Matías Sánchez (footballer, born 1990)

Matías Alberto Sánchez Herrera (born 8 May 1990) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward.[1]

Matías Sánchez
Personal information
Full name Matías Alberto Sánchez Herrera
Date of birth (1990-05-08) 8 May 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Copiapó, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Deportes Copiapó 27 (1)
2009–2011 Unión La Calera 10 (0)
2012–2014 Deportes Copiapó 64 (24)
2014–2015 Huachipato 11 (0)
2015–2016 Deportes Concepción 29 (4)
2016–2017 Deportes Copiapó 24 (1)
2017 Arameisk-Syrianska IF 7 (4)
2018 San Marcos 14 (1)
2019–2021 Deportes Copiapó 14 (2)
2021 Colchagua 8 (2)
Total 208 (39)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Sánchez's first team was Deportes Copiapó of Primera B de Chile.[2] He played twenty-seven times and scored one goal in 2008, prior to joining fellow Primera B side Unión La Calera in 2009.[2] He remained with the club for three seasons and played ten times, including twice in the 2011 Primera Division season following promotion in 2010.[1] Sánchez returned to Deportes Copiapó, now in the Segunda División, in 2012.[1] In the third tier, he scored fifteen goals in twenty-five matches as Copiapó won promotion.[1] Sánchez had spells with Huachipato and Concepción between 2014 and 2016; playing forty times, scoring four goals.[1][3][4]

Sánchez returned to Deportes Copiapó for a third time in June 2016.[1][5] A year later, Sánchez left Chilean football for the first time to sign for Swedish Division 1 Norra side Arameisk-Syrianska IF.[1] He departed at the end of 2017 after four goals, including two in a 5–3 win over Umeå FC, in seven matches.[1] In January 2018, Sánchez returned to Chile to join San Marcos.[6] His 200th appearance came on 17 February in a 2–5 loss to ex-club Deportes Copiapó.[1] In 2019, Sánchez rejoined Deportes Copiapó for a fourth stint.[1]

He retired at the end of the 2021 season.[7]

Career statistics

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As of 23 August 2019.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Deportes Copiapó 2008 Primera B 27 1 0 0 0 0 27 1
Unión La Calera 2009 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2010 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
2011 Primera División 2 0 2 1 0 0 4 1
Total 10 0 3 1 0 0 13 1
Deportes Copiapó 2012 Segunda División 21 13 0 0 4[a] 2 25 15
2013 Primera B 10 3 5 2 0 0 15 5
2013–14 33 8 0 0 0 0 33 8
Total 64 24 5 2 4 2 73 28
Huachipato 2014–15 Primera División 10 0 3 0 5[b] 0 1 0 19 0
Concepción 2015–16 Primera B 29 4 4 0 0 0 33 4
Deportes Copiapó 2016–17 24 1 2 0 0 0 26 1
Arameisk-Syrianska IF 2017 Division 1 Norra 7 4 0 0 0 0 7 4
San Marcos 2018 Primera B 14 1 6 2 0 0 20 3
Deportes Copiapó 2019 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 186 35 23 5 5 0 5 2 219 42
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Segunda División play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Matías Sánchez profile". Soccerway. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Matías Sánchez profile". BDFA. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. ^ "El delantero copiapino Matías Sánchez jugará la Copa Sudamericana por Huachipato". Soy Chile. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. ^ "BMatías Sánchez se quedó con el mejor gol". CDF. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. ^ "El delantero Matías Sánchez retorna tras dos años al ataque de Deportes Copiapó". Soy Chile. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Tres nombres más que llegan a San Marcos de Arica". Primera B Chile. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Futbolistas participaron de la quinta entrega del Fondo de Retiro". sifup.cl (in Spanish). 7 December 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
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