Fabio Blanco

Fabio Blanco Gómez (born 18 February 2004) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right winger for Marítimo.

Fabio Blanco

Personal information
Full name	Fabio Blanco Gómez
Date of birth	(2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth	Almería, Spain
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Marítimo
Number	7
Youth career
2016–2019	Almería
2019–2021	Valencia
2021–2022	Eintracht Frankfurt
2022	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2022–2023	Barcelona B	37	(4)
2023–2025	Villarreal B	19	(0)
2024	→ Cultural Leonesa (loan)	18	(0)
2025–	Marítimo	4	(0)
International career
2019	Spain U16	2	(0)
2020	Spain U17	1	(0)
2022	Spain U19	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 February 2025

Club career

Early career

Blanco trained in the youth ranks at his hometown club UD Almería before moving to Valencia CF when he was 15. He played with Valencia until the end of the 2020–21 season when he allowed his contract to run down and became a free agent.^[1] That summer he chose to join Eintracht Frankfurt, signing a contract until 2023 amidst reported interest from Bayern Munich,^[2] Real Madrid and Barcelona.^[3][4][5]

Barcelona

However, after failing to settle in Germany and following a lot of upheaval to the back room staff in Frankfurt involving a new manager, sporting director and chairman, Blanco signed for FC Barcelona in January 2022.^[6][7] He was given a two-and-a-half-year contract with a €100m release clause. Barcelona were well placed in negotiations because they had appointed José Ramón Alexanko and Mateu Alemany as new head of La Masia and sporting director respectively, with both having previously worked with Blanco at Valencia.^[8]

Blanco made his senior debut with the reserves on 29 January 2022, replacing Santiago Ramos Mingo in a 2–2 Primera División RFEF home draw against Real Madrid Castilla.^[9] He scored his first senior goal on 19 March, netting the winner in a 2–1 home success over UE Cornellà.

In October 2022, along with Antonio Aranda, Emre Demir and Sergi Rosanas, Blanco was called into involvement with the first-team squad training by Barcelona manager Xavi.^[10]

Villarreal

On 20 June 2023, Blanco was announced at Villarreal CF, being initially assigned to the B-team in Segunda División.^[11] The following 12 January, after being rarely used, he returned to the third division with Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa on loan for the remainder of the season.^[12]

International career

On 25 October 2022 playing for the Spanish under-19 age group team Blanco provided the assist for the goal by Real Madrid’s Cesar Palacios in a 1-0 win over Germany U19.^[13]