameo/26140/|title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco Worthy of World Cup Cameo|date=28 June 2010|publisher=Inside Futbol|access-date=3 January 2019}}</ref> He was also a member of the team that won the [[FIFA Confederations Cup|Confederations Cup]] in [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]] where he was the tournament's leading scorer with six goals, including the winning goal at the [[Estadio Azteca]] against [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] in the final. He was awarded the "Silver Shoe" and "Silver Ball" for outstanding player of the tournament. Blanco holds the record along with Brazilian [[Ronaldinho]] as the highest scoring players in the Confederations Cup with nine goals, three in [[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup|1997]] and six in [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]].


In the selection for the final 23-man squad for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] in Germany, former Mexican national team coach [[Ricardo La Volpe]] left Blanco out of the team. While the ostensible reason given was that Blanco was frequently injured and not in good form; some people considered this to be a consequence of the previous year's constant bickering, due to on-going personal problems between coach and player.
In the selection for the final 23-man squad for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] in Germany, then national team coach [[Ricardo La Volpe]] left Blanco out of the team. While the ostensible reason given was that Blanco was frequently injured and not in good form, some people considered this to be a consequence of the previous year's constant bickering, due to on-going personal problems between coach and player.<ref name="inside"/>


Blanco became part of the squad that played the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, scoring one penalty goal, and the 2007 Copa América, where he scored 2 goals also in penalty kicks. He has since been praised for his influential performance and is now tipped to be a certain starter for the majority of Mexico's qualifying games, mostly due to his experience and current form with [[Chicago Fire S.C.|Chicago Fire]] in [[Major League Soccer|MLS]]. On 13 September 2008, he earned his 100th cap for his country in its 2–1 World Cup qualifier victory over Canada at Tuxtla Gutierrez, coming on with only 15 seconds left in regulation.
Blanco became part of the squad that played the [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup]], scoring one penalty goal, and the [[2007 Copa América]], where he scored 2 goals also from penalty kicks. On 13 September 2008, he earned his 100th cap for his country in its 2–1 [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|World Cup qualifier]] victory over [[Canada national men's soccer team|Canada]] at [[Tuxtla Gutiérrez]], coming on with only 15 seconds left in regulation time. After the match, he announced his retirement from international football.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/news/newsid=879453/index.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624225123/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/news/newsid=879453/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 June 2013|title=Blanco calls it a day|date=12 September 2008|access-date=20 June 2013|work=FIFA}}</ref>


Blanco returned to the national team since [[Javier Aguirre]]'s arrival to the team in April 2009, playing in all the games throughout the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONCACAF Fourth Round|Hexagonal]] of the World Cup Qualifying since then; Blanco becoming an important factor for Mexico's team regain of form and confidence.
With the return of [[Javier Aguirre]] as coach, Blanco returned to the national team in May 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2009/05/16/deportes/a17n1dep | title=La Jornada: Cuauhtémoc Blanco, la sorpresa en la lista del Tri | date=15 May 2009 }}</ref> He played in all the games throughout the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification CONCACAF fourth round|Hexagonal]] of the World Cup Qualifying. Since then, Blanco has become an important factor in Mexico's team regaining form and confidence.


On 10 October 2009, Blanco provoked the first opposition [[own goal]] and scored the second goal in a 4–1 victory over El Salvador to help Mexico clinch a spot in the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 World Cup]]. On 17 June 2010, he scored a penalty in the 78th minute of the 2–0 win against [[France national football team|France]] at the World Cup in South Africa.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_20/default.stm|title=France 0–2 Mexico|date=2010-06-17|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=2010-06-17|first=Phil|last=Dawkes}}</ref> With this goal he became the first Mexican to score a goal in three World Cup tournaments and the third-oldest goalscorer in World Cup history.<ref>{{cite news | title = Mexico tops France to close in on knockout round | date = 2010-06-17 | url = http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=soc-wc/news/news.aspx?id=4319167 | work = [[The Sports Network]] | accessdate = 2010-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Temo Seguiría Como Tiburón |language=Spanish |date=2010-06-19 |publisher=''Diario Record'' |ISSN=1665&ndash;2134|last=Ramírez |first=Armando}}</ref> Blanco is considered by many to be one of the greatest penalty kickers of all time. He also has a penalty-taking record; out of a total of 58 taken, he has only ever missed three.
On 10 October 2009, Blanco provoked the first opposition [[own goal]] and scored the second goal in a 4–1 victory over [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]] to help Mexico clinch a spot in the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 World Cup]]. On 17 June 2010, he scored a penalty in the 78th minute of the 2–0 win against [[France national football team|France]] at the World Cup's second round of group stage matches in [[South Africa]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/matches/match_20/default.stm|title=France 0–2 Mexico|date=17 June 2010|work=BBC Sport|access-date=2010-06-17|first=Phil|last=Dawkes}}</ref> With this goal he became the first Mexican to score a goal in three World Cup tournaments and the third-oldest goalscorer in World Cup history.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mexico tops France to close in on knockout round |date=17 June 2010 |url=http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=soc-wc/news/news.aspx?id=4319167 |work=[[The Sports Network]] |access-date=2010-06-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622074300/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=soc-wc%2Fnews%2Fnews.aspx%3Fid%3D4319167 |archive-date=22 June 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Temo Seguiría Como Tiburón |language=es |date=19 June 2010 |publisher=Diario Record |issn=1665-2134|last=Ramírez |first=Armando|journal=Récord }}</ref>


Blanco played a tribute game in 2014 against [[Israel national football team|Israel]] at the Estadio Azteca, which symbolized his official retirement from international football. Mexico went on to win the match 3–0.
=== International goals ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
=== Player profile ===
!colspan="7"|'''Blanco – goals for Mexico'''
==== Style of play ====
|-
[[File:Blanco_Veracruz.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Blanco as captain with [[C.D. Veracruz|Veracruz]]]]
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
Blanco is considered to be one of the greatest Mexican footballers of all time,<ref name="Decisive goal">{{cite web |date=19 April 2017 |title=The decisive goal: Blanco bags Mexico's maiden title |url=https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/y=2017/m=4/news=the-decisive-goal-blanco-bags-mexico-s-maiden-title-2879970.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420035017/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/news/y=2017/m=4/news=the-decisive-goal-blanco-bags-mexico-s-maiden-title-2879970.html |archive-date=20 April 2017 |access-date=27 September 2018 |work=FIFA.com |quote=Cuauhtemoc Blanco Bravo is without doubt one of the finest players Mexico has ever produced}}</ref><ref name="Los diez mejores">{{cite news |title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco – Los diez mejores futbolistas mexicanos de la historia |trans-title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco – The ten best Mexican footballers in history |url=http://www.marca.com/deporte/futbol/mx/10-mejores-mexicanos-historia/cuauhtemoc-blanco.html |newspaper=Marca |language=es}}</ref><ref name="Ranking the Best">{{cite web |last=Villegas Gama |first=Karla |title=Ranking the Best 20 Mexican Players of All Time |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1316253-ranking-the-best-20-mexican-players-of-all-time#slide0 |access-date=1 August 2018 |work=Bleacher Report}}</ref><ref name="Best Mexican Soccer Player">{{cite web |last=Cleary |first=Stephen |title=Best Mexican Soccer Players of All Time |url=https://cleats.media/best-mexican-soccer-players-of-all-time |access-date=1 August 2018 |work=Cleats |archive-date=1 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801190528/https://cleats.media/best-mexican-soccer-players-of-all-time |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as one of the best penalty takers of all time,<ref name="Best Penalty Taker">{{cite web |date=27 March 2018 |title=The best penalty takers of all time |url=https://barcanumbers.wordpress.com/2018/03/27/the-best-penalty-takers-of-all-time/ |access-date=27 July 2018 |work=BARÇA NÚMEROS |quote=According to this analysis and to the dataset we have used, Cuauhtémoc Blanco (71 scored out of 73 total penalties) is our best penalty taker. [...] Also, according to our results, we can say that Blanco is probably the best penalty taker in the world, but we cannot say that with absolute certainty. What we can say is that, from all the players we have considered and according to our methodology, Blanco has the highest probability of being better than the rest (around 66% probability that he is a better penalty taker than Alexander and Le Tissier (and so on).}}</ref> having scored 71 out of 73 penalties in his career, giving him a 97.26% success rate from the spot.<ref name="rigoristi">{{cite web |last1=Fiori |first1=Stefano |date=31 December 2018 |title=Chi sono i rigoristi migliori della storia del calcio? |url=https://www.foxsports.it/2018/12/31/rigoristi-migliori-storia-calcio/ |access-date=4 November 2019 |work=Fox Sports |language=it}}</ref>

His brash, aggressive, and confrontative playing style is reflected both on and off the field, pulling ingenious plays<ref>{{cite web|title=Can Mexico's most controversial soccer star score the most improbable goal of his career?|url=https://splinternews.com/can-mexicos-most-controversial-soccer-star-score-the-mo-1793848265|work=Splinter News|first=Rafael|last=Fernandez de Castro|quote=The soccer star was known for his ingenuity in the field with famous tricks like the celebrated Cuatemiña and controlling the ball with his butt and his camel-hump back.|date=8 June 2015|access-date=27 September 2018}}</ref> and being combative against the press, players, and coaches alike.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Anti Becks|url=http://www.espn.com/espnmag/story?id=3608419|work=ESPN|quote=On the field, Blanco sometimes looks like a child acting out, which made his signing a flash point for anyone paying attention. He's a major factor in the U.S.-Mexico soccer rivalry, reviled as a badgering, flopping provocateur. With Club America, his celebrations ranged from comical to crass; he once lifted his leg, canine-style, in front of an opposing coach. He has a history of public feuds with coaches, opponents and the media. Said Fire midfielder Chris Armas when the deal was announced in April: "You just hope the guy can be a team player."|first=Chad|last=Nielsen|date=22 October 2007|access-date=27 September 2018}}</ref>

==== ''Cuauhtemiña'' ====
Blanco is also remembered for the ''Cuauhtemiña'', or Blanco Trick, which he performed notably at the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 World Cup]].<ref>[http://www.intergoals.co.uk/glossary/c/cuauteminha.html Cuauhtemiña] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323071228/http://www.intergoals.co.uk/glossary/c/cuauteminha.html |date=23 March 2009 }}, ''Intergoals.co.uk''. Retrieved 6 January 2008</ref> In the trick, when two or more opposition players are trying to take the ball from him, he traps the ball between his feet and jumps through the defenders – releasing the ball in the air and landing with it under control as he leaves the opposition players behind.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFu_sw99MUU Cuauhtemiña], ''YouTube.com''.</ref> The trick is easy to perform but is eye-catching and has been incorporated as a special skill into the [[FIFA (video game series)|FIFA series of football video games]].

