Biography:

Cuauhtémoc Blanco Bravo (born January 17, 1973 in Mexico City), also known as Cuau or Temo, is a Mexican international football striker, who currently plays for Chicago Fire in the United States Major League Soccer division. After his contract with the Chicago Fire is up, he will return to Club America.

Blanco is the only Mexican football player with awards in the international FIFA competitions, as he won the Silver Ball and the Golden Shoe awards in the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup. He has been awarded the MVP of the Mexican First League Division five times. Although Blanco plays mostly as an Attacking midfielder; he the leading Confederations Cup goal scorers along with Brazilian football player Ronaldinho. Blanco is also the second Mexican top scorer in both the FIFA World Cup and the Copa Libertadores tournaments; and the fourth top scorer of the Mexican national football team of all time, one goal behind Carlos Hermosillo and Luis Hernández. He is also the second top scorer of the Mexican team, Club América.

He is also known for his theatrical goal celebrations and unique football technique known as the "Blanco Bounce", which is the official name given by FIFA administrators. In Mexico it is known as the "Cuauhtemiña. Blanco is regarded as one of Mexico's best attacking football strikers and one of the league's most prolific scorers still in activity, with 151 goals. He has amassed 97 caps and scored 34 goals for his country.

From early on in his career, Blanco celebrates scoring a goal by acting like the Prehispanic Tlatoani Aztec emperor Cuauhtémoc, in order to show respect for the Mexican people, and their indigenous Amerindian heritage.

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• www.cuauhtemoc-blanco.com

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