Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo is a Mexican politician and former professional footballer who is the current Governor of Morelos under the coalition Juntos Haremos Historia. He formerly served as the municipal president of Cuernavaca, Morelos, under the Social Democratic Party, Social Encounter Party, and independent banners.
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, as well as one of the best penalty takers of all time.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 joined the Chicago Fire, with a temporary stint with Santos Laguna for the 2008 Apertura Liguilla. In 2010, he returned to Mexico to trek throughout various teams, joining Veracruz again, Irapuato, Dorados, and Puebla-based teams 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.
Blanco is the first Mexican football player with an award in an international FIFA competition, as he won the Silver Ball and the Silver Boot awards in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. He has been awarded the MVP of the Mexican Primera División four times. He is tied with Ronaldinho as the all-time leading Confederations Cup goalscorer. Blanco is the third leading goalscorer for the Mexico national team and his debut team Club América. He is also Mexico's third top scorer in the FIFA World Cup and second top scorer in the Copa Libertadores tournament.
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