Joel Sánchez (Peruvian footballer)
Peruvian footballer (born 1989)
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Joel Melchor Sánchez Alegría (born 11 June 1989) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga 1 club UTC. He made 11 appearances for the Peru national team.
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| Full name | Joel Melchor Sánchez Alegría | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 June 1989 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santa Rita de Siguas, Arequipa, Peru | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | UTC | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Total Clean | 41 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Total Chalaco | 37 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Alianza Lima | 34 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | Universidad San Martín | 90 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Tigres UANL | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Sporting Cristal (loan) | 32 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | → Querétaro (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | Melgar | 110 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | UTC | 58 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2016 | Peru | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 March 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Sánchez made his professional debut with Atlético Universidad on 4 February 2007 in the First Round of the 2007 Torneo Descentralizado season at home against Universitario de Deportes.[citation needed] Manager Roberto Arrelucea allowed him to enter the match in the 65th minute for Luis Collantes, but the match finished in a 2–1 loss for his side.[citation needed]
Sánchez made his league debut for Total Chalaco on 2 February 2009 in a 0–0 home draw against Juan Aurich.[citation needed]
International career
Sánchez played for the Peru national team in 2009.[2]
Honours
Total Clean
Melgar
