Joaquín Blázquez (born 28 January 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for French Ligue 1 club Brest on loan from Talleres.[2]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2001-01-28) 28 January 2001 (age 21) | ||
Place of birth | Luque, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Brest | ||
Number | 1 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013–2019 | Talleres | ||
2019 | → Valencia (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Talleres | 4 | (0) |
2019 | → Valencia B (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2022– | → Brest (loan) | 0 | (0) |
National team | |||
2019 | Argentina U18 | ||
2019– | Argentina U20 | 0 | (0) |
2020– | Argentina U23 | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 July 2022 |
Blázquez was spotted by Talleres scouts in 2013, as he soon joined the Córdoba club.[3] In November 2017, having just signed his first professional contract at the age of sixteen, Blázquez had a week's trial at Premier League outfit Liverpool.[3][4] Months after trialling in England, Blázquez made three appearances at the 2018 U-20 Copa Libertadores for Talleres.[2] In February 2019, Blázquez completed a loan move to Spain with Valencia B of Segunda División B.[5] He mainly featured for their youth in the División de Honor Juvenil and UEFA Youth League, appearing four times in the latter, but did make the B-team's bench four times.[2][6]
Despite signing for eighteen months and with a purchase option, Blázquez departed Valencia B at the beginning of 2020 after they declined to sign him.[7][8] He soon made the substitute's bench for Talleres' matches in the Primera División against Huracán and Patronato in February and March.[2] Blázquez made his senior debut on 19 December in a Copa de la Liga Profesional home draw versus Atlético Tucumán, after replacing an injured Marcos Díaz after just sixteen minutes; back-up goalkeeper Mauricio Caranta had already been ruled out due to injury.[2][9][10]
On 27 July 2022, Blázquez joined Brest in France on loan, with an option to buy.[11]
Blázquez represented Argentina at U18, U20 and U23 level.[2] For the U18s, he featured at the 2019 COTIF Tournament in Spain.[12] For the U20s, Blázquez was on the bench for his country's four matches at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.[2][13] For the U23s, he went unused for seven games as Argentina won the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in Colombia.[2] In November 2018, Blázquez trained against the senior squad ahead of their friendlies with Mexico.[14][15]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Talleres | 2018–19 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2020–21[nb 1] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Valencia B (loan) | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Total | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Stade Brestois 29 – current squad | |
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Argentina men's football squad – 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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