Antonio Blanco

Blanco's 2026/27 season, read from the numbers

In 2026/27, Antonio Blanco was used in rotation for Alaves in the La Liga: 7 appearances and 526 minutes, averaging 75 minutes per outing. He grades out best for match rating — 273rd of 978 midfielders and inside the top 28%.

Per 90 minutes that is 0.3 key passes per 90, 0.0 assists per 90 and 5.3 ball recoveries per 90 — the rate profile behind Blanco's totals. Blanco played 255 passes at 85% accuracy — 43.6 per 90, which is the volume that decides whether a side builds through him or around him.

The profile is lopsided rather than complete: measured against midfielders, Blanco sits in the top 1% for tackling volume but only the top 28% for chance creation. Set against Blanco's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 526 minutes against 3212 at his peak; his average match rating has slipped from 6.89 to 6.69 since 2025/26.

Our records cover 7 seasons of Blanco's career, 2020/21 to 2026/27, across 3 clubs — Real Madrid, Cadiz, Alaves. In that time he has played 148 matches across 4 competitions, 11,108 minutes in all. His best return on our records was 3 assists in 2025/26, from 39 appearances. He is 7 appearances into the current one.

On our positional score Blanco rates 18 out of 100, 235th of 326 qualified players — inside the top 73%. Relative to what each component is worth, his strongest is tackles and interceptions.

How these scores are built, and the minutes and rating floors a player must clear to appear on our boards, are set out in our methodology.