Kepa Blanco
Kepa after winning the 2006 UEFA Cup Final with Sevilla
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| 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 | ||
| 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) |
| Total | 194 | (54) | |
| National team | |||
| 2003 | Spain U19 | 3 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Spain U21 | 8 | (2) |
| 2005 | Spain U23 | 4 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014–2015 | San Pedro (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | San Pedro | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Kepa Blanco González (born 13 January 1984), known simply as Kepa, is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a striker, and a current manager.
He was best known for his spell with Sevilla, for which he appeared in 58 competitive games and scored 14 goals, winning four major titles including two UEFA Cups. In La Liga he also represented Getafe, amassing totals of 61 matches and 11 goals during six seasons.
Kepa was born in Marbella, Province of Málaga. Brought up through the ranks of Sevilla FC, he 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 club 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, 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 campaign, with the option of a permanent transfer available; 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.
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. During his first year he appeared sparingly for the UEFA Cup quarter-finalists, 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; from that moment onwards he rarely had a match, not even in the Copa del Rey (nine league games in two full seasons combined).
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