Alexis Sánchez (footballer)

Football player infobox
playername = "Alexis Sánchez"


fullname = Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez
nickname = El Niño Maravilla, Toco
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1988|12|19
cityofbirth = Tocopilla
countryofbirth = Chile
height = height|m=1.71
currentclub = Udinese
clubnumber = 11
position = Winger
youthyears = 2003-2004
youthclubs = Cobreloa
years = 2005-2006
2006-
2006-2007
2007-2008

clubs = Cobreloa
Udinese
→ Colo-Colo (loan)
→ River Plate (loan)
caps(goals) = 50 (12)
4 (0)
48 (9)
18 (3)
nationalyears = 2006-
nationalteam = Chile
nationalcaps(goals) = 16 (3)
pcupdate = 6 April 2008
ntupdate = 22 August, 2008

Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez (born on December 19, 1988 in Tocopilla, Chile) is a Chilean football player, who plays as a winger or forward. He is known as "El Niño Maravilla" (the Wonder Boy).Alexis was named by World Soccer Magazine as one of the '50 most exciting teenagers in the world game'.

Clubs

He began his professional career with the Chilean club Cobreloa. He played one season there before being signed by the Serie A team, Udinese. Udinese had to pay nearly $3 million for his signature. Colo-Colo then paid Udinese nearly $150,000 for his services in the upcoming Clausura tournament and the following Apertura tournament in the .

He scored his first goal with Colo-Colo in the Copa Sudamericana 2006 against the Liga Deportiva Alajuelense on October 10, 2006 in David Arellano Stadium.

On March 12th 2007 Sánchez hurt his toe and there were major fears that Sánchez's career may be over.

On March 20th 2007, Sánchez made a miraculous recovery from his bad toe and scored a hat-trick in a Copa Libertadores group match versus Caracas.

On August 15th 2007, he was signed to River Plate on loan. [http://www.latercera.cl/medio/articulo/0,0,3308_5804_289461234,00.html Diario La Tercera (Spanish Edition)] Udinese has Alexis Sanchez valued at 20 million euros. [ [http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=658055&s=arg&type=story ESPNdeportes.com - Alexis Sánchez podría volver a Udinese en julio ] ]

International

At the young age of seventeen, Sánchez has played for the Chilean National team on several different occasions. He debuted when the international team took on Universidad Católica. He played in a friendly game against New Zealand in Chile.

Prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, the Chilean National Team went on a tour in Europe playing three friendlies. They played Ireland, Côte d'Ivoire, and Sweden. Sánchez played significant minutes in all three games impressing scouts.

Despite only scoring one goal in the 2007 South American Youth Championship, Sánchez proved to be a vital part of the Chilean national team that went on to qualify for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. During the tournament Sánchez had numerous chances and created opportunities for others. However the U-20 World Cup and the Copa América 2007 are both taking place in the same month with both teams needing his services.

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