Carlos Sánchez (footballer, born 1986)

Carlos Alberto Sánchez Moreno (born 6 February 1986) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Argentine Primera División club San Lorenzo. He is nicknamed La Roca (The Rock), due to his strength.[4]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Moreno.
Carlos Sánchez
Sánchez with West Ham United in 2019
Personal information
Full name Carlos Alberto Sánchez Moreno[1]
Date of birth (1986-02-06) 6 February 1986[2]
Place of birth Quibdó, Colombia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 San Lorenzo de Almagro
Number 3
Youth career
2003–2005 Danubio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 River Plate Montevideo 40 (1)
2007–2013 Valenciennes 178 (10)
2013–2014 Elche 30 (0)
2014–2017 Aston Villa 48 (1)
2016–2017 → Fiorentina (loan) 31 (1)
2017–2018 Fiorentina 9 (1)
2018 → Espanyol (loan) 14 (0)
2018–2020 West Ham United 13 (0)
2021 Watford 9 (0)
2021–2023 Santa Fe 51 (3)
2023– San Lorenzo 23 (0)
International career‡
2007–2018 Colombia 88 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Copa América Centenario
Bronze medal – third place2016
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:41, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 July 2018

He began his career at River Plate Montevideo before moving to Valenciennes in 2007, where he made 178 Ligue 1 appearances and scored ten goals across six seasons. He later played in La Liga for Elche and Espanyol, the Premier League for Aston Villa and Serie A for Fiorentina.

A full international since 2007, Sánchez has earned over 80 caps for Colombia. He was part of the squads that reached the quarter-finals of the 2011 Copa América, 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2015 Copa América, and finished third in the 2016 Copa América Centenario and 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Colombia

Born in Quibdó, Chocó, Sánchez moved to a football school in Medellín and then onto Uruguayan club Danubio, where he signed his first professional contract in 2003 and was a teammate of Edinson Cavani.[4] However, he was released two years later, making no first-team appearances.

In the summer of 2005, Sánchez joined fellow league team River Plate Montevideo. He featured in 40 matches during his two-year spell, scoring once.

Valenciennes
Sánchez playing for Valenciennes in 2011

In July 2007, Sánchez was bought by a group of investors and was assigned to Rangers de Talca, subsequently moving abroad for the first time in his career, by agreeing to a five-year deal with Ligue 1 side Valenciennes. He made his debut on 4 August, starting in a 3–1 home win against Toulouse.

Sánchez featured regularly for the side in his debut campaign, and was an ever-present figure during the following seasons. In March 2010, he damaged his anterior cruciate ligament, being sidelined nearly a year.[5]

After making 148 appearances for the club, scoring 8 goals in the league, Sánchez left the club in the summer of 2012 when his contract expired. After long negotiations with Bolton Wanderers[6] and West Ham United,[7] he failed to reach an agreement with any club, and subsequently rejoined his former club Valenciennes on 25 August 2012.[8]

Elche

On 16 August 2013, Sánchez signed a three-year deal with Spanish side Elche, freshly promoted to La Liga,[9] for a €3.7 million fee.[10] He made his debut on 24 August, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Real Sociedad.[11]

Aston Villa

On 15 August 2014, Aston Villa announced the signing of Sánchez on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee reported to be around £4.7 million.[4][12] His first Villa appearance came eight days later when he replaced Charles N'Zogbia as a substitute in the 62nd minute of a goalless draw with Newcastle United at Villa Park.[13] He made his first start for the club in their 3–0 home defeat against Arsenal on 20 September, after illness had ruled out some of his teammates.[14] On 11 April 2015, he was sent off for two yellow cards as the team won 1–0 away to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane, causing him to miss their victory over Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-final eight days later.[15] Sánchez scored his first goal for Villa on 25 April, an 85th-minute deflected volleyed equaliser away to title holders Manchester City, but Fernandinho later netted a winner for City.[16] He made a 19-minute substitute appearance in the 2015 FA Cup Final on 30 May at Wembley Stadium in place of Ashley Westwood, in an eventual 4–0 loss to Arsenal.[17]

Fiorentina

On 10 August 2016, after Villa's relegation, Sánchez was loaned to Serie A club Fiorentina for a season.[18] He made his debut ten days later as a 65th-minute substitute for Milan Badelj in a 2–1 loss away to reigning champions Juventus on the first day of the season.[19] Eight days later, he made his first start in a 1–0 home win over Chievo, in which he scored the goal.[20] The move was made permanent at the end of the campaign.[21]

