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Alexis Sánchez
Personal information
Full name Alexis Antonio Sánchez
Date of birth (1988-12-19) 19 December 1988 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Tocopilla, Chille
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Barcelona
Number 9
Youth career
2004–2005 Cobreloa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Cobreloa 47 (12)
2006–2011 Udinese 95 (20)
2006–2007 → Colo-Colo (loan) 32 (5)
2007–2008 → River Plate (loan) 23 (4)
2011– Barcelona 27 (12)
International career‡
2007 Chile U20 12 (2)
2006– Chile 50 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 September 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 September 2012

Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈleksis ˈsantʃeθ]; born 19th December 1988), is a Chilean footballer that currently plays for La Liga side Barcelona and the Chilean national team as a forward. Of a hard–working childhood, Alexis was born in Tocopilla, in where began to play regional football tournaments, for then join Cobreloa youth ranks. In 2006, Sánchez moved to Chile's most successful team Colo-Colo thanks to the coach Claudio Borghi, who called him for play at Pedreros, in where was a few trascendent player, but with much explosiveness during the games. After an impressive FIFA U-20 World Cup, Sánchez signed up with River Plate in 2007, achieving a great progress as player thanks to Diego Simeone, winning the league title one year later.

Early life

Sánchez was born in Tocopilla to a family of fishermen. His biological father abandoned Sánchez and his family to go work in a mine, leaving Sánchez to help his family out financially from an early age.

According to his relatives and his closest friends, Sánchez was an extroverted boy at school. Sánchez washed cars in a graveyard to earn some money. His fanaticism for football was shared with all his family, especially with José Delaigue, his uncle-in law and adoptive father. Being a former amateur football player, Delaigue saw great potential in the young Sánchez.[3]

At the age of 15 while playing football with his friends in the neighborhood, he impressed the mayor of Tocopilla, who awarded him his first football boots. The mayor's decision was a worthwhile one, while playing for Tocopilla in a regional tournament, Sánchez dominated, in one particular match he scored 8 goals.

Club career

Udinese

Loan spells

In July 2006, he was loaned to one of Chile's biggest teams, Colo-Colo on a season-long deal. His loan was due to a maturation project[citation needed] that Udinese implemented with youth players. After a notable season in the Cacique, and winning two league titles, it was assumed that Sánchez would return to Italy. He was loaned out again, however, this time to Argentina's River Plate.

Return to Udinese

After a successful season in Argentina, in July 2008, Sánchez left South America to officially join Udinese, where he would suit up with Chilean compatriot Mauricio Isla. Sánchez made his non-competitive debut in a 3–0 win over Bassano and was named the man of match.[4] On 14 September, he played his first game in Serie A in a 1–0 loss with Juventus and four days later, he made his European debut against Borussia Dortmund. On 19 October 2008, Sánchez scored his first league goal against Lecce. After this first goal, Sánchez got into a minor slump, in which he took much criticism. The criticism ended after scoring the winning goal in the 90th minute against Bologna in a 1–0 win, being named the man of match.[citation needed]

In the following season, Sánchez played an important role for Udinese at Coppa Italia 2009–10, being a key player in the team that eliminated Milan, assisting Gökhan Inler for the winning goal.[5] In the semi-final second leg, Sánchez was the man of match after playing a successful game against Roma, including scoring his first Coppa Italia goal in the 81st minute. It was not enough, however, as the aggregate score was 2–1 in favor of Roma.[6] By the end of this year, Sánchez scored a total of five goals (four at the end of tournament) in 32 appearances.

Along with his compatriot Mauricio Isla, playing for Udinese Calcio

On 27 February 2011, Sánchez scored four of seven goals as his team defeated Palermo 7–0, playing only the first 52 minutes of the game. This event meant he broke the record of goals scored by a Chilean player (in a single match) in the Italian Serie A,[7] thus beating the records set by his historic countrymen Marcelo Salas and Iván Zamorano.

During his successful season at Udinese Calcio, Sánchez and Italian striker Antonio Di Natale became one of the best scoring duos in Serie A tallying 39 goals between then, two goals short of the Del Piero–Trezeguet duo that completed 41 goals in the 2007–08 season. In recognition of his achievements he was named the world's most promising youngster of the 2011 season, by the users of FIFA.com, where users had to choose between Sánchez, Gareth Bale, Javier Pastore, Ganso and Neymar in a poll.[8] Sánchez ranked 56th in the May 2011 edition of Castrol Performance Index and 24th among the forwards.

Barcelona

On 20 July 2011, FC Barcelona confirmed they had agreed a €26 million fee (plus €11m in certain bonuses) with Udinese for the transfer of Sánchez, thus becoming the first Chilean to ever play for the club.[9][10][11] "Sánchez is very young," said manager Pep Guardiola. "He can play in all three attacking positions, he shows intense defensive skills, he's direct and from what I've been told, he's a very nice kid."[10] The transfer was finalised five days later when he passed a medical and signed a five-year contract.[12][13] "I want to learn from players like Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernández—and I want to help the club win more titles," said Sánchez.[12]

Alexis Sanchez celebrate 2011 FIFA Club World Cup win.

