Alexis Sánchez

Alexis Sánchez
Sánchez playing for Chile at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup
Personal information
Full name Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez[1]
Date of birth (1988-12-19) 19 December 1988[2][3]
Place of birth Tocopilla, Chile[3]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[4]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Inter Milan
Number 70
Youth career
1999 Universidad Católica
2000–2003 Escuela Bernardo O'Higgins
2004–2005 Cobreloa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Cobreloa 47 (12)
2006–2011 Udinese 95 (20)
2006–2007 → Colo-Colo (loan) 32 (5)
2007–2008 → River Plate (loan) 23 (4)
2011–2014 Barcelona 88 (39)
2014–2018 Arsenal 122 (60)
2018–2020 Manchester United 32 (3)
2019–2020 → Inter Milan (loan) 22 (4)
2020–2022 Inter Milan 57 (12)
2022–2023 Marseille 35 (14)
2023– Inter Milan 5 (0)
International career‡
2004 Chile U15
2005 Chile U17
2007 Chile U20
2006– Chile 158 (51)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Chile
Copa América
Winner2015 Chile
Winner2016 United States
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up2017 Russia
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Third place2007 Canada
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:46, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:35, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez (born 19 December 1988), is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Italian club Inter Milan and the Chile national team.

In July 2014, Sanchez signed for Arsenal on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee, reported to be around £35 million. In January 2018, he joined The Red Devils after Henrikh Mkhitaryan swapped clubs with him to Arsenal FC.

Honors

Clubs

Colo-Colo

River Plate

Barcelona

Arsenal

International

Chile

Individual Awards

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 November 2023[2][3][5][6][7][8][9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cobreloa 2005 Chilean Primera División 353——3[a]0—383
2006 Chilean Primera División 129————129
Total 4712——30—5012
Colo-Colo 2006 Chilean Primera División 184——10[b]1—285
2007 Chilean Primera División 141——7[a]3—214
Total 325——174—499
River Plate 2007–08 Argentine Primera División 234——8[a]0—314
Udinese 2008–09 Serie A 32320—9[c]0—433
2009–10 Serie A 32541———366
2010–11 Serie A 311220———3312
Total 952081—90—11221
Barcelona 2011–12 La Liga 251271—6[d]23[e]04115
2012–13 La Liga 29862—9[d]12[f]04611
2013–14 La Liga 341992—9[d]02[f]05421
Total 8839225—2437014147
Arsenal 2014–15 Premier League 351664119[d]41[g]05225
2015–16 Premier League 301331107[d]3004117
2016–17 Premier League 382453008[d]3—5130
2017–18 Premier League 19700201[h]100228
Total 122601484125111016680
Manchester United 2017–18 Premier League 12241—2[d]0—183
2018–19 Premier League 20131004[d]0—272
Total 323720060—455
Inter Milan (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 22440—6[i]0—324
Inter Milan 2020–21 Serie A 30730—5[d]0—387
2021–22 Serie A 27552—6[d]11[j]1399
Total 7916122—1711110920
Marseille 2022–23 Ligue 1 351442—5[d]2—4418
Inter Milan 2023–24 Serie A 5000—3[d]10081
Career total 5581736720411172291755217
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  2. ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ One appearance in Supercopa de España, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
  6. 1 2 Appearances in Supercopa de España
  7. ↑ Appearance in FA Community Shield
  8. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
  9. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  10. ↑ Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana

International

Sánchez (right) meeting President of Chile Michelle Bachelet, alongside his compatriots in 2014
As of match played 17 October 2023.[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Chile 200650
200741
200892
200995
201074
2011112
201280
2013118
2014134
2015145
2016155
2017133
201852
201982
202042
202182
202283
202361
Total15851

Honours

Colo-Colo[11]

River Plate[11]

Barcelona[11]

Arsenal

Manchester United

  • FA Cup runner-up: 2017–18[15]

Inter Milan

Chile[18][19]

Individual

Records

References

  1. ↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 17 de mayo de 2014, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 17 May 2014, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Alexis Sanchez Profile". Arsenal FC. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Alexis Sanchez". Olympique de Marseille. 10 August 2022. Archived from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Cedep". registrofutbol.cl. Archived from the original on 25 May 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Alexis Sánchez stats". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "Goal against Rayo Vallecano was officially given to Sánchez by referee". Real Federación Española de Fútbol (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "Alexis Sánchez". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Alexis | Teams". Arsenal F.C. 19 December 1988. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Alexis Sánchez at National-Football-Teams.com
  11. 1 2 3 "Arsenal.com: Alexis Sanchez Player Profile". Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  12. ↑ McNulty, Phil (30 May 2015). "Arsenal 4–0 Aston Villa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  13. ↑ McNulty, Phil (27 May 2017). "Arsenal 2–1 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  14. ↑ Sanghera, Mandeep (10 August 2014). "Arsenal 3–0 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  15. ↑ McNulty, Phil (19 May 2018). "Chelsea 1–0 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  16. ↑ "Inter end Juventus' Serie A dominance with first title in 11 years". ESPN. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  17. ↑ "Sevilla 3–2 Inter Milan". BBC Sport. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  18. ↑ "Chile: Alexis Sanchez". FIFA. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  19. ↑ "Alexis Sanchez: 10 Things". Daily Mirror.
  20. ↑ "Alexis Sanchez: Statistics and Facts". 11 July 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  21. ↑ "Alexis Sanchez Crowned PFA Fans' Player of the Year". 26 May 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  22. ↑ "Chelsea's Eden Hazard named PFA Player of the Year". BBC Sport. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  23. ↑ Prenderville, Liam (5 November 2014). "Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez crowned PFA Fan Player of the Month for October". The Mirror. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  24. ↑ "Twitter:PFA Player of the Month". Twitter.
  25. ↑ "Sanchez leads PFA Fans' awards". Sky Sports.
  26. ↑ "BBC Match of the Day: Goal of the Month – October 2015". BBC Sport.
  27. ↑ "Match of the Day 2: Nov 8, 2015". BBC.
  28. ↑ "Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez named as FSF's Player of the Year". The Guardian. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  29. ↑ "Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez wins Player of the Year at inaugural Facebook Football Awards". Premier League. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  30. ↑ "Alexis Sanchez: KCA Favourite Footballer". Kca.nick.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  31. 1 2 Gholam, Simeon (28 June 2016). "Copa America Best XI: Alexis Sanchez and Lionel Messi make the grade". Sky Sports. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  32. ↑ "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 – Awards". FIFA. 2 July 2017. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  33. ↑ "Alexis Sanchez, Olympien de la saison 2022-2023". Olympique de Marseille (in French). 31 May 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.