RCD Espanyol

On 31 January 2018, Sánchez returned to La Liga on loan to RCD Espanyol for the remainder of the season.[22] He made his debut four days later in a 1–1 home draw with FC Barcelona in the Derbi barceloní, playing the final four minutes in place of Léo Baptistão.[23]

West Ham United
Sánchez with West Ham United in 2019

On 9 August 2018, Sánchez signed a two-year deal with Premier League club West Ham United.[24] Having made just six appearances, in September 2018 he injured his knee in an EFL Cup game against Macclesfield Town requiring knee surgery.[25] He returned to the first team in May 2019, playing in their 3–0 home win against Southampton.[26][27] In June 2020, West Ham confirmed his departure from the club at the end of the month.[28]

Watford

On 4 March 2021, Sanchez joined English side Watford on a short-term deal until the end of the 2020–21 season.[29][30] He left Watford at the end of the season following the expiration of his contract.[31]

International career

Sánchez made his international debut against Panama on 9 May 2007. He was then included in the 34-man provisional squad for the Copa América 2007, but later dropped for the final list. He was in the first team for all of Colombia's matches for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification including the 2–1 victory over Argentina on 20 November 2007 in Bogotá. At the 2011 Copa América, he started three of Colombia's four matches as they reached the quarter-finals, coming into the team at the expense of Gustavo Bolívar after the opening game. He played in all five of Colombia's matches in the FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil in 2014, playing a defensive role which allowed James Rodríguez and Juan Cuadrado to be attacking midfielders.[4]

Sánchez was included in Colombia's squad for the 2015 Copa América, where he was credited with "dominating" Neymar during his man of the match performance in the 1–0 group stage defeat of Brazil in Santiago.[32][33]

His performance at the 2018 FIFA World Cup was poor. He got a red card for stretching his hand to block Shinji Kagawa's shot in the 3rd minute against Japan, giving away a penalty and led to a 2–1 win for the Japanese. Then in the round-of-16, when defending a corner kick, he pulled down Harry Kane in the 57th minute to give away a penalty, which Kane converted.

Only José Batista of Uruguay in 1986 was sent off earlier in a World Cup game.[34] Sánchez received death threats for his red card, which were likened by BBC Sport to the assassination of Colombia player Andrés Escobar for his own goal at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Manager José Pékerman dedicated the team's 3–0 win over Poland to the suspended Sánchez.[35]

Personal life

Sánchez is married to Noelia Polvoria, whom he met in Montevideo.[4]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played on 10 October 2023[36]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
River Plate Montevideo 2005–06[37] Uruguayan Primera División 140———140
2006–07[37] 261———261
Total 401———401
Valenciennes 2007–08[37] Ligue 1 3400000—340
2008–09[37] 3710000—370
2009–10[37] 2850010—290
2010–11[37] 2822010—312
2011–12[37] 2122000—232
2012–13[37] 3000010—310
Total 178104030—18510
Elche 2013–14[37] La Liga 30010——310
Aston Villa 2014–15[37] Premier League 2814010—341
2015–16[37] 20030——230
Total 4817010—561
Fiorentina 2016–17[37] Serie A 31120—80411
2017–18[37] 9120——111
Total 40240—80522
Espanyol (loan) 2017–18[37] La Liga 14000——140
West Ham United 2018–19[37] Premier League 700010—80
2019–20[37] 602020—100
Total 130203000180
Watford 2020–21[37] Championship 900000—90
Santa Fe 2021[37] Categoría Primera A 910020—111
2022[37] 42 2 1 0 0 0 — 43 2
Total 51 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 54 3
San Lorenzo 2023[37] Argentine Primera División 23 0 3 0 7 0 4 0 37 0
Career total 4461722013012049617

International
As of match played 3 July 2018[38]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Colombia
200750
200860
201170
201280
2013100
2014100
2015100
2016120
2017100
2018100
Total880

Honours

Colombia

Aston Villa

References
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  2. "Carlos Sánchez: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. "Barclays Premier League Player Profile". web page. Premier League. 2014. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
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  7. Carlos whisper: West Ham plot cheeky swoop for Colombia's Sanchez; Daily Mirror, 1 August 2012
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  11. Zurutuza despierta a la Real (Zurutuza awakes Real); Marca, 24 August 2013 (in Spanish)
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