==== Celebration ====
Blanco himself has accepted on Mexican television and to the press that his goal celebration is an imitation of the "Archer" celebration created by former [[Atletico de Madrid]] striker [[Kiko Narvaez]]. In a 2005 interview with Mexican newspaper ''[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]]'', Blanco explains that while watching a [[La Liga|Spanish league]] game accompanied by his teammate [[Germán Villa]], both players agreed to celebrate their next goal by imitating the "Archer" gesture. In the end, only Blanco did it, and jokingly reprimanded Villa for not keeping his word.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_nota=72484&tabla=deportes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615062200/http://www2.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_nota=72484&tabla=deportes |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-06-15 |title=Así nació el festejo del 'Flechador' |work=El Universal |access-date=2010-06-18}}</ref> However, the Chicago Fire official website claimed that Blanco celebrates scoring a goal by acting like the [[Prehispanic]] [[Tlatoani]] Aztec emperor [[Cuauhtémoc]], "in order to show respect for the Mexican people, and their indigenous Amerindian heritage".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chicago.fire.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?player=blanco_c&playerId=bla435579&statType=current&team=t100 |title=Chicago Fire Player Bio |work=[[Chicago Fire S.C.]] |access-date=9 May 2009 |quote=Blanco is equally creative with his goal celebrations. To honor Mexican tradition and history, Blanco strikes the iconic pose of prehispanic ruler Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc... |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225183459/http://chicago.fire.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t100&player=blanco_c&playerId=bla435579&statType=current |archive-date=25 February 2009 }}</ref>

====Reception====
Blanco is considered one of the most influential figures in recent Mexican footballing history.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/11492821/cuauhtemoc-blanco-en-el-top-5-historico-del-futbol-mexicano-opinan-los-expertos-de-espn | title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco, en el Top-5 histórico del futbol mexicano, opinan los expertos de ESPN | date=18 January 2023 }}</ref> Tom Marshall of ''[[ESPN]]'' states "the battles, brawls, ''golazos'', insults, intensity and passion with which Blanco [...] lived both on and off the pitch, he left a deep imprint on the Mexican game and a colorful story painted by the kind of character arguably lacking at present."<ref>{{cite web|title=The five greatest moments of Cuauhtemoc Blanco's storied career|url=http://www.espn.com/soccer/club/mexico/203/blog/post/2413042/the-five-greatest-moments-of-cuauhtemoc-blancos-career|work=ESPN|first=Tom|last=Marshall|date=22 April 2015|access-date=27 September 2018}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==

=== Club America ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! colspan="3" |Club performance
|align=center| 1. || January 19, 1996 || [[Qualcomm Stadium|Jack Murphy Stadium]], [[San Diego]], United States || {{fb|GUA}} || align=center|'''1'''–0|| align=center|1–0 || [[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | Continental
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|-
! Club
|align=center| 2. || January 21, 1996 || [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum|L.A. Memorial Coliseum]], Los Angeles, United States || {{fb|BRA}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center|2–0 || 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup
! Season !! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Club América|América]]
|align=center| 3. || February 7, 1996 || [[Estadio Sausalito]], [[Viña del Mar]], [[Chile]] || {{fb|CHI}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|1–2 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|1992–93|| rowspan="5" |[[Liga MX|Primera División]]||12||0|| colspan="2" |–|| colspan="2" |–||12|||0
|-
|align=center| 4. || June 16, 1996 || [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]], [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], United States || {{fb|USA}} || align=center|'''2'''–1 || align=center|2–2 || [[1996 U.S. Cup]]
|-
|align=center| 5. || June 22, 1997 || [[Estadio Félix Capriles]], [[Cochabamba]], [[Bolivia]] || {{fb|ECU}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center|1–1 || [[1997 Copa América]]
|-
|-
|1993–94||14||0|| colspan="2" |–|| colspan="2" |–||14|||0
|align=center| 6. || December 14, 1997 || [[King Fahd International Stadium]], [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]] || {{fb|KSA}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center|5–0 || [[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup]]
|-
|-
|1994–95||28||6|| colspan="2" |–|| colspan="2" |–||28|||6
|align=center| 7. || December 14, 1997 || King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia || {{fb|KSA}} || align=center|'''5'''–0 || align=center|5–0 || 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup
|-
|-
|1995–96||32||0||colspan="2"|–|| colspan="2" |–||32|||0
|align=center| 8. || December 16, 1997 || King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia || {{fb|BRA}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center|2–3 || 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup
|-
|align=center| 9. || February 7, 1998 || [[Overstock.com Coliseum|Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum]], [[Oakland, California|Oakland]], United States|| {{fb|HON}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|2–0 || [[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]
|-
| 10. || February 7, 1998 || Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, United States || {{fb|HON}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center|2–0 || 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup
|-
| 11. || June 20, 1998 || [[Stade Chaban-Delmas|Parc Lescure]], [[Bordeaux]], France || {{fb|BEL}} || align=center|'''2'''–2 || align=center|2–2 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| 12. || July 6, 1999 || [[Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi|Antonio Oddone Sarubbi]], [[Ciudad del Este]], [[Paraguay]] || {{fb|VEN}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|3–1 || [[1999 Copa América]]
|-
|-
|1996–97||27||9||colspan="2"|–|| colspan="2" |–||27|||9
| 13. || July 6, 1999 || Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay || {{fb|VEN}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center|3–1 || 1999 Copa América
|-
| 14. || July 25, 1999 || [[Estadio Azteca]], [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] || {{fb|KSA}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|5–1 || [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup]]
|-
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
| 15. || July 25, 1999 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|KSA}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center|5–1 || 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
!113
|-
!15
| 16. || July 25, 1999 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|KSA}} || align=center|'''4'''–1 || align=center|5–1 || 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
! colspan="2" |–
|-
!
| 17. || July 25, 1999 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|KSA}} || align=center|'''5'''–1 || align=center|5–1 || 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
!
|-
!113
| 18. || August 1, 1999 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|USA}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|1–0 || 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
!15
|-
| 19. || August 4, 1999 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|BRA}} || align=center|'''4'''–2 || align=center|4–3 || 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
|-
| 20. || January 9, 2000 || [[Overstock.com Coliseum|Networks Associates Coliseum]], Oakland, United States || {{fb|IRN}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| 21. || September 3, 2000 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|PAN}} || align=center|'''4'''–0 || align=center|7–1 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|-
| 22. || September 3, 2000 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|PAN}} || align=center|'''7'''–1 || align=center|7–1 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 23. || October 8, 2000 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|TRI}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|7–1 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 24. || October 8, 2000 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|TRI}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center|7–0 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 25. || September 2, 2001 || [[Independence Park (Jamaica)|Independence Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica]] || {{fb|JAM}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center|2–1 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 26. || September 2, 2001 || Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica || {{fb|JAM}} || align=center|'''2'''–1 || align=center|2–1 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]]<br />(loan)
| 27. || September 5, 2001 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|TRI}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center|3–0 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|1997–98
|-
| rowspan="2" |Primera División
| 28. || November 11, 2001 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|HON}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|3–0 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|15||6|| colspan="2" |–|| colspan="2" |–||15|||6
|-
| 29. || November 11, 2001 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|HON}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center|3–0 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 30. || June 3, 2002 || [[Niigata Stadium]], [[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]], Japan || {{fb|CRO}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|1–0 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| 31. || February 28, 2007 || Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States || {{fb|VEN}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center|3–0 || Friendly
|-
| 32. || June 10, 2007 || [[Giants Stadium]], [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]], United States || {{fb|HON}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|1–2 || [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]
|-
| 33. || July 8, 2007 || [[Estadio Monumental de Maturín]], [[Maturín]], [[Venezuela]] || {{fb|PAR}} || align=center|'''5'''–0 || align=center|6–0 || [[2007 Copa América]]
|-
|-
|1998–99
| 34. || July 14, 2007 || [[Estadio Olímpico (Caracas)|Estadio Olímpico]], [[Caracas]], Venezuela || {{fb|URU}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center|3–1 || 2007 Copa América
|-
|3
|5
| 35. || June 6, 2009 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|SLV}} ||align=center|'''1'''–1 ||align=center|1–2 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
| colspan="2" |–
| colspan="2" |–
|3
|5
|-
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
| 36. || September 9, 2009 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|HON}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|1–0 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
!18
|-
!11
| 37. || October 10, 2009 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|SLV}} ||align=center|'''2'''–0 ||align=center|4–1 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
! colspan="2" |–
|-
!
| 38. || March 17, 2010 || [[Estadio Corona]], [[Torreón]], Mexico || {{fb|PRK}} ||align=center|'''1'''–0 ||align=center|2–1 || Friendly
!
|-
!18
| 39. || June 17, 2010 || [[Peter Mokaba Stadium]], [[Polokwane]], [[South Africa]] || {{fb|FRA}} ||align=center|'''2'''–0 ||align=center| 2–0 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup]]
!11
|}

