Leonel Sánchez

Leonel Sánchez
Personal information

Full name	Leonel Guillermo Sánchez Lineros
Date of birth	(1936-04-25) April 25, 1936
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Left Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1953–1969	Universidad de Chile	411	(366)
1969–1970	Colo-Colo	31	(28)
1971–1972	Palestino	15	(10)
1972–1973	Ferroviarios	11	(7)
Total		469	(411)
National team
1955–1968	Chile	85	(24)
Teams managed
1985–1986	Universidad de Chile
1987	Universidad de Chile
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 April 2008. † Appearances (goals)

40 years after the Ballet Azul, Universidad de Chile supporters still idolize him

Leonel Guillermo Sánchez Lineros (born April 25, 1936 in Santiago de Chile) is a former professional football player.

Regarded as one of Chile's most important players, Sánchez holds the record for most games played for Chile with 85 games (record only recently beaten by Claudio Bravo on October 10, 2014)^[1] and 24 goals between 1955 and 1968.^[2] Mundial scorer of 62 in Chile.

Career

Sanchez was the son of a professional boxer.^[3]

He played at left midfield for over 20 years between 1953 and 1973. 17 of those 20 were for Universidad de Chile, where he was the icon of the Ballet Azul (Blue Ballet), a team that won 6 national championships between 1959 and 1969.

Four of his 24 international goals were at the 1962 World Cup, where he was the top scorer along with five other players. In that World Cup he also knocked out the Italian player Mario David with a hook in a dispute in the infamous Chile - Italy match.

Sánchez remained in Universidad de Chile, although he received numerous offers from well known European clubs such as AC Milan. In 1969, after a contract rule was settled, Universidad de Chile was forced to sell him. He finished his career playing for different Chilean clubs such as Colo-Colo, Palestino and Ferroviarios.^[4]

Sanchez has a son called Alexis Sanchez

Club statistics

Club performance^[5]			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Chile			League
1953	Universidad Chile	Primera División	4	1
1954			5	3
1955			33	14
1956			22	10
1957			21	14
1958			25	9
1959			26	22
1960			23	10
1961			24	6
1962			32	19
1963			27	11
1964			24	5
1965			30	15
1966			19	8
1967			34	6
1968			27	6
1969			10	0
Country	Chile		386	159
Total			386	159

National team statistics

Chile national team^[6]
Year	Apps	Goals
1955	2	0
1956	9	2
1957	7	0
1958	0	0
1959	9	3
1960	10	2
1961	8	6
1962	7	4
1963	1	5
1964	2	0
1965	10	0
1966	12	0
1967	5	1
1968	3	1
Total	85	24

International goals

Sánchez – goals for Chile^[7]
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1.	24 January 1956	Montevideo, Uruguay	Brazil	4–1	1956 South American Championship
2.	9 February 1956	Montevideo, Uruguay	Peru	4–3	1956 South American Championship
3.	11 March 1959	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Paraguay	1–2	1959 South American Championship (Argentina)
4.	26 March 1959	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Bolivia	5–2	1959 South American Championship (Argentina)
5.	18 November 1959	Santiago, Chile	Argentina	4–2	Friendly match
6.	5 June 1960	Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	2–2	Friendly match
7.	5 June 1960	Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	2–2	Friendly match
8.	19 March 1961	Santiago, Chile	Peru	5–2	Friendly match
9.	19 March 1961	Santiago, Chile	Peru	5–2	Friendly match
10.	26 March 1961	Santiago, Chile	West Germany	3–1	Friendly match
11.	26 March 1961	Santiago, Chile	West Germany	3–1	Friendly match
12.	9 December 1961	Santiago, Chile	Hungary	5–1	Friendly match
13.	9 December 1961	Santiago, Chile	Hungary	5–1	Friendly match
14.	30 May 1962	Santiago, Chile	Switzerland	3–1	FIFA World Cup 1962
15.	30 May 1962	Santiago, Chile	Switzerland	3–1	FIFA World Cup 1962
16.	10 June 1962	Arica, Chile	Soviet Union	2–1	FIFA World Cup 1962
17.	13 June 1962	Santiago, Chile	Brazil	2–4	FIFA World Cup 1962
18.	16 May 1965	Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	1–1	Copa Juan Pinto Durán
19.	21 July 1965	Santiago, Chile	Argentina	1–1	Copa Carlos Dittborn
20.	1 August 1965	Santiago, Chile	Colombia	7–2	1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 2)
21.	22 August 1965	Santiago, Chile	Ecuador	3–1	1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 2)
22.	12 October 1965	Lima, Perú	Ecuador	2–1	1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 2)
23.	13 December 1967	Santiago, Chile	Hungary	4–5	Friendly match
24.	27 August 1968	Ciudad de México, México	Mexico	1-3	Friendly match

