Conchi Sánchez

Concepcion Sanchez-Freire

Personal information
Full name	Concepción Sánchez Freire
Date of birth	(1957-09-28) 28 September 1957
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1975	Gamma 3 Padova
1976–1977	Valdobbiadene
1978–1979	Conegliano
1980–1981	Gorgonzola
1982	Cagliari
1982–1983	Trani
1983–1985	Lazio
1985–1986	Verona
1986–1988	Lazio
1988–1989	Campania G.B.
1989–1990	Prato
1993–1994	Lazio
1994–1995	Delfino
1995–1996	Arsenal
International career
1971–1981	Spain XI	6	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Freire.

Concepción Sánchez-Freire (Conchi Amancio) (born 28 September 1957) is a Spanish International, former football striker. She played for most of her career in Italy, winning seven national championships and 8 Italian Cups with Gamma 3 Padova, ACF Valdobbiadene, SS Lazio and GB Campania. She also played one year for Arsenal LFC in the FA Women's Premier League, after which she ended her career at 39.

Concepcion Sánchez also known as Conchi Amancio, was the first captain of the Spain national team in 1972. Following the foundation of the official Spain women's team. She was also the first professional Spanish footballer and one of the finest footballers of the world of all time. She was a footballer of pure class, powerfully smart and artistic, a striker of the ball with extraordinary milimetric assistances, she was able to change not only the tempo in any given match but also change the game altogether with magical displays of what the beauty of football is all about, a technician of the game, which laboratory was a football pitch, and the instrument with which she was delighted to play with, a delight to everyone lucky enough to see her playing, a true Super Star of the Women's game and Football Story in general.

She preferred to shorten her name to "Conchi" and was nicknamed "Amancio" after the male footballer Amancio Amaro.

She was a coach at Filton College, a women's football academy in Bristol that merged with English team Bristol City W.F.C. ahead of them entering the Women's Super League – Bristol knocked Barcelona out of the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League.

Honours

• Serie A: 7

1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89

• Italian Women's Cup: 8

1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1988–89

Italy Serie A women's champion with the Roma 3 Z (Futsal) 1992/93

( top scorer with 50 goals )