== Celebration ==
Blanco himself has accepted on Mexican television and to the press that his goal celebration is an imitation of the "Archer"<ref>http://www.colchonero.com/media/galeria/4/2/8/0/9/n_atletico_de_madrid_kiko_narvaez-9082.jpg</ref> celebration created by former [[Atletico de Madrid]] striker [[Kiko Narvaez]]. In a 2005 interview with Mexican newspaper [[El Universal (Mexico City)]], Blanco explains that while watching a Spanish league game accompanied by his teammate [[Germán Villa]], both players agreed to celebrate their next goal by imitating the "Archer" gesture. In the end, only Blanco did it, and jokingly reprimanded Villa for not keeping his word.<ref name="eluniversal1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_nota=72484&tabla=deportes |title=Así nació el festejo del `Flechador` |work=El Universal |date= |accessdate=2010-06-18}}</ref><ref name="eluniversal1"/> However, the Chicago Fire official website claims that Blanco celebrates scoring a goal by acting like the [[Prehispanic]] [[Tlatoani]] Aztec emperor [[Cuauhtémoc]], "in order to show respect for the Mexican people, and their indigenous Amerindian heritage".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chicago.fire.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?player=blanco_c&playerId=bla435579&statType=current&team=t100|title= Chicago Fire Player Bio|work=[[Chicago Fire S.C.]]|accessdate=9 May 2009|date=|quote= Blanco is equally creative with his goal celebrations. To honor Mexican tradition and history, Blanco strikes the iconic pose of prehispanic ruler Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc...}}</ref>

== Cuauhtemiña ==
Blanco remains remembered for the ''Cuauhtemiña'' (also spelled ''Cuauhteminha''), or Blanco Trick, which he performed notably at the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 World Cup]].<ref>[http://www.intergoals.co.uk/glossary/c/cuauteminha.html Cuauhtemiña], ''Intergoals.co.uk''. Retrieved 6 January 2008</ref> In the trick, when two or more opposition players are trying to take the ball from him, he traps the ball between his feet and jumps through the defenders- releasing the ball in the air and landing with it under control as he leaves the opposition players behind.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFu_sw99MUU Cuauhtemiña], ''Youtube.com''.</ref> The trick is easy to perform but is eye-catching and has been incorporated as a special skill into the [[FIFA (video game series)|FIFA series of football video games]].

== Career statistics ==
{{updated|October 22, 2009|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-soccer.org/p-25135.htm |title=クアウテモク・ブランコ |publisher=World-soccer.org |date= |accessdate=2010-06-18}}</ref>}}
{{Football player statistics 1|NY}}
{{Football player statistics 2|MEX|NY}}
|-
|-
|1992–93||rowspan="5"|[[Club América|América]]||rowspan="8"|[[Mexican Primera División|Primera División]]||12||0||colspan="2"|–|||||||||
| rowspan="3" |[[Club América|América]]
|1998–99
| rowspan="2" |Primera División
|16||16|| colspan="2" |–|| colspan="2" |–||16|||16
|-
|-
|1993–94||4||0||colspan="2"|–|||||||||
|1999–2000||29||24|| colspan="2" |–|| colspan="2" |||29|||24
|-
|-
|1994–95||33||6||colspan="2"|–|||||||||
! colspan="2" |Total
!45
!40
! colspan="2" |–
! colspan="2" |–
!45
!40
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Real Valladolid]]<br />(loan)
|1995–96||32||5||colspan="2"|–|||||||||
|[[2000–01 La Liga|2000–01]]|| rowspan="2" |[[La Liga]]||3||0|| colspan="2" |–|| colspan="2" |–||3|||0
|-
|-
|1996–97||27||9||colspan="2"|–|||||||||
|[[2001–02 La Liga|2001–02]]||20||3|| colspan="2" |–|| colspan="2" |||20|||3
|-
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
|1997–98||[[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]]||28||13||colspan="2"|–|||||||||
!23
!3
! colspan="2" |–
! colspan="2" |–
!23
!3
|-
|-
|1998–99||rowspan="2"|[[Club América|América]]||31||31||colspan="2"|–|||||||||
| rowspan="3" |[[Club América|América]]
|2002–03|| rowspan="2" |Primera División||36||11||colspan="2"|–|| colspan="2" |–||36|||11
|-
|-
|1999-00||36||20||colspan="2"|–|||||||||
|2003–04||38||20||colspan="2"|–|| colspan="2" |||38|||20
{{Football player statistics 2|ESP|NY}}
|-
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
|[[2000&ndash;01 La Liga|2000–01]]||rowspan="2"|[[Real Valladolid]]||rowspan="2"|[[La Liga]]||3||0||||||colspan="2"|–|||||
!74
!31
! colspan="2" |–
! colspan="2" |–
!74
!31
|-
|-
|[[C.D. Veracruz|Veracruz]]<br />(loan)
|[[2001&ndash;02 La Liga|2001–02]]||20||3||||||colspan="2"|–|||||
|2004–05
{{Football player statistics 2|MEX|NY}}
|Primera División
|15||5|| colspan="2" |–|| colspan="2" |–||15|||5
|-
|-
|2002–03||rowspan="5"|[[Club América|América]]||rowspan="5"|[[Mexican Primera División|Primera División]]||36||11||colspan="2"|–|||||||||
| rowspan="4" |[[Club América|América]]
|2004–05
| rowspan="3" |Primera División
|14
|4
| colspan="2" |–
| colspan="2" |–
|14
|4
|-
|-
|2003–04||38||20||colspan="2"|–|||||||||
|2005–06||28||7||colspan="2"|–|| colspan="2" |||28|||7
|-
|-
|2004–05||35||13||colspan="2"|–|||||||||
|2006–07||34||11|| colspan="2" |–|| colspan="2" |||34|||11
|-
|-
|2005–06||28||7||colspan="2"|–|||||||||
! colspan="2" |Total
!76
!22
! colspan="2" |–
! colspan="2" |–
!76
!22
|-
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Chicago Fire FC|Chicago Fire]]
|2006–07||36||13||colspan="2"|–|||||||||
|[[2007 Major League Soccer season|2007]]|| rowspan="3" |[[Major League Soccer]]||14||4|| colspan="2" |–|| colspan="2" |–||14|||4
{{Football player statistics 2|USA|NY}}
|-
|-
|[[2007 Major League Soccer season|2007]]||rowspan="3"|[[Chicago Fire (soccer)|Chicago Fire]]||rowspan="3"|[[Major League Soccer]]||14||4||||||colspan="2"|–|||||
|[[2008 Major League Soccer season|2008]]||27||7|| colspan="2" ||| colspan="2" |–||27|||7
|-
|-
|[[2008 Major League Soccer season|2008]]||27||7||||||colspan="2"|–|||||
|[[2009 Major League Soccer season|2009]]||21||5|| colspan="2" |–||4||2||25||7
|-
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
|[[2009 Major League Soccer season|2009]]||21||5||||||4||2||||
!62||16|| colspan="2" |–||4||2||66||18
|-
|-
|[[Santos Laguna]]<br />(loan)
{{Football player statistics 3|3|MEX}}376||143||colspan="2"|–|||||||376||143
|[[Primera División de México Apertura 2008|2008]]–[[Primera División de México Clausura 2009|09]]
{{Football player statistics 4|ESP}}23||3||||||colspan="2"|–||23||3
|Primera División
{{Football player statistics 4|USA}}62||16||||||4||2||66||18
|4
{{Football player statistics 5}}437||158||||||||||437||158
|1
{{Football player statistics end}}
| colspan="2" |–
| colspan="2" |–
|4
|1
|-
|-
|[[C.D. Veracruz|Veracruz]]
|[[2009–10 Liga de Ascenso season|2009–10]]
|[[Ascenso MX|Liga de Ascenso]]
|14
|5
| colspan="2" |–
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[C.D. Irapuato|Irapuato]]
|[[2010–11 Liga de Ascenso season|2010–11]]
| rowspan="2" |Liga de Ascenso
|39
|8
| colspan="2" |–
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[2011–12 Liga de Ascenso season|2011–12]]
|8
|1
| colspan="2" |–
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!47
!9
! colspan="2" |–
! colspan="2" |–
! colspan="2" |
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Dorados de Sinaloa|Dorados]]
|[[2011–12 Liga de Ascenso season|2011–12]]
|Liga de Ascenso
|13
|5
| colspan="2" |–
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[2012–13 Ascenso MX season|2012–13]]
|[[Ascenso MX]]
|27
|9
|10
|2
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!40
!14
!10
!2
! colspan="2" |–
! colspan="2" |
|-
|[[Lobos BUAP|BUAP]]
|[[2013–14 Ascenso MX season|2013–14]]
|Ascenso MX
|22
|6
|1
|0
| colspan="2" |–
|23
|6
|-
|-
|[[Club Puebla|Puebla]]
|[[2014–15 Liga MX season|2014–15]]
|[[Liga MX]]
|19
|3
|11
|4
| colspan="2" |–
|30
|7
|-
|-
|[[Club América|América]]
|[[2015–16 Liga MX season|2015–16]]
|Liga MX
|1
|0
| colspan="2" |–
| colspan="2" |–
|
|
|-
|-
! colspan="3" |Career total
!573||181||22||6||||||595||187
|}


=== International ===
=== International ===
<ref name="rsssf"/><ref name="Soccerway">{{cite web|title=C. Blanco|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/cuauhtemoc-blanco/10071/|publisher=Soccerway|access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref>
<ref name="mexico">[http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/blanco-intlg.html "International Appearances"], ''[[RSSSF]]''. Retrieved 31 May 2012</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
|-
! National team !! Year !! Apps !! Goals
! National team !! Year !! Apps !! Goals
|-
|-
| rowspan="16"|[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
| rowspan="17"|[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
| 1995 ||1||0
| 1995 ||1||0
|-
|-
| 1996||11||4
| 1996||11||3
|-
|-
| 1997 ||15||4
| 1997 ||15||4
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| 2010 ||14||2
| 2010 ||14||2
|-
|-
| 2014 ||1||0
! colspan="2" | Total !!119!!39
|-
! colspan="2" | Total !!120!!38
|}
|}