The Chilean star's debut season for the blaugrana was heavily plagued with short-term injuries. Sanchez made his debut on 14 August 2011 against arch rivals Real Madrid in the 2012 Supercopa de España first leg away match, and picked up a thigh injury after a tough challenge by Marcelo.[14] Barcelona won the tie 5–4 on aggregate. He made his return two weeks later as a substitute in the 2012 UEFA Super Cup, won by Barca 2–0. Alexis then started the opening match of La Liga, at home against Villarreal CF, and scored his first goal in a 5–0 win. A week later, on 10 September 2011, he was stretchered off after 30 minutes following a challenge from Dani Estrada in a La Liga match against Real Sociedad.[15] Sánchez returned on 1 November 2011 in an away match against Viktoria Plzeň.[16] He also scored against Real Madrid on 10 December 2011 to equalize the game which they went on to win 1–3.

On 14 February 2012, Sánchez scored the first and second UEFA Champions League goals of his career in Barcelona's 3–1 victory against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

International career

Sánchez made his international debut for his national team against New Zealand on 27 April 2006. He was called up by the coach José Sulantay to play with his country in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup celebrated in Canada, achieving an historic performance, finishing in third place of the tournament.

After his participation in the youth championship, he scored his first goal in the Marcelo Bielsa era in a 2–1 loss against Switzerland on 7 September 2007. Due to the three-months injury that he suffered playing for River Plate, Sánchez missed the first four games of the FIFA World Cup qualification. Fully recovered now, he led to Chile to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, becoming the team's star player. His best game during the qualifiers was in a 4–0 win over Bolivia, scoring two goals of the victory.

Prior to the 2011 Copa América, Sánchez had scored 2 goals in 4 games, against Uruguay and Estonia. On 29 June 2011, he was selected in the 23-man squad for Copa América.

International goals

Career statistics

Club

Club Season League Cup Continental1 Others2 Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Cobreloa 2005 35 3 – – 3 0 - – 38 3 –
2006 12 9 – – – – 12 9 –
Total 47 12 – – 3 0 – – 50 12 –
Colo-Colo 2006 18 4 – – 9 1 – – 27 5 –
2007 14 1 – – 7 3 – – 21 4 –
Total 32 5 – – 16 4 – – 48 9 –
River Plate 2007–08 23 4 – – 8 0 – – 31 4 –
Total 23 4 – – 8 0 – – 31 4 –
Udinese 2008–09 32 3 2 2 0 0 9 0 0 – 43 3 2
2009–10 32 5 3 4 1 0 – – 36 6 3
2010–11 31 12 6 2 0 0 – – 33 12 6
Total 95 20 11 8 1 0 9 0 0 – 112 21 11
Barcelona 2011–12 25 12 5 7 1 0 6 2 0 3 0 0 41 15 5
2012–13 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 5 0 2
Total 27 12 6 7 1 0 7 2 1 5 0 0 46 15 7
Career total 224 53 17 15 2 0 43 6 1 5 0 0 287 61 18
1Includes continental competitive competitions, including the Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana and UEFA Champions League.
2Includes other competitive competitions, including the FIFA Club World Cup, Supercopa de España and UEFA Super Cup.

Statistics accurate as of match played 19 September 2012[18][19][20][21]

National team

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Honours

Club

Colo-Colo
River Plate
Barcelona

International

Individual

Personal life

Sánchez's adoptive father, José Delaigue, died of a heart attack in June 2011 at age 75. On 19 June, in Chile's 4–0 win over Estonia, on his team's last goal that Sánchez scored he removed his jersey during his celebration to reveal a photo of Delaigue on his undershirt.

References

  1. ^ "Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez". soccerway.com. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Alexis Alejandro Sánchez". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  3. ^ "La historia de Alexis: de lavador de autos a estrella del Barcelona". terra.cl (in Spanish). 21 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Gran debut de Alexis Sánchez en Udinese". adn mundo.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Gokhan Inler Sends The Rossoneri Packing From Coppa Italia". goal.com. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  6. ^ "Alexis Sánchez anotó en eliminación de Udinese ante la Roma" (in Italian). triunfo.cl. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  7. ^ "Alexis Sanchez's Quart-Trick Demolished Palermo". serieaticketsonline.com. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  8. ^ "Udinese's Alexis Sanchez voted the world's most promising youngster in Fifa poll". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  9. ^ "Barça sign Alexis Sánchez". FC Barcelona. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  10. ^ a b "Alexis Sanchez joins Barcelona from Udinese for £23m". BBC Sport. 21 July 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Barcelona confirm £23.75m deal to buy Alexis Sánchez from Udinese". The Guardian. 21 July 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ a b "Barcelona new boy Sanchez fits straight in... with call for Fabregas to join him". Daily Mail. 25 July 2011. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "Messi and Sanchez miss Barcelona's Stateside clash with Man United". Daily Mail. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  14. ^ Alexis Sanchez sidelined one week with injury | Barcaloco.com – Everything for the Barça fan. Barcaloco.com. Retrieved on 2012-09-13.
  15. ^ http://twitter.com/#!/FCBarcelona/status/112563930005635073
  16. ^ Report: Viktoria Plzen v Barcelona – UEFA Champions League – ESPNFC. Soccernet.espn.go.com (2011-11-01). Retrieved on 2012-09-13.
  17. ^ a b "Sánchez national stats". National Football Teams. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  18. ^ Sánchez Chile career stats
  19. ^ "Alexis Sánchez stats". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  20. ^ "Sánchez career stats". Transfermarkt. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  21. ^ "Goal against Rayo Vallecano was officially given to Sánchez by referee". Real Federación Española de Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2012.

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