Félix Sánchez (football manager)

Félix Sánchez
Sánchez as Qatar manager in 2018
Personal information
Full name Félix Sánchez Bas[1]
Date of birth (1975-12-13) 13 December 1975
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Managerial career
Years Team
1996–2006 Barcelona (youth)
2006–2013 Aspire Academy
2013–2017 Qatar U19
2017–2020 Qatar U23
2017–2022 Qatar
2023–2024 Ecuador
2024–2025 Al Sadd

Félix Sánchez Bas (born 13 December 1975) is a Spanish football manager. He was recently the head coach of Qatar Stars League side Al Sadd.

Sánchez started as a youth coach for FC Barcelona, before moving to Qatar to join Aspire Academy in 2006.[2] After spending four years as the Qatar U19 manager, he became the manager of the country's senior side.[3]

He helped Qatar to win their first AFC Asian Cup title in 2019,[4] and managed them at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[5] He also managed Qatar at the 2019 Copa América[6] the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup,[7] and the first ever FIFA Arab Cup.[8]

On 11 March 2023, Sánchez became the manager of Ecuador.[9] He left Ecuador after losing in the 2024 Copa América quarter-finals to Argentine on penalties.[10]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 3 October 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
MWDLWin %
Qatar U19 1 July 2013 30 June 2015 10910090.0
Qatar U20 1 January 2014 2 July 2017 12228016.7
Qatar U23 3 July 2017 28 December 2020 3210913031.3
Qatar 3 July 2017 31 December 2022 89461627051.7
Ecuador 11 March 2023 5 July 2024 191045052.6
Al Sadd 23 July 2024 15 October 2025 50251213050.0
Total 2121024466048.1 —

Honours

Qatar U19

  • AFC U-19 Championship: 2014

Qatar U23

Qatar

Al Sadd

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ – Squad List: Qatar (QAT)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Fèlix Sánchez, de la cantera culé a la catarí" [Fèlix Sánchez, from the culé to the Qatari youth setup]. Sport (in Spanish). 27 November 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Felix Sanchez replaces Jorge Fossati as Qatar coach". Goal. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Qatar stun Japan with 3-1 win to be crowned Asian Cup champions". The Guardian. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  5. ↑ Jacob Whitehead (30 December 2022). "Qatar part company with coach Felix Sanchez after World Cup failure". The Athletic.
  6. ↑ "Sergio Agüero guides Argentina past Qatar to reach Copa América last eight". The Guardian. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Gyasi Zardes' late strike lifts US over Qatar into record 12th Gold Cup final". The Guardian. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Qatar 1 Algeria 2 - Highlights". beIN Sports. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Ecuador appoint former Qatar coach Sanchez as manager". Reuters. 12 March 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Copa América: Félix Sánchez Bas deja de ser técnico de la Selección de Ecuador, anuncia la Ecuafútbol" (in Spanish). El Universo.com. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

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