== Honors ==
=== International goals ===
:''Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.''<ref name="rsssf">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/blanco-intlg.html|title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco – Century of International Appearances|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref>
{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style=font-size:95%
;Irapuato
|-
*'''[[Liga de Ascenso]] (1):''' [[2010–11 Liga de Ascenso season#Clausura|Clausura 2011]]
! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 21 January 1996 || [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum|L.A. Memorial Coliseum]], Los Angeles, United States || {{fb|BRA}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center|2–0 || 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup
|-
| 2. || 7 February 1996 || [[Estadio Sausalito]], [[Viña del Mar]], Chile || {{fb|CHI}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|1–2 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 3. || 16 June 1996 || [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|Rose Bowl]], [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], United States || {{fb|USA}} || align=center|'''2'''–1 || align=center|2–2 || [[1996 U.S. Cup]]
|-
| 4. || 22 June 1997 || [[Estadio Félix Capriles]], [[Cochabamba]], Bolivia || {{fb|ECU}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center|1–1 || [[1997 Copa América]]
|-
| 5. || rowspan="2"|14 December 1997 || rowspan="2"|[[King Fahd International Stadium]], [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia || rowspan="2"|{{fb|KSA}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|5–0 || rowspan="2"|[[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup]]
|-
| 6. || align=center|'''5'''–0
|-
| 7. || 16 December 1997 || King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia || {{fb|BRA}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center|2–3 || 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup
|-
| 8. || rowspan="2"|7 February 1998 || rowspan="2"|[[Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum]], [[Oakland, California|Oakland]], United States|| rowspan="2"|{{fb|HON|1949}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2–0 || rowspan="2"|[[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]
|-
| 9. || align=center|'''2'''–0
|-
| 10. || 20 June 1998 || [[Stade Chaban-Delmas|Parc Lescure]], [[Bordeaux]], France || {{fb|BEL}} || align=center|'''2'''–2 || align=center|2–2 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| 11. || rowspan="2"|6 July 1999 || rowspan="2"|[[Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi|Antonio Oddone Sarubbi]], [[Ciudad del Este]], Paraguay || rowspan="2"|{{fb|VEN}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|3–1 || rowspan="2"|[[1999 Copa América]]
|-
| 12. || align=center|'''3'''–0
|-
| 13. || rowspan="4"|25 July 1999 || rowspan="4"|[[Estadio Azteca]], Mexico City, Mexico || rowspan="4"|{{fb|KSA}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|5–1 || rowspan="4"|[[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup]]
|-
| 14. || align=center|'''2'''–0
|-
| 15. || align=center|'''4'''–1
|-
| 16. || align=center|'''5'''–1
|-
| 17. || 1 August 1999 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|USA}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|1–0 || 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
|-
| 18. || 4 August 1999 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|BRA}} || align=center|'''4'''–2 || align=center|4–3 || 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
|-
| 19. || 9 January 2000 || [[Overstock.com Coliseum|Networks Associates Coliseum]], Oakland, United States || {{fb|IRN}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| 20. || rowspan="2"|3 September 2000 || rowspan="2"|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || rowspan="2"|{{fb|PAN}} || align=center|'''4'''–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|7–1 || rowspan="2"|[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|-
| 21. || align=center|'''7'''–1
|-
| 22. || rowspan="2"|8 October 2000 || rowspan="2"|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || rowspan="2"|{{fb|TRI}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|7–1 || rowspan="2"|2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 23. || align=center|'''3'''–0
|-
| 24. || rowspan="2"|2 September 2001 || rowspan="2"|[[Independence Park (Jamaica)|Independence Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica]] || rowspan="2"|{{fb|JAM}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2–1 || rowspan="2"|2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 25. || align=center|'''2'''–1
|-
| 26. || 5 September 2001 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|TRI}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center|3–0 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 27. || rowspan="2"|11 November 2001 || rowspan="2"|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || rowspan="2"|{{fb|HON|1949}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|3–0 || rowspan="2"|2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 28. || align=center|'''3'''–0
|-
| 29. || 3 June 2002 || [[Niigata Stadium]], [[Niigata (city)|Niigata]], Japan || {{fb|CRO}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|1–0 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| 30. || 28 February 2007 || Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States || {{fb|VEN}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center|3–0 || Friendly
|-
| 31. || 10 June 2007 || [[Giants Stadium]], [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]], United States || {{fb|HON|1949}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|1–2 || [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]
|-
| 32. || 8 July 2007 || [[Estadio Monumental de Maturín]], [[Maturín]], Venezuela || {{fb|PAR}} || align=center|'''5'''–0 || align=center|6–0 || [[2007 Copa América]]
|-
| 33. || 14 July 2007 || [[Estadio Olímpico (Caracas)|Estadio Olímpico]], Caracas, Venezuela || {{fb|URU}} || align=center|'''1'''–1 || align=center|3–1 || 2007 Copa América
|-
| 34. || 6 June 2009 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], El Salvador || {{fb|SLV}} ||align=center|'''1'''–1 ||align=center|1–2 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|-
| 35. || 9 September 2009 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|HON|1949}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|1–0 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 36. || 10 October 2009 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|SLV}} ||align=center|'''2'''–0 ||align=center|4–1 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|-
| 37. || 17 March 2010 || [[Estadio Corona]], [[Torreón]], Mexico || {{fb|PRK}} ||align=center|'''1'''–0 ||align=center|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| 38. || 17 June 2010 || [[Peter Mokaba Stadium]], [[Polokwane]], South Africa || {{fb|FRA}} ||align=center|'''2'''–0 ||align=center| 2–0 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup]]
|}

===Filmography===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Films
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Gotita de amor]]''
|rowspan=3| Himself
|-
| 2007
| ''[[La familia P. Luche]]''
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Hasta que el dinero nos separe]]''
|-
| 2010-11
| ''[[Triunfo del amor (telenovela)|Triunfo del amor]]''
| Juan José Martínez
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Commercials
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2009
| ''Y tu qué sientes por ella?''
|rowspan=4| Himself
| [[Adidas]] commercial
|-
| 2010
| Más Color
| [[Laundry detergent]] of [[Henkel]]<br />Commercial with [[Consuelo Duval]]
|-
| 2011
|rowspan=2| [[Pepsi]]
| Commercial of his Special Edition product
|-
| 2014
| Commercial with [[Francisco Palencia]] & [[Luis Hernández (footballer, born 1968)|Luis Hernández]]
|}

==Political career==
===Municipal president of Cuernavaca (2015–2018)===
In January 2015, Blanco registered as a [[Social Democratic Party (Mexico)|Social Democratic Party]] candidate for the municipal presidential elections of the city of [[Cuernavaca]], the capital of the Mexican state of [[Morelos]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story/_/id/2281354/cuau-se-registrara-como-precandidato-del-partido-socialdemocrata|title=Cuau se registra como precandidato del Partido Socialdemócrata|date=22 January 2015|publisher=ESPN Deportes|language=es|access-date=2015-07-06}}</ref> and was formally nominated two months later.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cuauhtemoc Blanco jumps into politics, seeks mayoral seat in Mexico|url=https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/story/cuauhtemoc-blanco-politics-seeks-mayorship-mexico-cuernavaca-social-democrat-party-030715}}</ref> In the [[2015 Mexican legislative election|2015 legislative elections]], he won in a closely contested election, narrowly defeating [[Maricela Velázquez]] of the incumbent [[Institutional Revolutionary Party]] (PRI). In a subsequent vote recount Blanco was confirmed the winner of the municipal presidential race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2015/06/21/termina-computo-en-cuernavaca-confirman-triunfo-de-cuauhtemoc-blanco-7844.html|title=Termina cómputo en Cuernavaca, confirman triunfo de Cuauhtémoc Blanco|date=21 June 2015|publisher=jornada.unam.mx|language=es|access-date=2015-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707040125/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2015/06/21/termina-computo-en-cuernavaca-confirman-triunfo-de-cuauhtemoc-blanco-7844.html|archive-date=7 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=recountJornada>{{cite news|last1=Morelos Cruz|first1=Rubicela|title=Recuento confirma el triunfo de Cuauhtémoc Blanco en Cuernavaca|url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2015/06/22/estados/030n1est|access-date=22 June 2015}}</ref>

As municipal president, Blanco struggled with accusations about his residency in the city,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cronicadechihuahua.com/Revelan-que-Cuauhtemoc-Blanco,40588.html|title=Revelan que Cuauhtémoc Blanco falseó residencia|access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/530703/tribunal-de-morelos-valida-constancia-de-residencia-de-cuauhtemoc-blanco|title=Tribunal de Morelos valida constancia de residencia de Cuauhtémoc Blanco|access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref> allegations that he had accepted a bribe to run for office,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animalpolitico.com/2016/08/psd-contrato-cuauhtemoc-blanco-7-mdp-candidato-cuernavaca/|title=A Cuauhtémoc Blanco le pagaron 7 mdp para ser candidato en Cuernavaca|date=26 August 2016|access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref> and even murder. None of these allegations ever went anywhere.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/corte-mantiene-suspension-contra-el-cese-de-cuauhtemoc-blanco|title=Corte mantieine suspensión contra el cese de Cuauhtémoc Blanco|date=11 January 2018 |access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/politica/Quien-es-Cuauhtemoc-Blanco-20180701-0211.html|title=¿Quién es Cuauhtémoc Blanco?|date=2 July 2018 |access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref> In June 2016, he left the Social Democratic Party and dismissed the secretary of the city council, Roberto Yañez Moreno, which marked the beginning of a dispute between Blanco and the party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco va por el gobierno de Morelos y con el apoyo de AMLO|url=http://www.nacion321.com/elecciones/cuauhtemoc-blanco-va-por-el-gobierno-de-morelos-y-con-el-apoyo-de-amlo|work=Nacion 321|access-date=25 June 2018}}</ref>

In March 2017, he joined the [[Social Encounter Party]] (PES).<ref>{{cite web|title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco, nuevo militante de Encuentro Social|date=14 March 2017 |url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/politica/Cuauhtemoc-Blanco-nuevo-militante-de-Encuentro-Social-20170314-0109.html|access-date=25 June 2018}}</ref>

