Iván Sánchez (footballer)

Iván Sánchez Aguayo (born 23 September 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Segunda División club Real Valladolid.

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

Iván Sánchez
Sánchez with Birmingham City in 2021
Personal information
Full name Iván Sánchez Aguayo[1]
Date of birth (1992-09-23) 23 September 1992
Place of birth Campillo de Arenas, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Valladolid
Number 21
Youth career
2006–2010 Jaén
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Jaén B 11 (2)
2010–2011 Jaén 27 (1)
2011–2014 Atlético Madrid B 82 (6)
2014–2015 Almería B 37 (10)
2014–2017 Almería 33 (0)
2017 → Albacete (loan) 14 (1)
2017–2018 Albacete 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Elche (loan) 29 (1)
2018–2020 Elche 73 (8)
2020–2022 Birmingham City 42 (2)
2022 → Valladolid (loan) 12 (2)
2022– Valladolid 27 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:01, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

Sánchez previously played domestically at second- and third-tier level for Real Jaén, Atlético Madrid B, Almería B, Almería, Albacete and Elche, and helped Elche gain promotion to La Liga in 2020. He then spent 18 months with Birmingham City of the EFL Championship before joining Valladolid in 2022, initially on loan.

Career

Jaén

Sánchez was born in Campillo de Arenas, in the province of Jaén in Andalusia. He learnt his football in the youth system of Real Jaén,[3] and made his senior debut with the reserves in 2009–10 in the Primera Andaluza. He moved into the first team the following season, and appeared regularly for them in the third-tier Segunda División B.[4]

Atlético Madrid B

On 14 July 2011, Sánchez signed a three-year deal with Atlético Madrid. He was allocated to Atlético's B team, who also played in the Segunda B.[5] He played 18 matches in 2011–12,[6] and represented the club at the 2012 U-20 Copa Libertadores in Peru. In what the player attributed to his performance at that tournament, he was called up by manager Diego Simeone for pre-season training with the first team ahead of the 2012–13 season.[7] It was as close as he got to first-team action. He was a regular for Atlético B in the second and third years of his contract, and missed only three matches in 2013–14 as they avoided relegation via the play-out with the help of a Sánchez goal.[8]

Almería

In June 2014, Sánchez signed a three-year contract with another top-flight club, Almería, where he was again recruited for their B team playing in the Segunda B.[9] In his first season, he appeared twice for the first team in the 2014–15 Copa del Rey, the first of which was on 5 December when he started in a 4–3 away win against Real Betis, but he only played league football for the reserves.[10]

Almería were relegated that season, and Sánchez was included in the first-team squad for 2015–16.[11] He made his Segunda División debut on 6 September, as a second-half substitute for Quique González in a 2–1 home win over Osasuna, and went on to play 25 matches in all competitions.[12]

Albacete and loan to Elche

Sánchez was used sparingly by Almería during the first half of the season, and on 18 January 2017 he was loaned to third-tier club Albacete Balompié until June.[13] He helped them to win promotion, and joined them on a permanent basis at the end of the season,[14] but never played.

He was loaned to Segunda División B club Elche CF in August,[15] and played a key role in their promotion back to the second tier. On 26 June 2018, he signed a two-year permanent deal with the club on a free transfer.[16] Sánchez became a regular for the side, scoring 7 goals in 36 appearances during his first full season at the club at Segunda División level.[17] In his second season, Elche were promoted back to La Liga for the first time in five years, defeating Girona FC in the play-offs.[18]

Birmingham City

On 27 August 2020, Sánchez signed as a free agent for English Championship (second-tier) club Birmingham City; he agreed a three-year contract with the option of a fourth.[19] He made his debut in the starting eleven for Birmingham's opening fixture of the Championship season, at home to Brentford on 12 September; after 37 minutes he took a whipped corner from which Jérémie Bela scored the only goal of the game with a glancing near-post header.[20] He was named in the Championship Team of the Month for September,[21] and in the first match of October, a draw away to Stoke City, he took the corner from which Harlee Dean headed the opening goal.[22] Away to Cardiff City on 16 December, he "ripped through their defence with a slaloming run as he skipped past three defenders and lashed the ball home left footed from the edge of the area" to give Birmingham a 2–1 lead with his first goal for the club; the match ended as a 3–2 defeat,[23][24] but the goal was voted Birmingham's Goal of the Season.[25]

Sánchez was a regular in the struggling side under head coach Aitor Karanka, but towards the end of the season was suffering with a hernia, and needed injections to continue.[26] He played only twice under new head coach Lee Bowyer as the team avoided relegation, and began the next season still in pain. After two appearances from the bench, he underwent surgery,[27] and returned to the substitutes' bench in October, but continued pain forced a return to a specialist and further surgery.[28][29]

