Maximiliano Hernán Blanco (born 1 August 1977) is an Argentine former football defender. Blanco began his career in 1996 in the third tier with Club Atlético Tigre. While playing at Victoria, the team gained promotion to the Argentine Nacional B. In 2002 after five seasons with "El Matador", Blanco transferred to Ecuadorian club Deportivo Quito where he played for the whole year before making short spells with Argentine lower division clubs such as Deportivo Español, Temperley, San Martín de Mendoza and Huracán de Tres Arroyos.