===Governor of Morelos (2018–2024)===
{{See also|List of current state governors in Mexico}}
{{See also|Governor of Morelos}}
[[File:Entrega de la Autopista Siglo XXI.jpg|thumb|Blanco shaking hands with [[Enrique Peña Nieto]], December 2018]]
For the [[2018 Mexican general election|2018 general elections]], the [[National Regeneration Movement]] proposed having Senator [[Rabindranath Salazar Solorio]] as the candidate under the coalition ''[[Juntos Haremos Historia]]'' for the [[Governor of Morelos]] but PES, also part of the coalition, argued Blanco was the better choice for the coalition's candidate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco atora la alianza entre PES y Morena|url=https://www.razon.com.mx/cuauhtemoc-blanco-atora-la-alianza-pes-morena/|work=La Razon|first=Jorge|last=Butrón|access-date=25 June 2018|archive-date=26 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626003015/https://www.razon.com.mx/cuauhtemoc-blanco-atora-la-alianza-pes-morena/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In December 2015, it was determined there would be an internal election to see who would become the candidate for the coalition.<ref>{{cite web|title="Cuau" se medirá en encuesta con senador de Morena por candidatura en Morelos|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/elecciones-2018/cuau-se-medira-en-encuesta-con-senador-de-morena-por-candidatura|work=El Universal|first=Justino|last=Miranda|date=15 December 2017 |access-date=25 June 2018|language=es}}</ref>

On 28 January 2018, ''Juntos Haremos Historia'' [[Presidency of Mexico|presidential]] candidate [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] announced Blanco would be the coalition's candidate after winning the nominee process against Senator Rabindranath Salazar Solorio.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco gana precandidatura de Morena en Morelos|url=https://www.forbes.com.mx/cuauhtemoc-blanco-sera-precandidato-de-morena-en-el-estado-de-morelos/|work=Forbes Mexico|date=29 January 2018 |access-date=25 June 2018}}</ref> On 11 March 2018 he formally registered to become candidate for Governor of Morelos and on 2 April 2018, he was separated from his post as municipal president of Cuernavaca, succeeded by [[Denisse Arizmendi Villegas]], in order to formally participate in the gubernatorial elections.<ref>{{cite web|title='El Matador' presume al doble de Cuauhtémoc Blanco|url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/adrenalina/el-matador-presume-al-doble-de-cuauhtemoc-blanco/1232485|work=Excelsior|date=14 April 2018 |access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tras licencia del "Cuau", síndico Denisse Arizmendi alcaldía de Cuernavaca|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/elecciones-2018/tras-licencia-del-cuau-sindico-denisse-arizmendi-alcaldia-de-cuernavaca|work=El Universal|first=Justino|last=Miranda|date=2 April 2018 |access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> Polls indicated he was in the lead.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco sigue en la delantera en Morelos|url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/politica/Cuauhtemoc-Blanco-sigue-en-la-delantera-en-Morelos-20180519-0008.html|work=El Economista|first=Diego|last=Badillo|date=19 May 2018 |access-date=25 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco aventaja en Morelos con 50% de las preferencias: encuesta|url=https://adnpolitico.com/estados/2018/06/14/cuauhtemoc-blanco-aventaja-en-morelos-con-50-de-las-preferencias-encuesta|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625213539/https://adnpolitico.com/estados/2018/06/14/cuauhtemoc-blanco-aventaja-en-morelos-con-50-de-las-preferencias-encuesta|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 June 2018|work=ADN Politico|date=14 June 2018 |access-date=25 June 2018}}</ref>

On 1 July 2018, he won the 2018 gubernatorial elections by a landslide,<ref>{{cite web|title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco gana las elecciones en Morelos|url=https://lopezdoriga.com/nacional/cuauhtemoc-blanco-gana-las-elecciones-en-morelos/|work=López Dóriga Digital|date=2 July 2018 |access-date=2 July 2018}}</ref> becoming the first former footballer to win a state governor election in Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco, el primer ex futbolista que será gobernador en México|url=https://www.publimetro.com.mx/mx/elecciones/2018/07/01/cuauhtemoc-blanco-primer-gobernador-mexico-elecciones-mexico-2018.html|work=Publimetro|date=1 July 2018|access-date=27 September 2018}}</ref> He began his term as Governor on 1 October 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco recibirá mañana constancia de mayoría en Cuernavaca|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/elecciones-2018/cuauhtemoc-blanco-recibira-manana-constancia-de-mayoria-en-cuernavaca|work=El Universal|first=Justino|last=Miranda|date=7 July 2018|access-date=10 September 2018}}</ref> His greatest challenges as governor are finding adequate funding for the [[Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos|state university (UAEM)]] and resolving the high incidence of crime in the state. Only three months into his term, he was already faced with marches denouncing his administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elsoldetijuana.com.mx/republica/politica/en-morelos-dejaron-un-chin...-de-delincuentes-cuauhtemoc-blanco-2958796.html|title=En Morelos dejaron un chin... de delincuentes: Cuauhtémoc Blanco|publisher=El Sol de Tijuana|date=22 January 2019|access-date=14 February 2019|trans-title=They left a f ... of criminals in Morelos: Cuauhtémoc Blanco}}</ref> On 13 February 2019 Blanco formally charged his predecessor, [[Graco Ramirez]], with organized crime, operations with resources of illicit origin, and tax fraud.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2019/02/14/politica/004n3pol#|title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco denuncia ante la FGR a Graco y familiares|publisher=La Jornanda|date=14 February 2019|access-date=14 February 2019|language=es|trans-title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco denounces Graco and relatives to the Federal Attorney General}}</ref>

One year into his governorship, people began to doubt Blanco's administration. Politically, he disputed with [[National Regeneration Movement|Morena]] and [[Labor Party (Mexico)|PT]], partners in ''[[Juntos Haremos Historia]]'' that got him elected. He promoted [[Social Encounter Party|PES]], which has been dissolved on a national level but remains strong locally.<ref>{{cite web |website=Proceso|date=1 October 2019|author=Jaime Luis Brito|language=es|title=En medio de pugnas internas, Cuauhtémoc Blanco cumple un año en el gobierno de Morelos|trans-title=Amid internal struggles, Cuauhtémoc Blanco celebrates one year in the Morelos government |url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/601662/en-medio-de-pugnas-internas-cuauhtemoc-blanco-cumple-un-ano-en-el-gobierno-de-morelos}}</ref> Crime rose significantly, with a 680% increase in cases of extortion, 375% increase in kidnappings, and 41% increase in murders. More than eighty women were killed in 2019, 22 of which were classified distinctly as [[femicide]]. Additionally, a tax debt of MXN$302,230 (US$15,800) from his time as a footballer was pardoned by the [[Servicio de Administración Tributaria|federal Tax Administration Service]], raising questions of corruption.<ref>{{cite web|website=Infobae |date=3 October 2019|access-date=2 November 2019|language=es|trans-title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco: From sports hero to a state in flames|title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco: de ídolo deportivo a gobernador de un estado en llamas |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2019/10/03/cuauhtemoc-blanco-de-idolo-deportivo-a-gobernador-de-un-estado-en-llamas/}}</ref> Roberto Soto Pastor, a former collaborator of Graco Ramirezs, sued Blanco for hiring several members of his family and friends, including: his half-brother Ulises Bravo, sister-in-law Liu León Luna, uncles Carlos Juárez López, Jaime Juárez López, and Armando Shajid Bravo López, and a close friend named Baltazar Jonathan Alegría Mejía. All receive salaries that range from MXN $45,000 to $60,000 (US$2,300 to $3,100) per month. The suit says their hiring is a violation of ''Código Penal de Morelos, Artículo 276'' (Morelos penal code, Article 276) which prohibits [[nepotism]].<ref>{{citation|website=Arestegui Noticias|author=Estrella Pedroza|date=14 October 2019 |language=es |title=Morelos: Presentan denuncia contra Cuauhtémoc Blanco, por dar trabajo a sus familiares|trans-title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco sued for giving jobs to relatives |url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/1410/mexico/morelos-presentan-denuncia-contra-cuauhtemoc-blanco-por-dar-trabajo-a-sus-familiares/}}</ref><ref>{{citation|website=Breaking|date=9 October 2019|title=Familia y amigos de Cuauhtémoc Blanco tienen altos cargos en su gobierno|language=es|trans-title=Family and friends of Cuauhtémoc Blanco have high charges in his government |url=https://breaking.com.mx/2019/10/nepotismo-cuautemoc-blanco/}}</ref> President [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] personally called Blanco out for nepotism in a meeting on 11 October.<ref>{{citation |website=El Financiero|title=El Gobierno no es el DIF, no es para la familia, dice AMLO a Cuauhtémoc Blanco|date=11 October 2019 |language=es|trans-title=The Government is not the DIF, it is not for the family, AMLO says to Cuauhtémoc Blanco |url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/si-la-ley-lo-prohibe-familiares-no-pueden-trabajar-en-el-gobierno-ni-aunque-sean-eminencias-amlo-al-cuau}}</ref> The governor denies allegations of nepotism.<ref>{{citation |website=Noticias en la Mira|date=10 October 2019 |language=es |title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco defiende a familiares suyos con puestos públicos|trans-title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco defends family and friends with public service positions|url=https://noticiasenlamira.com/estados/cuauhtemoc-blanco-defiende-familiares-puestos-publicos-morelos/}}</ref>

