Jorge Sánchez (footballer, born 1997)

Jorge Eduardo Sánchez Ramos (born 10 December 1997) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Liga MX club América and the Mexico national team.

For other people named Jorge Sánchez, see Jorge Sánchez (disambiguation).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Ramos.
Jorge Sánchez
Personal information
Full name Jorge Eduardo Sánchez Ramos[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-10) 10 December 1997[1]
Place of birth Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Full-back
Club information
Current team
 América
Number 3
Youth career
2012–2016 Santos Laguna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Santos Laguna 32 (0)
2018– América 77 (2)
National team‡
2015 Mexico U18 3 (0)
2018– Mexico U21 6 (0)
2019– Mexico 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2020

Club career

Santos Laguna

Coming through the Santos Laguna youth academy, he made his debut on 18 September 2016 against Club Universidad Nacional in a 3–1 victory, playing all 90 minutes.[2]

América

In June 2018, he was signed by América.[3]

International career

Mexico U-21

Sánchez was included in the final roster that participated at the 2018 Toulon Tournament.[4] He would appear in four matches as he went on to be included in the Best XI of the tournament as Mexico finished runner-up.[5]

Sánchez was included in the final roster that participated in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.[6] He appeared in two group stage matches as Mexico finished last in their group with one point.

Mexico national team

He made his debut for the Mexico national football team on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Paraguay, as a starter.[7][8] In May, Sánchez was included in Gerardo Martino's preliminary list for the CONCACAF Gold Cup.[9] On 9 June, in a friendly warm-up match against Ecuador, he picked up an injury on his right leg causing him to miss the tournament.[10]

Honours

Club
Santos Laguna
América

Individual

References
  1. "Jorge Eduardo Sánchez Ramos". Ligamx.net. Liga MX. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  2. Aguila, Juan Pablo (18 September 2016). "Jorge Eduardo Sánchez Debutó con los Guerreros". AscensoMX.net (in Spanish).
  3. "América anuncia el fichaje de Jorge Sánchez". Goal.com (in Spanish). 6 June 2019.
  4. "Revelan convocatoria del Tri Sub-21 para el torneo Esperanzas de Toulon". ESPN (in Spanish). 22 May 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  5. "L'équipe type du Festival International Espoirs 2018" (in French). Toulon Tournament. 11 June 2018.
  6. "Diego Lainez to lead team for the Central American and Caribbean Games". FMF State of Mind. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  7. Arnold, Jon (27 March 2019). "Sanchez sets eyes on Gold Cup after Mexico debut". Goal.com.
  8. "Mexico v Paraguay game report". ESPN. 26 March 2019.
  9. Martínez Villar, Enrique (14 May 2019). "Marco Fabián vuelve y no está Tecatito; anuncian lista previa de México para Copa Oro". Mediotiempo.com.
  10. Martínez Villar, Enrique (14 June 2019). "Jorge Sánchez se pierde la Copa Oro; a Moreno lo esperarán". Mediotiempo.com.
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