Leonel Sánchez

Leonel Sánchez was a Chilean footballer (25 April 1936 – 2 April 2022). Sánchez played as a left forward for Universidad de Chile and Colo-Colo. Sánchez scored 202 goals in 528 league and international games and won 11 trophies, including 8 league titles.

Sánchez's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, league games443178
Chile8524
Total528202

Goals per game: 0.38.

Sánchez's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 11
  • League titles: 8
  • Domestic cups: 1
  • Individual awards: 3

Universidad de Chile

  • Chilean League: 6 (1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969)
  • Metropolitan Tournament of Chile: 2 (1968, 1969)
  • Copa Francisco Candelori: 1 (1969)

AC Milan

  • Torneo Città di Milano: 1 (1963)

Colo-Colo

  • Chilean League: 1 (1970)

Individual

  • Golden Boot: 1 (1962)
  • All-Star Team: 1 (1962)
  • IFFHS South America best Player of the Century: 1

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 1953–1969: Universidad de Chile, 386 games, 159 goals
  2. 1963: AC Milan (loan), 0 games, 0 goals
  3. 1969–1970: Colo-Colo, 31 games, 2 goals
  4. 1971–1972: Palestino, 15 games, 10 goals
  5. 1972–1973: Ferroviarios, 11 games, 7 goals

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