Real Valladolid

While still unfit, Sánchez moved to Segunda Division side Real Valladolid on 31 January 2022 on loan until the end of the season.[30] He eventually made his debut on 5 March, as a second-half substitute in a 4–1 win away to Tenerife, and soon established himself in the starting eleven. He finished the season with 12 appearances (8 starts) and scored twice, helping Valladolid to gain promotion as runners-up, behind Almería only on goal difference.[31] His loan deal included an option to buy, but not an obligation to do so. He made it clear that he wanted to stay,[32] and El Desmarque highlighted "his quality in driving forward, dribbling and shooting with his left foot" and noted that his entry into the game changes his team for the better.[33] The player said if it was up to him, there would be no issue with agreeing terms with Valladolid.[34]

Sánchez's stay at Real Valladolid was made permanent at the end of the season when he signed a two-year contract with an option for a third. The fee was undisclosed,[35] but was reported to be as little as €100,000.[36] On 13 August 2022, a few weeks short of his 30th birthday, Sánchez made his first appearance in top-flight football when he replaced Gonzalo Plata in the second half of Valladolid's opening match of the season, a 3–0 defeat at home to Villarreal.[31]

Career statistics
As of match played 18 August 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Jaén 2010–11[4] Segunda División B27110——281
Atlético Madrid B 2011–12[6] Segunda División B180———180
2012–13[37] Segunda División B293———293
2013–14[38] Segunda División B353——2[lower-alpha 2]1374
Total 826——21847
Almería B 2014–15[10] Segunda División B3710——2[lower-alpha 3]13911
Almería 2014–15[10] La Liga0020——20
2015–16[12] Segunda División24010——250
2016–17[39] Segunda División9010——100
Total 33040——370
Albacete (loan) 2016–17[39] Segunda División B141——6[lower-alpha 3]0201
Albacete 2017–18[40] Segunda División00———00
Total 141——60201
Elche (loan) 2017–18[40] Segunda División B29150—5[lower-alpha 3]2393
Elche 2018–19[17] Segunda División36710——377
2019–20[41] Segunda División37130—4[lower-alpha 4]0441
Total 102990—9212011
Birmingham City 2020–21[23] EFL Championship4021000—412
2021–22[42] EFL Championship200010—30
Total 4221010—442
Real Valladolid (loan) 2021–22[43] Segunda División 122———122
Real Valladolid 2022–23[44] La Liga 25121——272
2023–24[31] Segunda División 2000——20
Total 39321——414
Career total 376321711019441337
  1. Includes Copa del Rey, FA Cup
  2. Appearances in Segunda División B relegation play-offs
  3. Appearance(s) in Segunda División B play-offs
  4. Appearance(s) in Segunda División play-offs

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Birmingham City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 7. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. "Iván Sánchez". Real Valladolid.
  3. Elbal, Nacho (5 April 2013). "Iván Sánchez: "Simeone está haciendo un Atlético campeón"" [Iván Sánchez: "Simeone is building champions at Atlético"]. Palabra de Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  4. "Iván Sánchez: Matches 2010–11". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  5. "El Atlético de Madrid B ficha a Iván Sánchez como refuerzo para la banda" [Atlético de Madrid B sign Iván Sánchez as an addition to the wing] (in Spanish). Atlético Madrid. 14 July 2011. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  6. "Iván Sánchez: Matches 2011–12". BDFutbol. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  7. "Iván Sánchez: "La llamada de Simeone es cumplir un sueño"" [Iván Sánchez: "Simeone's call is a dream come true"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). EFE. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  8. "Atlético B y Valencia Mestalla logran la permanencia en Segunda B" [Atlético B and Valencia Mestalla stay up in Segunda B]. Marca (in Spanish). 25 May 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  9. "Iván, del Atlético de Madrid, llega para reforzar al filial" [Iván, from Atlético de Madrid, arrives to strengthen the reserves] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 13 June 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  10. "Iván Sánchez: Matches 2014–15". BDFutbol. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  11. "Cuatro jugadores del filial tienen contrato con el primer equipo, pero también pueden ser cedidos" [Four reserve players have contract with the first team, but also can be loaned out] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 14 June 2015. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
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  22. "Stoke City 1–1 Birmingham City". BBC Sport. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
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  27. Dick, Brian (6 September 2021). "Tahith Chong and Dion Sanderson respond as Birmingham City man reveals injury update". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
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  32. Ayala, Wilmer (4 May 2022). "Iván Sánchez airea las cláusulas para seguir en el Real Valladolid" [Iván Sánchez airs the clauses for staying at Real Valladolid]. El Gol Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  33. Gómez, Adrián (17 May 2022). "¿Posibilidades de seguir?: las opciones de compra de Iván Sánchez y Monchu" [What next? the purchase options for Iván Sánchez and Monchu]. El Desmarque (in Spanish). Valladolid. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  34. "Iván Sánchez vuelve a disfrutar tras pasar un auténtico calvario" [Iván Sánchez is enjoying life again after going through a real ordeal]. Marca (in Spanish). EFE. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
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  38. "Iván Sánchez: Matches 2013–14". BDFutbol. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  39. "Iván Sánchez: Matches 2016–17". BDFutbol. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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