Álex Blanco (footballer, born 2001)

For the Spanish footballer born in 1998, see Álex Blanco (footballer, born 1998).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Blanco and the second or maternal family name is Olmedo.

Alejandro "Álex" Blanco Olmedo (born 15 October 2001) is a Spanish footballer who plays as either a right-back or a right winger for AD Unión Adarve.

Álex Blanco

Personal information
Full name	Alejandro Blanco Olmedo
Date of birth	(2001-10-15) 15 October 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Fuenlabrada, Spain
Position(s)	Right-back, winger
Team information
Current team	Unión Adarve
Number	2
Youth career
2013–2014	La Avanzada
2014–2015	Fuenlabrada
2015–2019	La Avanzada
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–2020	La Avanzada	23	(0)
2020–2021	Fuenlabrada B	11	(0)
2021–2023	Fuenlabrada Promesas	62	(9)
2021–2023	Fuenlabrada	1	(0)
2023–	Unión Adarve	45	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 January 2025

Club career

Born in Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Blanco represented CD La Avanzada and CF Fuenlabrada as a youth, before making his senior debut with the former's first team during the 2019–20 campaign, in the regional leagues.^[1] In 2020, he returned to Fuenla and was assigned to the reserves in the fifth tier.^[2]

For the 2021–22 season, Blanco was assigned to Fuenlabrada's new reserve team CF Fuenlabrada Promesas Madrid 2021 in the Tercera División RFEF. He made his first team – and professional – debut on 3 November 2021, starting in a 1–2 away loss against UD Las Palmas in the Segunda División.^[3]