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 (age 36)[2][3]
Place of birth Tocopilla, Chile[3]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[4]
Position(s) Forward
Club 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 youth academy 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)
National team‡
2004 Chile U15
2005 Chile U17
2007 Chile U20
2006– Chile 158 (51)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Chile
Copa América
Winner 2015 Chile
Winner 2016 United States
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up 2017 Russia
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Third place 2007 Canada
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cobreloa 2005 Chilean Primera División 35 3 — — 3[a] 0 — 38 3
2006 Chilean Primera División 12 9 — — — — 12 9
Total 47 12 — — 3 0 — 50 12
Colo-Colo 2006 Chilean Primera División 18 4 — — 10[b] 1 — 28 5
2007 Chilean Primera División 14 1 — — 7[a] 3 — 21 4
Total 32 5 — — 17 4 — 49 9
River Plate 2007–08 Argentine Primera División 23 4 — — 8[a] 0 — 31 4
Udinese 2008–09 Serie A 32 3 2 0 — 9[c] 0 — 43 3
2009–10 Serie A 32 5 4 1 — — — 36 6
2010–11 Serie A 31 12 2 0 — — — 33 12
Total 95 20 8 1 — 9 0 — 112 21
Barcelona 2011–12 La Liga 25 12 7 1 — 6[d] 2 3[e] 0 41 15
2012–13 La Liga 29 8 6 2 — 9[d] 1 2[f] 0 46 11
2013–14 La Liga 34 19 9 2 — 9[d] 0 2[f] 0 54 21
Total 88 39 22 5 — 24 3 7 0 141 47
Arsenal 2014–15 Premier League 35 16 6 4 1 1 9[d] 4 1[g] 0 52 25
2015–16 Premier League 30 13 3 1 1 0 7[d] 3 0 0 41 17
2016–17 Premier League 38 24 5 3 0 0 8[d] 3 — 51 30
2017–18 Premier League 19 7 0 0 2 0 1[h] 1 0 0 22 8
Total 122 60 14 8 4 1 25 11 1 0 166 80
Manchester United 2017–18 Premier League 12 2 4 1 — 2[d] 0 — 18 3
2018–19 Premier League 20 1 3 1 0 0 4[d] 0 — 27 2
Total 32 3 7 2 0 0 6 0 — 45 5
Inter Milan (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 22 4 4 0 — 6[i] 0 — 32 4
Inter Milan 2020–21 Serie A 30 7 3 0 — 5[d] 0 — 38 7
2021–22 Serie A 27 5 5 2 — 6[d] 1 1[j] 1 39 9
Total 79 16 12 2 — 17 1 1 1 109 20
Marseille 2022–23 Ligue 1 35 14 4 2 — 5[d] 2 — 44 18
Inter Milan 2023–24 Serie A 5 0 0 0 — 3[d] 1 0 0 8 1
Career total 558 173 67 20 4 1 117 22 9 1 755 217
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  2. ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 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. ↑ 6.0 6.1 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

See the main article: List of international goals scored by Alexis Sánchez
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 team Year Apps Goals
Chile 2006 5 0
2007 4 1
2008 9 2
2009 9 5
2010 7 4
2011 11 2
2012 8 0
2013 11 8
2014 13 4
2015 14 5
2016 15 5
2017 13 3
2018 5 2
2019 8 2
2020 4 2
2021 8 2
2022 8 3
2023 6 1
Total 158 51

Honours

Colo-Colo[11]

River Plate[11]

Barcelona[11]

Arsenal

Manchester United

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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "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. 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. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "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. ↑ 31.0 31.1 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.