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Hugo Sánchez Mexico (15 June 1984 – 8 November 2014) was a Spanish-born Mexican footballer and sports commentator with Televisa Deportes. He was the son of former player and manager of the Mexico national football team, Hugo Sánchez.
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Hugo Sánchez Márquez (born 11 July 1958) is a Mexican former professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward. A prolific goalscorer known for his spectacular strikes and volleys, he is widely regarded as the greatest Mexican footballer of all time, one of the best players of his generation, and one of the best strikers of all ...
Date of birth 11/07/1958. A goalscorer who made history. Position: Forward. Matches played: 282 official matches. Goals: 208. Mexican International: 75 matches. Hugo Sánchez’s finishing was...
- Playing Career
- International Career
- Individual Accolades
- Life After Football
CLUB UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL ASOCIACION CIVIL
Sanchez joined UNAMas a teenager and would spend five years scoring 97 goals in 188 appearances. During his time at the club, UNAM won two league championships CONCACAF Champions Cup and a Copa Interamericana. In 1979 he was loaned to North American Soccer League side San Diego Rockers where he played in the summer months and would return to play for UNAM during the rest of the year. After spending five yeast, Sanchez was snapped by Spanish side Atletico de Madrid.
ATLETICO MADRID
His first season in the league was disappointing as he scored eight goals in 20 appearances with his side finishing eighth in the league standings. In the next two seasons his numbers would improve marginally as he scored 15 goals in 31 appearances in the 1982/83 season and 12 goals in 27 appearances in the 1983/84 season. However, it was the 1984-85 season where he truly blossomed as he scored 19 goals in 31 La Liga matches on his way to win the Pichichi trophy.
REAL MADRID
His scoring exploits caught the eye of Atletico’s cross town rivals Real Madrid who signed him for the 1985-86 season. Due to the rivalry between the two clubs, the player was transferred back to UNAM from where he was signed by Los Blancos. This was done as Atletico wanted to avoid backlash from their fans. The seven years that he spent at the club would elevate him to the status of a legendary football not only for Real but also back in Mexico. After winning the top scorer trophy with Atlet...
Sanchez’s first taste of international soccer would come at the 1975 Pan American games where he thrived for his country and scored two hattricks against Costa Rica and Canada as Mexico defeated Brazil on home soil to win the gold medal. A year later, he would be picked for the Mexico side that would represent the nation in the 1976 Montreal Olympi...
The Mexican had a trophy laden career and won loads of team and individual awards throughout his career. Here’s a list of his personal achievements
Sanchez ventured into football coaching and joined boyhood club UNAM as coach. Under his tenure, UNAM would dominate the domestic scene winning the Primera División: Clausura 2004, Apertura 2004 Campeón de Campeones: 2004. However, after a poor performance in the 2005 season, he was fired post which he was given the task to lead the national team i...
Aug 29, 2018 · There, he began to dazzle and Spanish football fans came to love the man they nicknamed Hugol; the man who won the Pichichi award as LaLiga’s top scorer in the 1984/85 season. Real Madrid became enamoured and wanted to sign him from their cross-city rivals.
Hugo Sánchez. H ugo Sánchez is a legendary Mexican footballer who played as a forward. Sánchez played for big teams in Europe and North America. He is considered one of the best Mexican footballers of all time.
