Wilson Sanches Leal

Wilson José Sanches Leal (born April 15, 1985) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Viry-Châtillon. He previously played club football for Cannes, Créteil, for whom he made 17 appearances in Ligue 2, Cherbourg, Drancy and Villemomble. In international football, he represented Portugal at under-17 level.

Wilson Sanches Leal
Personal information
Full name Wilson José Sanches Leal[1]
Date of birth (1985-04-15) April 15, 1985[1]
Place of birth Setúbal, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Viry-Châtillon
Youth career
– Viry-Châtillon
– Cannes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Cannes 1 (0)
2004–2009 Créteil 38 (0)
2006–2007 → Cherbourg (loan) 25 (2)
2009–2010 Drancy
2010–2011 Villemomble 11 (0)
2012– Viry-Châtillon 22 (0)
International career
2001–2002 Portugal U17 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 1, 2013

Personal life

Sanches Leal was born in Setúbal, Portugal, but raised in the Grigny suburb of Paris.[3] After his professional football career ended, he started a building firm in Paris.[4][5]

Football career

Sanches Leal began his football career as a youngster with his local club, Viry-Châtillon,[6] before joining the youth system of Cannes. While with Cannes, he won six caps for Portugal at under-17 level,[1] which included all three of Portugal's group matches at the 2002 UEFA Under-17 Championships.[7] He played once for the club's first team in the Championnat National (the third tier of French football)[8] before returning to the Paris area in summer 2004 where he joined Créteil, primarily as a backup player.[9]

He made his Ligue 2 debut on July 29, 2005, as a second-half substitute in a 3–2 victory over Caen.[10] Over the 2005–06 season, he appeared in seventeen Ligue 2 matches, and was rewarded with his first professional contract.[11] Sanches Leal spent the following season on loan at Cherbourg, where he scored twice from 25 appearances in the Championnat National.[8] A groin injury sustained shortly before the end of the season kept him out until December 2007, when he returned to action with Créteil's reserves.[12] He made two assists on his return to the first team – who had been relegated in his absence – in January,[6] and finished the season with 13 league appearances. He played only infrequently in 2008–09,[8] and left the club at the end of the season.

After a trial,[13] he signed for Drancy, bottom of the Championnat de France amateur (CFA).[14] The new blood helped Drancy retain their fourth-tier status, and Sanches Leal moved sideways, to Villemomble.[15] In January 2011, he walked out of the stadium before the start of a match against Noisy to express his unhappiness at being omitted from the starting eleven.[16] He did not play for the club again,[2] only returning to football in June 2012 after more than a year out, when he signed for CFA club Viry-Châtillon, for whom he had played as a youngster.[3][6]

References
  1. "Sub 17: Wilson". Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  2. "Wilson Sanches Leal". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  3. "Viry attire Sanches-Leal" [Viry attracts Sanches-Leal]. Le Parisien (in French). June 22, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  4. Bonamy, Étienne (June 8, 2012). "Wilson Sanches Leal, un milieu de terrain très entreprenant" [Wilson Sanches Leal, a very enterprising midfielder]. Le Moniteur (in French). Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  5. "Le Réseau d'entreprises rencontre un fort succès" [The Business Network meets with great success] (PDF). Le Bâtiment Parisien (in French). CAPEB Grand Paris. July 2012. p. 12.
  6. Bianchi, Stéphane (January 25, 2008). "Sanches-Leal, le revenant" [Sanches-Leal, the return]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  7. Duret, Sébastien (May 30, 2002). "European U-17 Championship 2002 – Final Tournament Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  8. "La fiche de Wilson Sanchez Leal". L'Équipe. Archived from the original on July 29, 2009.
  9. "M'boji et Sanches Léal signent à Créteil" [M'boji and Sanches Léal sign for Créteil]. Le Parisien (in French). June 30, 2004. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  10. Corby, Stéphane (July 30, 2005). "Créteil démarre fort" [Créteil start strong]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  11. Métayer, Bertrand (May 29, 2006). "Créteil a de la réserve" [Créteil has reserves]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  12. "Wilson Sanches Leal a repris" [Wilson Sanches Leal is back] (in French). US Créteil-Lusitanos. December 4, 2007. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  13. "Papys Mbodji séduit Créteil" [Papys Mbodji is attracting Créteil]. Le Parisien (in French). October 2, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  14. "Du sang neuf pour sauver Drancy" [New blood to save Drancy]. Le Parisien (in French). December 5, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  15. "L'UJA attend toujours la montée" [UJA still waiting to go up]. Le Parisien (in French). June 23, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  16. "Un Gabonais au Paris FC" [A Gabonese at Paris FC]. Le Parisien (in French). January 19, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
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