On 8 January 2020, Arias Consultores released a poll that describes the best and worst governors. Sinaloa governor [[Quirino Ordaz Coppel]] is chosen best, while [[Puebla]] governor [[Miguel Barbosa Huerta|L. Miguel Barbosa Huerta]] was declared the worst. Cuauhtemoc Blanco was second-to-last at No. 31.<ref>{{cite web|website=La Jornada|title=Los peores y mejores gobernadores|date=8 January 2020|url=https://www.lajornadamorelos.com.mx/nacional/2020/01/08/17109|language=es|trans-title=The worst and best governors|access-date=9 January 2020|archive-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225231107/https://www.lajornadamorelos.com.mx/nacional/2020/01/08/17109|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
He was previously married to Marisela Santoyo from 1996 to 2003, with whom he has a son, Cuauhtémoc Jr., born the same year of their wedding.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/18474.cuauhtemoc-blanco-le-responde-a-su-esposa.html|title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco le responde a su esposa|date=30 January 2003 }}</ref> After their separation in 2000, Blanco had an affair with Liliana Lago, which produced a daughter, Bárbara, born in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unioncdmx.mx/articulo/2018/09/28/viral/donde-esta-y-en-que-anda-liliana-lago|title=Dónde está y en qué anda Liliana Lago|access-date=23 January 2019|archive-date=23 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123223548/http://www.unioncdmx.mx/articulo/2018/09/28/viral/donde-esta-y-en-que-anda-liliana-lago|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2015, Blanco married Natalia Rezende.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://laopcion.com.mx/noticia/97486|title=Se casa Cuauhtémoc Blanco con modelo brasileña}}</ref> The couple have a son named Roberto, born in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rotativo.com.mx/entretenimiento/espectaculos-entretenimiento/544564-cuauhtemoc-blanco-anuncia-ya-nacio-bebe/|title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco anuncia que ya nació su bebé.|date=8 July 2016 }}</ref>
He appeared on the North American front cover of the ''[[FIFA 10]]'' video game along with [[Frank Lampard]] and [[Sacha Kljestan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Blanco to appear on cover of "FIFA 10"|url=http://www.espn.com/chicago/columns/story?columnist=powers_scott&id=4408577|work=ESPN|first=Scott|last=Powers| date=19 August 2009 |access-date=25 July 2018}}</ref>

In October 2024, Blanco was accused of attempting to rape his half-sister.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosete |first=Erika |date=2024-10-11 |title=Denunciado por intento de violación el exfutbolista y diputado de Morena Cuauhtémoc Blanco |url=https://elpais.com/mexico/2024-10-11/denunciado-por-intento-de-violacion-el-exfutbolista-y-diputado-de-morena-cuauhtemoc-blanco.html |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=El País México |language=es-MX}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''América'''
*[[Liga MX|Mexican Primera División]]: [[Primera División de México Clausura 2005|Clausura 2005]]
*[[Campeón de Campeones]]: [[2005 Campeón de Campeones|2005]]
*[[CONCACAF Champions' Cup]]: [[1992 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1992]], [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2006|2006]]

'''Dorados'''
*[[Copa MX]]: [[Apertura 2012 Copa MX|Apertura 2012]]

'''Irapuato'''
*[[Ascenso MX|Liga de Ascenso]]: [[2010–11 Liga de Ascenso season#Clausura|Clausura 2011]]


'''Puebla'''
;Club América
*[[Copa MX]]: [[Clausura 2015 Copa MX Final|Clausura 2015]]
*'''[[CONCACAF Champions' Cup]] (1):''' [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2006|2006]]
*'''[[Mexican Primera División]] (1):''' [[Primera División de México Clausura 2005|Clausura 2005]]
*'''[[Campeón de Campeones]] (1):''' 2005


;Mexico
'''Mexico'''
*'''[[FIFA Confederations Cup]] (1):''' [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]]
*[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]: [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]]
*'''[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]] (2):''' [[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996]], [[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998]]
*[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]: [[1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1996]], [[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998]]
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=== Individual ===
'''Individual'''
*[[FIFA Confederations Cup]] Golden Boot: [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]]
*[[FIFA Confederations Cup]] Silver Boot: [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]]
*[[FIFA Confederations Cup]] Silver Ball: [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]]
*[[FIFA Confederations Cup]] Silver Ball: [[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999]]
*[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]] Best XI: [[1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1998]]
*Mexican Player of the Year: 2001–2002
*[[Mexican Primera División]] MVP: 1997–1998, 2004–2005, 2005–2006, [[Primera División de México Clausura 2007|2006–2007]]
*[[Balón de Oro (Mexico)|Mexican Primera División]] Golden Ball: [[1998 Primera División de México Invierno|Invierno 1998]], [[2004 Primera División de México Apertura|2004]]–[[2005 Primera División de México Clausura|05]], [[2006 Primera División de México Apertura|2006]]–[[Primera División de México Clausura 2007|07]]
*[[Mexican Primera División]] Top Scorer: [[Primera División de México Invierno 1998|Invierno 1998]]
*[[Liga MX|Mexican Primera División]] Golden Boot: [[Primera División de México Invierno 1998|Invierno 1998]]
*[[Liga MX|Mexican Primera División]] Best Forward: [[Primera División de México Invierno 1998|Invierno 1998]], [[Primera División de México Apertura 2005|Apertura 2005]]
*[[MLS Player of the Month]]: May 2008
*[[MLS Best XI]]: 2008
*[[MLS Best XI]]: 2008
*[[Major League Soccer All-Star Game|MLS All-Star]]: [[2008 MLS All-Star Game|2008]], [[2009 MLS All-Star Game|2009]]
*[[Major League Soccer All-Star Game|MLS All-Star Game MVP]]: [[2008 MLS All-Star Game|2008]]
*[[Major League Soccer All-Star Game|MLS All-Star Game MVP]]: [[2008 MLS All-Star Game|2008]]
*[[MLS Goal of the Year Award|MLS Goal of the Year]]: 2007
*[[MLS Goal of the Year Award|MLS Goal of the Year]]: 2007
*Tecate Premios Deportes Male Athlete of the Year: 2008<ref name=Tecate>{{cite web | url=https://www.banderasnews.com/0807/ent-premiosdeportes.htm | title=The Stars Come Out at First Ever Spanish-Language Awards Show to Honor the Best in Hispanic Sports }}</ref>
*[[Tecate]] Athlete of the Year: 2008
*Tecate Premios Deportes North American Footballer of the Year: 2008<ref name=Tecate/>
*[[Mexico]] Premio Nacional del Deporte: 2009
*Tecate Premios Deportes Footballer of the Year: 2009<ref>{{cite web | url=https://myboxingfans.com/2009/07/tecate-sports-awards-are-a-knockout/ | title=Tecate Sports Awards are a Knockout! &#124; MyBoxingFans - Boxing News | date=7 July 2009 | access-date=20 January 2024 | archive-date=20 January 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120013138/https://myboxingfans.com/2009/07/tecate-sports-awards-are-a-knockout/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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*Tecate Premios Deportes Best XI: 2008<ref name=Tecate/>
*Premio Nacional del Deporte: 2009<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.informador.mx/Deportes/Cuauhtemoc-Blanco-gana-el-Premio-Nacional-del-deporte-20091105-0018.html | title=Cuauhtémoc Blanco gana el Premio Nacional del deporte | date=11 May 2009 }}</ref>


'''Records'''
==Filmography==
*[[FIFA Confederations Cup]] All Time Scorer: 9 goals (shared with [[Ronaldinho]])
===Writer===
*Most Liga MX [[Balón de Oro (Mexico)|Citalli/Golden Ball]] Awards: 3 (shared with [[Cabinho (footballer)|Cabinho]] & [[Fabián Estay]])
*[[Abismo de pasión]] (2012–2013) – Adaption
*[[Cuando me enamoro (telenovela)]] (2010–2011) – original story
*[[Mi pecado]] (2009–2010) – written
*[[En Nombre del Amor]] (2008–2009) – original story
*[[El manantial]] (2001–2002) – original story
*Laberintos de Pasión (1999–2000) – original story
*[[Angela (telenovela)]] (1998–1999) – written
*[[Cañaveral de Pasiones]] (1996) – adaption
*Capricho (telenovela) (1993) – original story
*Cadenas de Amargura (1991) – original story


==See also==
===Actor<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2586319/maindetails IMDb – Cuauhtémoc Blanco]</ref>===
*[[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps|List of footballers with 100 or more international caps]]
*[[Triunfo del Amor]] (2010–2011) as Juan José Martínez Robles "Juanjo"
*[[Hasta Que el Dinero Nos Separe]] (2009) as himself
*Adidas... Y tu qué sientes por ella? (2009)

== See also ==
*[[FIFA Confederations Cup goalscorers]]
*[[Retired numbers in association football]]
*[[Retired numbers in association football]]

==Notes==
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Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Blanco in 2017
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
31 August 2024
Governor of Morelos
In office
1 October 2018 – 31 August 2024
Preceded byGraco Ramírez
Succeeded byMargarita González Saravia
Municipal president of Cuernavaca
In office
1 January 2016 – 2 April 2018
Preceded byJorge Morales Barud
Succeeded byDenisse Arizmendi Villegas
Personal details
Born
Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo

(1973-01-17) 17 January 1973 (age 51)
Mexico City, Mexico
Political partyMORENA (since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
Social Democratic Party
(2015–2016)
Independent
(2016–2017)
Social Encounter Party
(2017–2022)
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Spouses
Marisela Santoyo
(m. 1996; div. 2003)
Natalia Rezende
(m. 2015)
Children4
Occupation

Association football career
Position(s)
Youth career
1988–1992 América
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–2007 América 308 (108)
1997–1998Necaxa (loan) 18 (11)
2000–2002Real Valladolid (loan) 23 (3)
2004Veracruz (loan) 15 (5)
2007–2009 Chicago Fire 62 (16)
2008Santos Laguna (loan) 4 (1)
2010 Veracruz 14 (5)
2010–2011 Irapuato 47 (9)
2012–2013 Dorados 40 (14)
2013–2014 BUAP 22 (6)
2014–2015 Puebla 19 (3)
2016 América 1 (0)
Total 573 (181)
International career
1995–2014 Mexico 119 (38)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Mexico
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner 1999 Mexico
Third place 1995 Saudi Arabia
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Winner 1996 United States
Winner 1998 United States
Runner-up 2007 United States
Copa América
Third place 1997 Bolivia
Third place 1999 Paraguay
Third place 2007 Venezuela
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1995 Mar del Plata Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo (Spanish pronunciation: [kwawˈtemok ˈblaŋko]; born 17 January 1973) is a Mexican politician and former professional footballer serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies. He also served as the Governor of Morelos from 2018 to 2024 under the coalition Juntos Haremos Historia, and as the municipal president of Cuernavaca, Morelos. As a footballer, Blanco was known for his attacking ability and played most of his career as a deep-lying forward and his last years as an attacking midfielder. Blanco is considered to be one of the greatest Mexican footballers of all time.

