Matías Sánchez (footballer, born 1990)

Matías Alberto Sánchez Herrera (born 8 May 1990) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for Deportes Copiapó.[1]

Matías Sánchez

Personal information
Full name	Matías Alberto Sánchez Herrera
Date of birth	(1990-05-08) 8 May 1990
Place of birth	Copiapó, Chile
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Playing position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Deportes Copiapó
Number	17
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	Concepción	29	(4)
2016–2017	Deportes Copiapó	24	(1)
2017	Arameisk-Syrianska IF	7	(4)
2018	San Marcos	14	(1)
2019–	Deportes Copiapó	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 March 2020

Career

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]

Career statistics

As of 23 August 2019.[1]

Club statistics

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[lower-alpha 1]	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[lower-alpha 2]	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

1. Appearance(s) in the Segunda División play-offs
2. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

References

1. "Matías Sánchez profile". Soccerway. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
2. "Matías Sánchez profile". BDFA. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
3. "El delantero copiapino Matías Sánchez jugará la Copa Sudamericana por Huachipato". Soy Chile. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
4. "BMatías Sánchez se quedó con el mejor gol". CDF. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
5. "El delantero Matías Sánchez retorna tras dos años al ataque de Deportes Copiapó". Soy Chile. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
6. "Tres nombres más que llegan a San Marcos de Arica". Primera B Chile. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

External links

• Matías Sánchez at Soccerway