Luciano Sánchez (footballer, born January 1994)

Luciano Federico Sánchez (born 25 January 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Argentine Primera División club Argentinos Juniors.[2]

For other people named Luciano Sánchez, see Luciano Sánchez (disambiguation).

Luciano Sánchez
Personal information
Full name Luciano Federico Sánchez
Date of birth (1994-01-25) 25 January 1994
Place of birth Guaymallen, Argentina
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Right-back[1]
Team information
Current team
 Argentinos Juniors
Number 3
Youth career
Independiente Rivadavia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2021 Independiente Rivadavia 115 (3)
2022– Argentinos Juniors 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:35, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Career

Sánchez began his career with Independiente Rivadavia.[2][3] He made his professional debut on 6 June 2015 against Juventud Unida, which was one of twelve appearances in 2015 in Primera B Nacional.[2][4] Just one appearance followed in 2016, though Sánchez did play twelve times in 2016–17 as he also scored his opening career goal, netting in a 0–2 away victory versus Villa Dálmine in July 2017.[2]

On 1 August 2023, Sánchez suffered a full dislocation of his left knee in a Copa Libertadores match against Fluminense after an unintentional foul by Marcelo.[5][6] Following a VAR review, Marcelo was shown a red card; he later apologized and gave his condolences to Sánchez about the incident on his official Instagram account.[7]

Career statistics
As of 21 January 2019.[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Independiente Rivadavia 2015 Primera B Nacional 12000—00120
2016 Primera B Nacional 1000—0010
2016–17 Primera B Nacional 12110—00131
2017–18 Primera B Nacional 20000—00200
2018–19 Primera B Nacional 11000—00110
Career total 56110—00571

    References
    1. Luciano Sánchez at WorldFootball.net
    2. "Argentina - L. Sánchez". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
    3. "Ficha Estadistica de LUCIANO SANCHEZ". BDFA. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
    4. "Luciano Sánchez: Hay que ganar como sea". Los Andes. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
    5. Sánchez, Virtudes (2 August 2023). "Marcelo lesiona gravemente a un rival, es expulsado y rompe a llorar". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2023.
    6. "Argentinian defender suffers full dislocation in knee during Copa Libertadores match". AP News. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
    7. "Marcelo Vieira on Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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