Matías Alberto Sánchez Herrera (born 8 May 1990) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matías Alberto Sánchez Herrera | ||
| Date of birth | 8 May 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Copiapó, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008 | Deportes Copiapó | 27 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Unión La Calera | 10 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Deportes Copiapó | 64 | (24) |
| 2014–2015 | Huachipato | 11 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Deportes Concepción | 29 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | Deportes Copiapó | 24 | (1) |
| 2017 | Arameisk-Syrianska IF | 7 | (4) |
| 2018 | San Marcos | 14 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Deportes Copiapó | 14 | (2) |
| 2021 | Colchagua | 8 | (2) |
| Total | 208 | (39) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Sánchez's first team was Deportes Copiapó of Primera B de Chile.[2] He played twenty-seven times and scored one goal in 2008, prior to joining fellow Primera B side Unión La Calera in 2009.[2] He remained with the club for three seasons and played ten times, including twice in the 2011 Primera Division season following promotion in 2010.[1] Sánchez returned to Deportes Copiapó, now in the Segunda División, in 2012.[1] In the third tier, he scored fifteen goals in twenty-five matches as Copiapó won promotion.[1] Sánchez had spells with Huachipato and Concepción between 2014 and 2016; playing forty times, scoring four goals.[1][3][4]
Sánchez returned to Deportes Copiapó for a third time in June 2016.[1][5] A year later, Sánchez left Chilean football for the first time to sign for Swedish Division 1 Norra side Arameisk-Syrianska IF.[1] He departed at the end of 2017 after four goals, including two in a 5–3 win over Umeå FC, in seven matches.[1] In January 2018, Sánchez returned to Chile to join San Marcos.[6] His 200th appearance came on 17 February in a 2–5 loss to ex-club Deportes Copiapó.[1] In 2019, Sánchez rejoined Deportes Copiapó for a fourth stint.[1]
He retired at the end of the 2021 season.[7]
Career statistics edit
- As of 23 August 2019.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Deportes Copiapó | 2008 | Primera B | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| Unión La Calera | 2009 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | Primera División | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |||
| Deportes Copiapó | 2012 | Segunda División | 21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 2 | 25 | 15 | |
| 2013 | Primera B | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | ||
| 2013–14 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 33 | 8 | |||
| Total | 64 | 24 | 5 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 73 | 28 | |||
| Huachipato | 2014–15 | Primera División | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Concepción | 2015–16 | Primera B | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | |
| Deportes Copiapó | 2016–17 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| Arameisk-Syrianska IF | 2017 | Division 1 Norra | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
| San Marcos | 2018 | Primera B | 14 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |
| Deportes Copiapó | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 186 | 35 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 219 | 42 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Segunda División play-offs
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Matías Sánchez profile". Soccerway. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Matías Sánchez profile". BDFA. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "El delantero copiapino Matías Sánchez jugará la Copa Sudamericana por Huachipato". Soy Chile. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "BMatías Sánchez se quedó con el mejor gol". CDF. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "El delantero Matías Sánchez retorna tras dos años al ataque de Deportes Copiapó". Soy Chile. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Tres nombres más que llegan a San Marcos de Arica". Primera B Chile. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Futbolistas participaron de la quinta entrega del Fondo de Retiro". sifup.cl (in Spanish). 7 December 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
External links edit
- Matías Sánchez at Soccerway