 Sánchez in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erwin Sánchez Freking | ||
| Date of birth | (1969-10-19)19 October 1969 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Cruz, Bolivia | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1986 | Tahuichi Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1988 | Destroyers | 67 | (23) |
| 1988–1990 | Bolívar | 34 | (13) |
| 1990–1992 | Benfica | 15 | (1) |
| 1991–1992 | →Estoril (loan) | 28 | (8) |
| 1992–1997 | Boavista | 105 | (25) |
| 1997–1999 | Benfica | 26 | (6) |
| 1998–1999 | →Boavista (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 1999 | Benfica B | 3 | (3) |
| 2000–2004 | Boavista | 92 | (19) |
| 2004–2005 | Oriente Petrolero | 38 | (10) |
| Total | 430 | (108) | |
| International career | |||
| 1989–2005 | Bolivia | 57 | (15) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Boavista | ||
| 2006–2009 | Bolivia | ||
| 2012–2013 | Oriente Petrolero | ||
| 2015 | Blooming | ||
| 2015–2016 | Boavista | ||
| 2018–2020 | Blooming | ||
| 2020–2023 | Oriente Petrolero | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Erwin Sánchez Freking (born 19 October 1969) is a Bolivian formerfootballer who played as anattacking midfielder, currently amanager.
DubbedPlatini,[1] most of his professional career was spent in Portugal, amassingPrimeira Liga totals of 288 matches and 59 goals over 13 seasons mainly in representation ofBoavista andBenfica. Retiring in 2005, he subsequently became a coach.[2]
From 2006 to 2009, Sánchez managed theBolivia national team after having appeared as a player in the1994 FIFA World Cup, the country's third participation.
Born inSanta Cruz de la Sierra, Sánchez started his career at hometown'sClub Destroyers, then moved toClub Bolívar. He was signed byS.L. Benfica for the1990–91 season, but was not very successful there, also being loaned toLisbon neighboursG.D. Estoril Praia.[1]
Sánchez joinedBoavista F.C. after being released in 1992, eventually becoming one of the team's best players. This prompted a 1997 return to Benfica, but the player again failed to settle, returning to theAxadrezados (chequereds)[3] and being crucial to the club's onlyleague conquest in2001, with nine goals in 33 games.[4][1]
After a seriousanterior cruciate ligament injury,[5] Sánchez eventually lost importance in Boavista and left the club in 2004 after a coaching spell,[6][7] returning home for a final season withOriente Petrolero and retiring as a player at the age of 36. In his last appearance, on 14 March 2005 againstClub Blooming, he assaultedreferee Wilson Aliaga, being suspended for 18 months.[8]
Sánchez had another managerial spell at Boavista,[9] as well as two each at Blooming[10] and Oriente Petrolero.[11]
Sánchez was a leading player forBolivia, being crucial to the nation'squalification for the1994 FIFA World Cup. The team exited the competition in the group stage, and he scored their only goal in a 3–1 loss againstSpain;[12] this was also the country's first and only goal in three appearances inWorld Cup tournaments.
Sánchez appeared in a total of 57 matches over 16 years, netting 15 times.[13][14] He was part of their1997 Copa América squad,[15] playing all the matches save one for the runner-up hosts and scoring three goals, including inthe final withBrazil.[16]
In 2006, Sánchez was named national team manager,[17] being dismissed after the unsuccessful2010 World Cup qualifying campaign.[18]
Sánchez's son, also calledErwin, was also a Bolivian international midfielder.[19]
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