Joaquín Alberto del Olmo Blanco (born 20 April 1969) is a Mexican former professional football midfielder.
del Olmo in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joaquín Alberto del Olmo Blanco | ||
| Date of birth | (1969-04-20) 20 April 1969 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1990 | Tampico Madero | 52 | (1) |
| 1990–1994 | Veracruz | 85 | (5) |
| 1994–1996 | América | 70 | (4) |
| 1996–1997 | Vitesse | 15 | (4) |
| 1997–1998 | Necaxa | 38 | (1) |
| 1998–2003 | Tigres UANL | 113 | (4) |
| 2000 | → Puebla (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Chiapas (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2003–2005 | UNAM | 51 | (2) |
| Total | 451 | (23) | |
| International career | |||
| 1993–2001 | Mexico | 51 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Tigres B (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2008 | Correcaminos UAT (assistant) | ||
| 2009 | Correcaminos UAT | ||
| 2009–2010 | Veracruz | ||
| 2010–2011 | Tijuana | ||
| 2012 | Veracruz | ||
| 2012 | UNAM | ||
| 2013 | Correcaminos UAT | ||
| 2014–2019 | Real Oviedo (sporting director) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
A defensive midfielder who occasionally played as a fullback at international level, he began his top-division career with Tampico in the 1988–89 season.[1] Del Olmo joined Veracruz in 1990 and soon became a starter; in the 1993–94 season, he played 33 matches and scored 4 times.[1] He joined América after the 1994 World Cup, staying for two years before moving to the Netherlands to Vitesse in the 1996–97 season.[2] Upon del Olmo's return to Mexico in 1997, he represented Necaxa, Tigres UANL, Puebla, and Chiapas during the following six years.[1] Most of that time was spent at Tigres, where he participated in the Invierno 2001 final.[3] He closed his top-flight career with UNAM, playing on the Pumas team that won consecutive championships in 2004.[1]
Del Olmo also earned 51 caps and 3 goals for the Mexico national team. He made his international debut on 29 June 1993 against Costa Rica, in a 2–0 victory.[4] Under coach Miguel Mejia Baron, del Olmo represented Mexico in that year's CONCACAF Gold Cup[5] and made the squad for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where he played in Mexico's first-round games against Norway, Ireland, and Italy.[6] He also appeared at the 1995 Copa América[7] and 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup,[8] as well as several qualifiers for the 1998 FIFA World Cup,[6] but he missed out on Manuel Lapuente's final World Cup squad. After a long absence from the team, del Olmo was recalled at age 32 by Enrique Meza in 2001. He earned his last cap on 16 June 2001 in a 2–1 loss at Estadio Azteca to Costa Rica in a qualifier for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[9]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 October 1993 | RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States |  United States |
1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly | |
| 2. | 29 May 1996 | Hakatanomori Football Stadium, Fukuoka, Japan |  Japan |
1–0 | 2–3 | 1996 Kirin Cup | |
| 3. | 13 April 1997 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico |  Jamaica |
5–0 | 6–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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Tijuana