Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Moreno. In this spanish identify, the first or parental surname isand the second base or enate family name is Carlos Alberto Sánchez Moreno ( born 6 February 1986 ) is a colombian professional football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for colombian club Santa Fe. He is nicknamed La Roca ( The Rock ), due to his intensity. [ 4 ]
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 belated played in La Liga for Elche and Espanyol, the Premier League for Aston Villa and Serie A for Fiorentina. A wax 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 [edit ]
Colombia [edit ]
Born in Quibdó, Chocó, Sánchez moved to a football school in Medellín and then onto Uruguayan club Danubio, where he signed his first gear professional condense in 2003 and was a teammate of Edinson Cavani. [ 4 ] however, he was released two years late, 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 biennial go, scoring once .
Valenciennes [edit ]
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 overseas for the beginning fourth dimension in his career, by agreeing to a five-year batch with Ligue 1 side Valenciennes. He made his debut on 4 August, starting in a 3–1 home acquire against Toulouse. Sánchez featured regularly for the side in his debut political campaign, and was an ever-present trope during the watch seasons. In March 2010, he damaged his anterior cruciate ligament, being sidelined about a class. [ 5 ] After making 148 appearances for the golf club, scoring 8 goals in the league, Sánchez left the club in the summer of 2012 when his shrink 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 early club Valenciennes on 25 August 2012. [ 8 ]
Elche [edit ]
On 16 August 2013, Sánchez signed a three-year deal with spanish side Elche, newly promoted to La Liga, [ 9 ] for a € 3.7 million tip. [ 10 ] He made his debut on 24 August, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Real Sociedad. [ 11 ]
Aston Villa [edit ]
On 15 August 2014, Aston Villa announced the sign language of Sánchez on a four-year abridge for an undisclosed tip reported to be around £4.7 million. [ 4 ] [ 12 ] His first base Villa appearance came eight days late when he replaced Charles N’Zogbia as a substitute in the 62nd moment of a scoreless pull back with Newcastle United at Villa Park. [ 13 ] He made his first start for the club in their 0–3 base get the better of 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 jaundiced 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 subsequently. [ 15 ] Sánchez scored his first goal for Villa on 25 April, an 85th-minute deflect volleyed equaliser away to title holders Manchester City, but Fernandinho subsequently netted a achiever 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 0–4 loss to Arsenal. [ 17 ]
Fiorentina [edit ]
On 10 August 2016, after Villa ‘s delegating, Sánchez was loaned to Serie A club Fiorentina for a season. [ 18 ] He made his debut ten days later as a 65th-minute alternate for Milan Badelj in a 2–1 loss aside to reigning champions Juventus on the first day of the temper. [ 19 ] Eight days belated, he made his first originate in a 1–0 home winnings over Chievo, in which he scored the finish. [ 20 ] The move was made permanent wave at the end of the campaign. [ 21 ]
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RCD Espanyol [edit ]
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 late in a 1–1 home describe with FC Barcelona in the Derbi barceloní, playing the final four minutes in place of Léo Baptistão. [ 23 ]
West Ham United [edit ]
On 9 August 2018, Sánchez signed a biennial deal with Premier League golf club West Ham United. [ 24 ] Having made merely six appearances, in September 2018 he injured his knee in an EFL Cup game against Macclesfield Town requiring knee operating room. [ 25 ] He returned to the first team in May 2019, playing in their 3–0 base succeed against Southampton. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] In June 2020, West Ham confirmed his deviation from the golf club at the end of the calendar month. [ 28 ]
Watford [edit ]
On 4 March 2021, Sanchez joined English english Watford on a short-run deal until the end of the 2020–21 season. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] He left Watford at the end of the season following the exhalation of his condense. [ 31 ]
International career [edit ]
Sánchez made his external debut against Panama on 9 May 2007. He was then included in the 34-man probationary police squad for the Copa América 2007, but late 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 hatchway game. He played in all five of Colombia ‘s matches in the FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil in 2014, playing a defensive character which allowed James Rodríguez and Juan Cuadrado to be attacking midfielders. [ 4 ] Sánchez was included in Colombia ‘s police 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 frustration of Brazil in Santiago. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] His operation at the 2018 FIFA World Cup was poor. He got a red card for stretching his hand to block Shinji Kagawa ‘s blastoff in the 3rd hour against Japan, giving away a penalty and led to a 2–1 winnings for the Japanese. then in the round-of-16, when defending a corner kick, he pulled down Harry Kane in the 57th moment to give away a penalty, which Kane converted. lone José Batista of Uruguay in 1986 was sent off earlier in a World Cup game. [ 34 ] Sánchez received death threats for his crimson batting order, which were likened by BBC Sport to the character assassination of Colombia actor Andrés Escobar for his own goal at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Manager José Pékerman dedicated the team ‘s 3–0 succeed over Poland to the suspended Sánchez. [ 35 ]
personal animation [edit ]
Sánchez is married to Noelia Polvoria, whom he met in Montevideo. [ 4 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of 8 May 2021[36]
International [edit ]
- As of match played 3 July 2018[38]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Colombia
2007
5
0
2008
6
0
2011
7
0
2012
8
0
2013
10
0
2014
10
0
2015
10
0
2016
12
0
2017
10
0
2018
10
0
Total
88
0
Honours [edit ]
Colombia
References [edit ]
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