Alexis Sanchez is undoubtedly the best ever Chilean footballer who currently plays for Manchester United. His full name is Alexis Alejandro Sanchez Sanchez. Generally, he plays in the forward/Winger position. He has become Chile’s all-time top goal scorer. He has struggled a lot to become what he is today from his childhood. He was from a low-income family, so he fought a lot when he was young. He has played for many big European Clubs. He has contributed a lot to his national side to win titles. Today in this post I have to make a list of Top 7 Interesting Facts about Alexis Sanchez.
Top 7 Interesting Facts About Alexis Sanchez
7. Alexis Sanchez was born on December 19, 1998, in place of Chile named Tocopilla. His father left them when he was small. His mother used to work as a cleaner and sold fish in summer. His family was poor, so he used to play football with barefoot or borrowed boots. At the age of 15, the Mayor of Topocilla gave him the first boots.
6. Alexis Sanchez was adopted by his uncle, Jose Delaigue. Jose registered Alexis in a local youth football academy. Sanchez also used to clean cars, work on the cemetery and used to do some acrobatics to earn money. He also used to beg foods from his neighbors when he was hungry.
5. Alexis Sanchez is also known as “El Nino Maravilla( The Wonder Child)” in Chile. He has played 121st times for Chile scoring 39 goals. He is the all-time top scorer of Chile. Sanches is the product of football club C.D Cobreloain Calama. He made his senior team debut at the age of 16 in the Chilian league.
4. Alexis has played for Cabreloa Football Club and scored 12 goals in 47 appearances. Then he moved to Seria A club Udinese, where he scored 20 goals in 95 appearances. He was signed by FC Barcelona in 2011 in (33 million Euro). He was the first ever Chilean footballer to play for FC Barcelona. Then he scored 39 goals for FC Barcelona in 88 appearances. Later on the year 2014, he signed for Arsenal (31.7 Milion Euro). For Arsenal, he scored 60 goals in 122 appearances. Again this year he has transferred to Manchester United.
3. Alexis has represented his country at U20 level. He has scored four goals in 18 appearances in U20 level. He played from 2006-2008 for the U20 side. He was successful to win FIFA U20 World Cup in 2007. In a senior team, he has played 121 matches scoring 39 goals. He has played his first match for the senior team in 2006.
2. Alexis Sanchez is considered as Chile’s best footballer. He has helped his national team to win many trophies. Playing for his national side, Sanchez has won
• FIFA U-20 World Cup 2007 Canada
• 2015 Copa America 2015 Chile
• 2016 Copa America 2016 USA
• FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 Russia
1. He has won many prestigious tournaments playing from different clubs. He has won Chilean Premier division, Argentine Primera division, La Liga, Copa Del Rey, FA Cup, FA Community Shield and few other titles while playing for different clubs. He has also collected many individual honors some of them are Seria A Player of the month, PFA Fan’s Premier League Player of the Month, Arsenal Player of the Season, PFA Team of the year, FIFPro World XI, Copa America Golden Ball, FIFA Confederations Cup silver ball and few other honors.
These were the top seven facts about Chilean star player Alexis Sanchez. I hope you all enjoyed reading my post. Thank you very much for spending your valuable time reading my post.
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