Early life

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Blanco was born in Mexico City, in the district of Tlatilco,[2] but grew up in Tepito.[3] Born to Faustino Blanco and Hortensia Bravo,[4] he was named after the last Aztec emperor Cuauhtémoc, in which the name means "one who has descended like an eagle".[5]

Football career

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Beginnings

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Blanco started his career with América in 1992, where he won various awards, both team-based and individual, and had various loan stints with Necaxa, Spanish club Real Valladolid, and Veracruz. In 2007, he joined the Chicago Fire,[6] with a loan stint with Santos Laguna for the 2008 Apertura championship. In 2010, he returned to Mexico to trek throughout various teams, joining Veracruz again, Irapuato, Dorados, and Puebla-based teams Lobos BUAP and Puebla, where he retired with the latter in 2015. The following year, he came out of retirement to officially end his career with América.[6]

Club career

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Club América

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Blanco with América

Having played most of his career in América, with 333 appearances and 135 goals, Blanco has become an idol to the club's supporters and an important figure in the history of the team.

Blanco made his debut in the Mexican Primera División in 1992 at the age of 19 with América. He won his first Golden Boot with 16 goals in the Winter 1998 season for Las Águilas. He was loaned for Winter 1997 and Summer 1998 at Necaxa, in which he scored 13 goals in 28 appearances. Blanco was later loaned to Real Valladolid of La Liga for the 2000–01 season. However, he suffered a broken leg while on international duty which kept him out of the side for six months. Blanco returned to Valladolid for another loan spell the following season, but he struggled with homesickness and regaining his form. He had a knack for scoring great goals in La Liga, with most notable, a free-kick against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.[7]

He returned to Mexico and spent the 2004 Apertura season with Veracruz, where they ended up winning their group, but were defeated in the playoffs by UNAM. Blanco was a popular player during his time there. In May 2005, Blanco won his first club championship as a player, leading Club América to its tenth league title, when Club América defeated U.A.G. by an aggregate score of 7–4 (1–1, 6–3). In the next three consecutive years between 2005 and 2007, he was awarded the MVP.

He scored his final goal during the championship final against Pachuca in 2007.

Chicago Fire

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Blanco in Chicago in 2009 during his time with the Chicago Fire

On 2 April 2007, Blanco ventured on to Major League Soccer in the United States and signed with Chicago Fire. He was welcomed by 5,000 fans at Toyota Park as he conducted interviews with the media, signed autographs and greeted with fans.

He was later voted as a finalist for both the MVP and Newcomer of the Year awards in 2007.[8] Blanco was the 2007 Goal of the Year winner, for his goal against Real Salt Lake.[9]

Blanco was the second-highest paid player in Major League Soccer, after LA Galaxy midfielder David Beckham, earning $2.7 million a year.[10] Once again, he was a finalist for the MVP of the year award.

On 24 July 2008, in the All-Stars Game against West Ham United, Blanco won the MVP award with one assist and one goal, a game in which he only played 46 minutes. The MLS All-stars won 3–2.

Santos Laguna (loan)

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On 19 November 2008, it was announced that Santos Laguna signed Blanco on a loan to play only for the Apertura 2008 championship, after the injury of their Ecuadorian striker Christian Benítez. Blanco was formally presented to the press the next day, wearing the number 9 jersey, and stated that he looked forward to giving Santos a back-to-back championship.[11][12][13] On 29 November 2008, Blanco scored his first goal with Santos, a penalty in the second leg of the championship quarter-finals against San Luis.

Later career

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Blanco warming up with Irapuato in 2010

In October 2009, Blanco announced he would not be renewing his contract with Chicago Fire and would instead sign with Veracruz of the Ascenso MX beginning in January 2010.[14] However, after 6 months with Veracruz he left for Irapuato.[15] Led by Blanco, Irapuato won the 2011 Clausura, but the team failed to advance to the Primera División, losing to Tijuana in the promotional final.

Blanco playing for Dorados in 2012

In December 2011, Blanco joined Dorados de Sinaloa of Liga de Ascenso.[16] During Apertura 2012, Blanco won the Copa MX with Dorados. Despite Blanco announcing he would retire after the end of 2012, he changed his mind and played for another six months with Dorados. However, after the tournament ended, he did not renew his contract and was released from the team in June 2013.

Blanco signed for Lobos BUAP for the Apertura 2013 Liga de Ascenso season.[17] After one year with the club, he did not renew his contract with BUAP and was released from the club at the end of the season, in which the club failed to qualify for the play-offs.

After considering retirement, Blanco signed with Puebla for one last season in the Liga MX. On 21 April 2015, he played in the Clausura's Copa MX final against Guadalajara, coming off the bench. Puebla went on to win the cup, and sent Blanco off as a champion in what was supposed to be the final game of his career.

On 22 February 2016, a month into his political career, it was announced that Blanco would participate in an official Liga MX match during the Week 9 of Clausura 2016 for the club that started his career, Club América.[18] It would allow him to officially end his career, while playing for the club. On 5 March, Blanco started the match wearing a number 100 jersey, and played 36 minutes for América at the Estadio Azteca in a match against Morelia, before being replaced by Darwin Quintero.[19] During the match, Blanco demonstrated his signature move, the Cuauhtemiña, and had two shots on goal, one of which hit the crossbar from the outside of the penalty box. The match was eventually won by América 4–1.[20][21]

International career

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Blanco represented Mexico from 1995 to 2010 (with a special appearance in 2014). He was capped 120 times and scored 38 goals. Blanco is the only Mexican to have won Confederations Cup awards, being awarded the Silver Ball and Silver Boot at the 1999 Confederations Cup after a first-place finish on home soil, until Oswaldo Sánchez's Golden Glove award in 2005. In 2010, he became the first Mexican to score at three World Cup tournaments, a feat later equalled by Rafael Márquez and Javier Hernández, appearing in the 1998, 2002, and 2010 editions of the tournament.

Blanco converting a penalty against France at the 2010 World Cup

Blanco made his debut with the senior national team under Bora Milutinovic in a friendly match against Uruguay on 1 February 1995.[22] Blanco has played for Mexico at three World Cups; he was part of the squad at France 1998, Korea-Japan 2002 and South Africa 2010.[23] He was also a member of the team that won the Confederations Cup in 1999 where he was the tournament's leading scorer with six goals, including the winning goal at the Estadio Azteca against Brazil in the final. He was awarded the "Silver Shoe" and "Silver Ball" for outstanding player of the tournament. Blanco holds the record along with Brazilian Ronaldinho as the highest scoring players in the Confederations Cup with nine goals, three in 1997 and six in 1999.

In the selection for the final 23-man squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, then national team coach Ricardo La Volpe left Blanco out of the team. While the ostensible reason given was that Blanco was frequently injured and not in good form, some people considered this to be a consequence of the previous year's constant bickering, due to on-going personal problems between coach and player.[23]

Blanco became part of the squad that played the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, scoring one penalty goal, and the 2007 Copa América, where he scored 2 goals also from penalty kicks. On 13 September 2008, he earned his 100th cap for his country in its 2–1 World Cup qualifier victory over Canada at Tuxtla Gutiérrez, coming on with only 15 seconds left in regulation time. After the match, he announced his retirement from international football.[24]

With the return of Javier Aguirre as coach, Blanco returned to the national team in May 2009.[25] He played in all the games throughout the Hexagonal of the World Cup Qualifying. Since then, Blanco has become an important factor in Mexico's team regaining form and confidence.

On 10 October 2009, Blanco provoked the first opposition own goal and scored the second goal in a 4–1 victory over El Salvador to help Mexico clinch a spot in the 2010 World Cup. On 17 June 2010, he scored a penalty in the 78th minute of the 2–0 win against France at the World Cup's second round of group stage matches in South Africa.[26] With this goal he became the first Mexican to score a goal in three World Cup tournaments and the third-oldest goalscorer in World Cup history.[27][28]

Blanco played a tribute game in 2014 against Israel at the Estadio Azteca, which symbolized his official retirement from international football. Mexico went on to win the match 3–0.

Player profile

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Style of play

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Blanco as captain with Veracruz

Blanco is considered to be one of the greatest Mexican footballers of all time,[29][30][31][32] as well as one of the best penalty takers of all time,[33] having scored 71 out of 73 penalties in his career, giving him a 97.26% success rate from the spot.[34]

His brash, aggressive, and confrontative playing style is reflected both on and off the field, pulling ingenious plays[35] and being combative against the press, players, and coaches alike.[36]

Cuauhtemiña

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Blanco is also remembered for the Cuauhtemiña, or Blanco Trick, which he performed notably at the 1998 World Cup.[37] In the trick, when two or more opposition players are trying to take the ball from him, he traps the ball between his feet and jumps through the defenders – releasing the ball in the air and landing with it under control as he leaves the opposition players behind.[38] The trick is easy to perform but is eye-catching and has been incorporated as a special skill into the FIFA series of football video games.

