Wilson José Sanches Leal (born April 15, 1985) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Viry-Châtillon. He previously played club football for Cannes, Créteil, for whom he made 17 appearances in Ligue 2, Cherbourg, Drancy and Villemomble. In international football, he represented Portugal at under-17 level.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wilson José Sanches Leal[1] | ||
| Date of birth | April 15, 1985[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Setúbal, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Viry-Châtillon | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Viry-Châtillon | ||
| – | Cannes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Cannes | 1 | (0) |
| 2004–2009 | Créteil | 38 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Cherbourg (loan) | 25 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Drancy | ||
| 2010–2011 | Villemomble | 11 | (0) |
| 2012– | Viry-Châtillon | 22 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2001–2002 | Portugal U17 | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 1, 2013 | |||
Personal life edit
Sanches Leal was born in Setúbal, Portugal, but raised in the Grigny suburb of Paris.[3] After his professional football career ended, he started a building firm in Paris.[4][5]
Football career edit
Sanches Leal began his football career as a youngster with his local club, Viry-Châtillon,[6] before joining the youth system of Cannes. While with Cannes, he won six caps for Portugal at under-17 level,[1] which included all three of Portugal's group matches at the 2002 UEFA Under-17 Championships.[7] He played once for the club's first team in the Championnat National (the third tier of French football)[8] before returning to the Paris area in summer 2004 where he joined Créteil, primarily as a backup player.[9]
He made his Ligue 2 debut on July 29, 2005, as a second-half substitute in a 3–2 victory over Caen.[10] Over the 2005–06 season, he appeared in seventeen Ligue 2 matches, and was rewarded with his first professional contract.[11] Sanches Leal spent the following season on loan at Cherbourg, where he scored twice from 25 appearances in the Championnat National.[8] A groin injury sustained shortly before the end of the season kept him out until December 2007, when he returned to action with Créteil's reserves.[12] He made two assists on his return to the first team – who had been relegated in his absence – in January,[6] and finished the season with 13 league appearances. He played only infrequently in 2008–09,[8] and left the club at the end of the season.
After a trial,[13] he signed for Drancy, bottom of the Championnat de France amateur (CFA).[14] The new blood helped Drancy retain their fourth-tier status, and Sanches Leal moved sideways, to Villemomble.[15] In January 2011, he walked out of the stadium before the start of a match against Noisy to express his unhappiness at being omitted from the starting eleven.[16] He did not play for the club again,[2] only returning to football in June 2012 after more than a year out, when he signed for CFA club Viry-Châtillon, for whom he had played as a youngster.[3][6]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Sub 17: Wilson". Portuguese Football Federation. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ^ a b "Wilson Sanches Leal". Soccerway. Global Sports Media. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
- ^ a b "Viry attire Sanches-Leal" [Viry attracts Sanches-Leal]. Le Parisien (in French). June 22, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ^ Bonamy, Étienne (June 8, 2012). "Wilson Sanches Leal, un milieu de terrain très entreprenant" [Wilson Sanches Leal, a very enterprising midfielder]. Le Moniteur (in French). Retrieved November 28, 2013.
- ^ "Le Réseau d'entreprises rencontre un fort succès" [The Business Network meets with great success] (PDF). Le Bâtiment Parisien (in French). CAPEB Grand Paris. July 2012. p. 12.
- ^ a b c Bianchi, Stéphane (January 25, 2008). "Sanches-Leal, le revenant" [Sanches-Leal, the return]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ^ Duret, Sébastien (May 30, 2002). "European U-17 Championship 2002 – Final Tournament Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved November 28, 2013.
- ^ a b c "La fiche de Wilson Sanchez Leal". L'Équipe. Archived from the original on July 29, 2009.
- ^ "M'boji et Sanches Léal signent à Créteil" [M'boji and Sanches Léal sign for Créteil]. Le Parisien (in French). June 30, 2004. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ^ Corby, Stéphane (July 30, 2005). "Créteil démarre fort" [Créteil start strong]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ^ Métayer, Bertrand (May 29, 2006). "Créteil a de la réserve" [Créteil has reserves]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ^ "Wilson Sanches Leal a repris" [Wilson Sanches Leal is back] (in French). US Créteil-Lusitanos. December 4, 2007. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ^ "Papys Mbodji séduit Créteil" [Papys Mbodji is attracting Créteil]. Le Parisien (in French). October 2, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ^ "Du sang neuf pour sauver Drancy" [New blood to save Drancy]. Le Parisien (in French). December 5, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ^ "L'UJA attend toujours la montée" [UJA still waiting to go up]. Le Parisien (in French). June 23, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ^ "Un Gabonais au Paris FC" [A Gabonese at Paris FC]. Le Parisien (in French). January 19, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2013.