Kepa Blanco
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kepa Blanco González | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Marbella, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | None | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2002 | Sevilla | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2005 | Sevilla B | 88 | (36) |
| 2005–2007 | Sevilla | 37 | (9) |
| 2007 | → West Ham (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2007–2010 | Getafe | 24 | (2) |
| 2010–2012 | Recreativo | 19 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Guadalajara | 18 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 2003 | Spain U19 | 3 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Spain U21 | 8 | (2) |
| 2005 | Spain U23 | 4 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 June 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Kepa Blanco González, simply known as Kepa (born 13 January 1984 in Marbella, Málaga), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker.
Football career
Brought up through the ranks of Sevilla FC, Kepa played two La Liga games with the first team in the 2004–05 season, and established himself as an important offensive player with the Andalusia outfit in the following two years, but almost exclusively as a substitute.
In 2006–07, even after having scored a hat-trick against Levante UD in the league opener,[1] and another three goals in the victorious campaign in the UEFA Cup, he fell out of favour and, on 22 January 2007, agreed a loan move to West Ham United in the Premier League until the end of the season, with the option of a permanent transfer available;[2] on his debut for the Hammers, eight days later, he netted in the 77th minute after only being on for 70 seconds with his first touch of the game against Liverpool.[3]
In July 2007 Kepa penned a four-year deal with first division's Getafe CF, with Sevilla retaining the option of repurchasing the player the next season or the one after that.[4] During his first year he appeared sparingly for the UEFA Cup quarterfinalists, scoring in a 2–0 home win over Real Murcia after coming from the bench on 21 October but also being sent off after kicking an opponent;[5] from that moment onwards he rarely had a match, not even in the Copa del Rey (nine league games in two full seasons combined).
On 5 August 2010 Kepa was sold to Recreativo de Huelva in Segunda División, as Adrián Colunga moved in the opposite direction.[6] He appeared in only 19 games out of 42 in his first season, being released from contract in April 2012 after no official minutes in the campaign whatsoever.[7]
Honours
- Sevilla
- Spain U23
References
- ↑ "FC Sevilla 4–0 Levante: Kepa hits three in rout". ESPN Soccernet. 29 August 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ↑ Kepa completes loan move from Sevilla; West Ham's official website, 22 January 2007
- ↑ "West Ham 1–2 Liverpool". ESPN Soccernet. 30 January 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ↑ Getafe to get hands on Kepa; UEFA.com, 6 July 2007
- ↑ "El Polaris vence a su bestia negra y el Murcia cae derrotado ante el Getafe" [Polaris defeats nemesis and Murcia falls to Getafe] (in Spanish). Reportero Digital. 22 October 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ↑ "Kepa Blanco nuevo delantero del Decano" [Kepa Blanco new Decano forward] (in Spanish). Recreativo's official website. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ↑ "El delantero Kepa Blanco se desvincula del Recreativo" [Forward Kepa Blanco rescinds link with Recreativo] (in Spanish). Ideal. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
External links
- BDFutbol profile
- Futbolme profile (Spanish)
- Kepa Blanco career stats at Soccerbase
- Transfermarkt profile