Honors

Club

Season	Team	Title
1959	Universidad de Chile	Chilean League
1962	Universidad de Chile	Chilean League
1964	Universidad de Chile	Chilean League
1965	Universidad de Chile	Chilean League
1967	Universidad de Chile	Chilean League
1969	Universidad de Chile	Cup Francisco Candelori
1969	Universidad de Chile	Chilean League
1970	Colo-Colo	Chilean League

Participation in the World Cup

World	Seat	Result	Matches	Goals
1962 FIFA World Cup	Chile	Third Place	6	4
1966 FIFA World Cup	England	1º Round	3	0

Individual awards

Award	Reason for the award
Golden Boot	1962 FIFA World Cup
Bronze Ball	1962 FIFA World Cup
All-Star Team	1962 FIFA World Cup
N°40 South America best Player of the Century	IFFHS

References

Preceded by Just Fontaine	FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe 1962 Shared with: Dražan Jerković, Garrincha, Vavá, Valentin Ivanov and Flórián Albert	Succeeded by Eusébio

FIFA World Cup · Golden Boot

Top Scorer	1930: Stábile (8) 1934: Nejedlý (5) 1938: Leônidas (7) 1950: Ademir (8) 1954: Kocsis (11) 1958: Fontaine (13) 1962: Albert / Garrincha / Ivanov / Jerković / Sánchez / Vavá (4)

Golden Shoe	1966: Eusébio (9) 1970: G. Müller (10) 1974: Lato (7) 1978: Kempes (6) 1982: Rossi (6) 1986: Lineker (6) 1990: Schillaci (6) 1994: Salenko / Stoichkov (6) 1998: Šuker (6) 2002: Ronaldo (8) 2006: Klose (5)

Golden Boot	2010: T. Müller (5) 2014: James (6)

Golden Boot was first awarded in 1966.

1962 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper	Viliam Schrojf

Defenders	Djalma Santos Cesare Maldini Valery Voronin Karl-Heinz Schnellinger

Midfielders	Mário Zagallo Zito Josef Masopust

Forwards	Vavá Garrincha Leonel Sánchez

Chile squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup Third Place

1 Escuti 2 Eyzaguirre 3 R. Sánchez 4 Navarro (c) 5 Contreras 6 Rojas 7 Ramírez 8 Toro 9 Landa 10 Fouilloux 11 L. Sánchez 12 Godoy 13 Valdés 14 Lepe 15 Rodríguez 16 Cruz 17 Ortíz 18 Moreno 19 Musso 20 Campos 21 Tobar 22 Astorga Coach: Riera

Chile squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup

1 Araya 2 Berly 3 Campos 4 Cruz 5 Donoso 6 Eyzaguirre 7 Figueroa 8 Fouilloux 9 Godoy 10 Hodge 11 Landa 12 Marcos 13 Olivares 14 Prieto 15 J. Ramírez 16 O. Ramírez 17 Sánchez 18 Tobar 19 Valdés 20 Valentini 21 Villanueva (c) 22 Yávar Coach: Álamos

Club Universidad de Chile – managers

Tirado (1938–41)
Scopelli (1941–45)
Tirado (1946–49)
Nocetti (1950)
Scopelli (1950–52)
Busquets (1952)
Ormos (1953–54)
Álamos (1954)
Tirado (1955)
Álamos (1956–66)
Scopelli (1967–68)
Urrutia (1968)
Ramos (1969–74)
Musso (1974)
Tassara (1975)
Ibarra (1975–77)
Oyarzún (1978)
Ramos (1978)
Riera (1978–80)
Rodríguez (1981)
Riera (1981–82)
Santibáñez (1983)
Ramos (1983–84)
Carrasco (1984)
Ibarra (1985)
Sánchez (1985–86)
Riera (1987)
Sánchez (1987)
Quintano (1987)
Pellegrini (1988–89)
Ibarra (1989)
Rodríguez (1990)
Morales (1991)
Quintano (1991)
Salah (1992–94)
Socías (1994–95)
Russo (1996)
Hernández (1997–99)
Vaccia (1999–2001)
Castañeda (2002–03)
Pinto (2004–05)
Huerta (2006)
Capitano (2007)
Socías (2007)
Salah (2007–08)
Markarián (2009)
Basualdo (2009)
Pelusso (2010)
Sampaoli (2011–12)
Franco (2013)
Figueroa (2013–14)
Romero (2014)
Lasarte (2014–15)
Beccacece (2016–)

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