Saúl Blanco González (born May 15, 1985 in

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, Spain) is a professional

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player who plays for Spanish club Liberbank Oviedo Baloncesto of the

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league.

Pro career

Blanco started his career in 2003 at LEB team

Gijón Baloncesto Gijón Baloncesto was a basketball team based in Gijón, Asturias, Spain. History Gijón Baloncesto was established in 1982, after taking over the franchise of another local team, Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga, who was undergoing financial dif ...

. Two years later, he debuts in Liga ACB with

Baloncesto Fuenlabrada Baloncesto Fuenlabrada, S.A.D., known as just Fuenlabrada and also Carplus Fuenlabrada because of sponsorship reasons,, is a professional basketball team based in Fuenlabrada, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and plays their home games at ...

, where his good performance allows him to sign with Euroleague squad Unicaja. In 2012, he signs for CB Canarias. Blanco played also for the Asturias basketball team. In 2017, after an absence of one year, Blanco returned to the professional basketball by signing for Real Betis Energía Plus of the Liga ACB. However, he rescinded his contract before the end of the season, finishing it at

team CB Prat. On August 27, 2018, Blanco came back to Asturias and signed with Círculo Gijón Baloncesto y Conocimiento of the

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. Despite not avoiding relegation with the club, he was named member of the All-season team.

Awards and accomplishments

Spanish junior national team

2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship The 2001 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 2001 European Championship for Cadets) was the 16th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Riga, in Latvia, hosted the tournament. Yugoslavia won the trophy f ...

Personal awards

*All

team: 2018–19

Euroleague statistics

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, style="text-align:left;", Unicaja , 13 , , 7 , , 23.0 , , .396 , , .364 , , .955 , , 3.0 , , .9 , , .9 , , .2 , , 8.4 , , 8.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2011–12 , style="text-align:left;", Unicaja , 7 , , 0 , , 8.5 , , .444 , , .250 , , 1.000 , , .9 , , .3 , , .1 , , .0 , , 2.9 , , 2.4 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:left;", Career , style="text-align:left;", , 29 , , 9 , , 17.0 , , .406 , , .382 , , .917 , , 2.0 , , .6 , , .7 , , .1 , , 5.9 , , 5.8

References

External links

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