Hugo Sanchez
Sánchez in 1988
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| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Full name | Hugo Sánchez Márquez | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 July 1958 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 1972–1975 | UNAM | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 1976–1981 | UNAM | 188 | (97) | ||||||
| 1979–1980 | → San Diego Sockers (loan) | 32 | (26) | ||||||
| 1981–1985 | Atlético Madrid | 111 | (54) | ||||||
| 1985–1992 | Real Madrid | 207 | (164) | ||||||
| 1992–1993 | América | 29 | (11) | ||||||
| 1993–1994 | Rayo Vallecano | 29 | (16) | ||||||
| 1994–1995 | Atlante | 31 | (13) | ||||||
| 1995–1996 | Linz | 20 | (6) | ||||||
| 1996 | Dallas Burn | 25 | (11) | ||||||
| 1997 | Celaya | 12 | (2) | ||||||
| Total | 684 | (400) | |||||||
| National team | |||||||||
| 1977–1994 | Mexico | 58 | (29) | ||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||
| 2000 | Mexico (interim) | ||||||||
| 2000–2005 | UNAM | ||||||||
| 2006 | Necaxa | ||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Mexico | ||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Almería | ||||||||
| 2012 | Pachuca | ||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Hugo Sánchez Márquez (born 11 July 1958) is a retired Mexican professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward. A prolific goalscorer known for his spectacular strikes and volleys, Sánchez is widely regarded as Mexico's greatest-ever footballer, and one of the greatest players of his generation. In 1999, the International Federation of Football History and Statistics voted Sánchez the 26th best footballer of the 20th century, and the best footballer from the CONCACAF region. In 2004 Sánchez was named in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players. He is the fourth highest scorer in the history of Spain's top division, and is the sixth highest goalscorer in Real Madrid's history.
Sánchez began his career playing for Club Universidad Nacional in 1976, and briefly went on loan to the San Diego Sockers of the North American Soccer League in 1979. In 1981, he moved to Spain to play for Atlético Madrid, playing for the Colchoneros for four years before moving to cross-town rivals Real Madrid, where he would spend the best years of his career, winning numerous titles and accolades.
From 1977 to 1994, Sánchez was a member of the Mexico national team, gaining 58 caps and scoring 29 goals. He participated in three FIFA World Cup tournaments and was a part of the Mexico team that reached the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup.
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