Matthew Spiranovic Football Young Player 2011

Friday, 14 October 2011

Matthew Spiranovic Football Young Player 2011

First name:    Alexis Alejandro
Last name:    Sánchez Sánchez
Nationality:    Chile
Date of birth:    19 December 1988
Age:    22
Country of birth:    Chile
Place of birth:    Tocopilla
Position:    Attacker
Height:    170 cm
Weight:    62 kg
Foot:    Right

Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez (born 19 December 1988), is a Chilean footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Barcelona and for the Chilean national team.
Sánchez began his career as a youth player for Cobreloa in 2003, aged 15, for then be promoted to the first adult team, two years later. His precocious talent caught the attention of Udinese, team of the Italian Serie A, and signed the 17-year-old for US$3 million in May 2006, but was immediately loaned out to Colo-Colo, and then River Plate where he was able to mature in less physically demanding confines than Italian first division.