Yvandro Borges Sanches
Luxembourgish footballer (born 2004)
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Yvandro Borges Sanches (born 24 May 2004) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo and the Luxembourg national team.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 May 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Heracles Almelo | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2020 | RCFU Luxembourg | ||
| 2020–2023 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2025 | Borussia Mönchengladbach II | 23 | (2) |
| 2022–2025 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 | (0) |
| 2024 | → NEC Nijmegen (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2025– | Heracles Almelo | 11 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Luxembourg U15 | 2 | (6) |
| 2020 | Luxembourg U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021 | Luxembourg U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Luxembourg | 28 | (3) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 September 2025 | |||
Club career
Born in Luxembourg to Cape Verdean parents, Borges Sanches arrived in Borussia Mönchengladbach on the summer 2020, from the Luxembourgian club of Racing-Union. Progressing through the youth ranks of Borussia Mönchengladbach, he also played his first senior game in the summer 2021, during a friendly against Bayern Munich.[3]
In the early 2021–22 season, he was part of the under-19 team, regularly scoring for the Borussen youth.[4][5]
In January 2024, Borges Sanches joined Eredivisie club NEC Nijmegen on loan until the end of the season.[6]
On 7 August 2025, Borges Sanches returned to the Netherlands and signed a three-season contract with Heracles Almelo.[7]
International career
Already a youth international with Luxembourg, Yvandro Borges Sanches made his debut with the under-21 in June 2021.[3]
Called to the national senior team by Luc Holtz for the first time in August 2021,[8] he made his international debut for the Luxembourg national team on 4 September 2021, coming on as a late substitute in the European Championship qualifying 4–1 defeat against Serbia.[3][9] On 7 September 2021, he made his debut in the starting lineup against Qatar. In that game he scored his first international goal in the 31st minute for Luxembourg.[10]
Career statistics
- Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.[11]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 7 September 2021 | Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |  Qatar | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 20 June 2023 | Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying |
| 3. | 8 September 2023 | Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |  Iceland | 2–0 | 3–1 |
