Óscar Sánchez (footballer, born 1979)

Óscar Sánchez Fuentes (born 19 December 1979 in Murcia) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played usually as a left back and who currently work as an assistant coach of Cultural Leonesa.[1]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Fuentes.
Óscar Sánchez
Personal information
Full name Óscar Sánchez Fuentes
Date of birth (1979-12-19) 19 December 1979
Place of birth Murcia, Spain
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Cultural Leonesa (assistant)
Youth career
Atlético Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Amorós
1999–2001 Atlético B 71 (8)
2001 Jaén 0 (0)
2001–2002 Badajoz 34 (3)
2002–2009 Valladolid 140 (6)
2009–2014 Murcia 127 (9)
Total 372 (26)
Teams managed
2014–2017 Murcia (assistant)
2017 Elche (assistant)
2018 Sochaux (assistant)
2018– Cultural Leonesa (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

After stints with Atlético Madrid's C and B-teams and second division side CD Badajoz, Sánchez joined Real Valladolid in 2002, where he was regularly used as a defensive backup. He made his La Liga debut on 28 September 2002, playing three minutes in a 1–1 home draw against Real Madrid.[2]

Sánchez helped Valladolid achieve top flight promotion in 2006–07 season, participating in 21 league matches (1,247 minutes) in the following campaign. After seven years of relative use he signed for hometown's Real Murcia on a free transfer, appearing in less than half of the games in his first year as his team suffered second level relegation but being first-choice in the following in an immediate promotion.

On 22 October 2011, Sánchez scored a brace in a 3–1 home win against Villarreal CF B.[3] He scored a career-best seven goals in that season, helping the club narrowly escape relegation.[4]

Honours

Valladolid

Murcia

References
  1. "PLANTILLA | Cultural Leonesa - Web Oficial". PLANTILLA | Cultural Leonesa - Web Oficial (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  2. El Real Madrid se atasca en Pucela (Real Madrid get stuck in Pucela); El Mundo, 28 September 2002 (in Spanish)
  3. El Murcia, en aguas tranquilas (Murcia, in still waters); Marca, 22 October 2011 (in Spanish)
  4. Óscar Sánchez, un treintañero que gana con la edad (Óscar Sánchez, a thirty-year-old that gets better with age); La Opinión de Murcia, 27 February 2012 (in Spanish)
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