Celebration

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Blanco himself has accepted on Mexican television and to the press that his goal celebration is an imitation of the "Archer" celebration created by former Atletico de Madrid striker Kiko Narvaez. In a 2005 interview with Mexican newspaper El Universal, Blanco explains that while watching a Spanish league game accompanied by his teammate Germán Villa, both players agreed to celebrate their next goal by imitating the "Archer" gesture. In the end, only Blanco did it, and jokingly reprimanded Villa for not keeping his word.[39] However, the Chicago Fire official website claimed that Blanco celebrates scoring a goal by acting like the Prehispanic Tlatoani Aztec emperor Cuauhtémoc, "in order to show respect for the Mexican people, and their indigenous Amerindian heritage".[40]

Reception

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Blanco is considered one of the most influential figures in recent Mexican footballing history.[41] Tom Marshall of ESPN states "the battles, brawls, golazos, insults, intensity and passion with which Blanco [...] lived both on and off the pitch, he left a deep imprint on the Mexican game and a colorful story painted by the kind of character arguably lacking at present."[42]

Career statistics

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Club America

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Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Club Season League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
América 1992–93 Primera División 12 0 12 0
1993–94 14 0 14 0
1994–95 28 6 28 6
1995–96 32 0 32 0
1996–97 27 9 27 9
Total 113 15 113 15
Necaxa
(loan)
1997–98 Primera División 15 6 15 6
1998–99 3 5 3 5
Total 18 11 18 11
América 1998–99 Primera División 16 16 16 16
1999–2000 29 24 29 24
Total 45 40 45 40
Real Valladolid
(loan)
2000–01 La Liga 3 0 3 0
2001–02 20 3 20 3
Total 23 3 23 3
América 2002–03 Primera División 36 11 36 11
2003–04 38 20 38 20
Total 74 31 74 31
Veracruz
(loan)
2004–05 Primera División 15 5 15 5
América 2004–05 Primera División 14 4 14 4
2005–06 28 7 28 7
2006–07 34 11 34 11
Total 76 22 76 22
Chicago Fire 2007 Major League Soccer 14 4 14 4
2008 27 7 27 7
2009 21 5 4 2 25 7
Total 62 16 4 2 66 18
Santos Laguna
(loan)
200809 Primera División 4 1 4 1
Veracruz 2009–10 Liga de Ascenso 14 5
Irapuato 2010–11 Liga de Ascenso 39 8
2011–12 8 1
Total 47 9
Dorados 2011–12 Liga de Ascenso 13 5
2012–13 Ascenso MX 27 9 10 2
Total 40 14 10 2
BUAP 2013–14 Ascenso MX 22 6 1 0 23 6
Puebla 2014–15 Liga MX 19 3 11 4 30 7
América 2015–16 Liga MX 1 0
Career total 573 181 22 6 595 187

International

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[43][44]

National team Year Apps Goals
Mexico 1995 1 0
1996 11 3
1997 15 4
1998 15 3
1999 18 8
2000 4 5
2001 4 5
2002 7 1
2003 2 0
2004 2 0
2005 4 0
2006 1 0
2007 11 4
2008 3 0
2009 7 3
2010 14 2
2014 1 0
Total 120 38

International goals

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Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.[43]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 21 January 1996 L.A. Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States  Brazil 2–0 2–0 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2. 7 February 1996 Estadio Sausalito, Viña del Mar, Chile  Chile 1–0 1–2 Friendly
3. 16 June 1996 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States  United States 2–1 2–2 1996 U.S. Cup
4. 22 June 1997 Estadio Félix Capriles, Cochabamba, Bolivia  Ecuador 1–1 1–1 1997 Copa América
5. 14 December 1997 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  Saudi Arabia 3–0 5–0 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup
6. 5–0
7. 16 December 1997 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  Brazil 1–1 2–3 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup
8. 7 February 1998 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, United States  Honduras 1–0 2–0 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup
9. 2–0
10. 20 June 1998 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux, France  Belgium 2–2 2–2 1998 FIFA World Cup
11. 6 July 1999 Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay  Venezuela 1–0 3–1 1999 Copa América
12. 3–0
13. 25 July 1999 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  Saudi Arabia 1–0 5–1 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
14. 2–0
15. 4–1
16. 5–1
17. 1 August 1999 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  United States 1–0 1–0 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
18. 4 August 1999 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  Brazil 4–2 4–3 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
19. 9 January 2000 Networks Associates Coliseum, Oakland, United States  Iran 2–0 2–1 Friendly
20. 3 September 2000 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  Panama 4–0 7–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
21. 7–1
22. 8 October 2000 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 7–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
23. 3–0
24. 2 September 2001 Independence Park, Kingston, Jamaica  Jamaica 1–1 2–1 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
25. 2–1
26. 5 September 2001 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  Trinidad and Tobago 3–0 3–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
27. 11 November 2001 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  Honduras 1–0 3–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier
28. 3–0
29. 3 June 2002 Niigata Stadium, Niigata, Japan  Croatia 1–0 1–0 2002 FIFA World Cup
30. 28 February 2007 Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, United States  Venezuela 3–0 3–0 Friendly
31. 10 June 2007 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States  Honduras 1–0 1–2 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
32. 8 July 2007 Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín, Venezuela  Paraguay 5–0 6–0 2007 Copa América
33. 14 July 2007 Estadio Olímpico, Caracas, Venezuela  Uruguay 1–1 3–1 2007 Copa América
34. 6 June 2009 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador  El Salvador 1–1 1–2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
35. 9 September 2009 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  Honduras 1–0 1–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
36. 10 October 2009 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  El Salvador 2–0 4–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier
37. 17 March 2010 Estadio Corona, Torreón, Mexico  North Korea 1–0 2–1 Friendly
38. 17 June 2010 Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa  France 2–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup

Filmography

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Films
Year Title Role
1998 Gotita de amor Himself
2007 La familia P. Luche
2010 Hasta que el dinero nos separe
2010-11 Triunfo del amor Juan José Martínez
Commercials
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Y tu qué sientes por ella? Himself Adidas commercial
2010 Más Color Laundry detergent of Henkel
Commercial with Consuelo Duval
2011 Pepsi Commercial of his Special Edition product
2014 Commercial with Francisco Palencia & Luis Hernández

Political career

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Municipal president of Cuernavaca (2015–2018)

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In January 2015, Blanco registered as a Social Democratic Party candidate for the municipal presidential elections of the city of Cuernavaca, the capital of the Mexican state of Morelos,[45] and was formally nominated two months later.[46] In the 2015 legislative elections, he won in a closely contested election, narrowly defeating Maricela Velázquez of the incumbent Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). In a subsequent vote recount Blanco was confirmed the winner of the municipal presidential race.[47][48]

As municipal president, Blanco struggled with accusations about his residency in the city,[49][50] allegations that he had accepted a bribe to run for office,[51] and even murder. None of these allegations ever went anywhere.[52][53] In June 2016, he left the Social Democratic Party and dismissed the secretary of the city council, Roberto Yañez Moreno, which marked the beginning of a dispute between Blanco and the party.[54]

In March 2017, he joined the Social Encounter Party (PES).[55]

Governor of Morelos (2018–2024)

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Blanco shaking hands with Enrique Peña Nieto, December 2018

For the 2018 general elections, the National Regeneration Movement proposed having Senator Rabindranath Salazar Solorio as the candidate under the coalition Juntos Haremos Historia for the Governor of Morelos but PES, also part of the coalition, argued Blanco was the better choice for the coalition's candidate.[56] In December 2015, it was determined there would be an internal election to see who would become the candidate for the coalition.[57]

On 28 January 2018, Juntos Haremos Historia presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced Blanco would be the coalition's candidate after winning the nominee process against Senator Rabindranath Salazar Solorio.[58] On 11 March 2018 he formally registered to become candidate for Governor of Morelos and on 2 April 2018, he was separated from his post as municipal president of Cuernavaca, succeeded by Denisse Arizmendi Villegas, in order to formally participate in the gubernatorial elections.[59][60] Polls indicated he was in the lead.[61][62]

On 1 July 2018, he won the 2018 gubernatorial elections by a landslide,[63] becoming the first former footballer to win a state governor election in Mexico.[64] He began his term as Governor on 1 October 2018.[65] His greatest challenges as governor are finding adequate funding for the state university (UAEM) and resolving the high incidence of crime in the state. Only three months into his term, he was already faced with marches denouncing his administration.[66] On 13 February 2019 Blanco formally charged his predecessor, Graco Ramirez, with organized crime, operations with resources of illicit origin, and tax fraud.[67]

One year into his governorship, people began to doubt Blanco's administration. Politically, he disputed with Morena and PT, partners in Juntos Haremos Historia that got him elected. He promoted PES, which has been dissolved on a national level but remains strong locally.[68] Crime rose significantly, with a 680% increase in cases of extortion, 375% increase in kidnappings, and 41% increase in murders. More than eighty women were killed in 2019, 22 of which were classified distinctly as femicide. Additionally, a tax debt of MXN$302,230 (US$15,800) from his time as a footballer was pardoned by the federal Tax Administration Service, raising questions of corruption.[69] Roberto Soto Pastor, a former collaborator of Graco Ramirezs, sued Blanco for hiring several members of his family and friends, including: his half-brother Ulises Bravo, sister-in-law Liu León Luna, uncles Carlos Juárez López, Jaime Juárez López, and Armando Shajid Bravo López, and a close friend named Baltazar Jonathan Alegría Mejía. All receive salaries that range from MXN $45,000 to $60,000 (US$2,300 to $3,100) per month. The suit says their hiring is a violation of Código Penal de Morelos, Artículo 276 (Morelos penal code, Article 276) which prohibits nepotism.[70][71] President Andrés Manuel López Obrador personally called Blanco out for nepotism in a meeting on 11 October.[72] The governor denies allegations of nepotism.[73]

On 8 January 2020, Arias Consultores released a poll that describes the best and worst governors. Sinaloa governor Quirino Ordaz Coppel is chosen best, while Puebla governor L. Miguel Barbosa Huerta was declared the worst. Cuauhtemoc Blanco was second-to-last at No. 31.[74]

Personal life

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He was previously married to Marisela Santoyo from 1996 to 2003, with whom he has a son, Cuauhtémoc Jr., born the same year of their wedding.[75] After their separation in 2000, Blanco had an affair with Liliana Lago, which produced a daughter, Bárbara, born in 2002.[76] In 2015, Blanco married Natalia Rezende.[77] The couple have a son named Roberto, born in 2016.[78]

He appeared on the North American front cover of the FIFA 10 video game along with Frank Lampard and Sacha Kljestan.[79]

In October 2024, Blanco was accused of attempting to rape his half-sister.[80]

Honours

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América

Dorados

Irapuato

Puebla

Mexico

Individual

Records

See also

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Notes

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References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Chicago Fire
Captain

2008
Succeeded by