Víctor Sánchez
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| Víctor Sánchez | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Víctor Sánchez del Amo | |
| Date of birth | February 23, 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |
| Playing position | Right midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Elche CF | |
| Number | 23 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1994–1995 1995-1996 |
Real Madrid C Real Madrid B |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996-1998 1998-1999 1999-2006 2006-2007 2007-current |
Real Madrid Racing Santander Deportivo La Coruña Panathinaikos FC Elche CF |
65 (7) 35 (12) 210 (30)[1] 12 (0) 11 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2000-2002 | Spain | 8 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Víctor Sánchez del Amo (born 23 February 1976 in Madrid), commonly known as Víctor, is a Spanish football midfielder. His crossing ability is among the qualities which brought him international recognition with Spain and especially Real Madrid, with which Víctor won the 1997-98 Champions League.
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[edit] Career
Being a product of the famous Real Madrid CF youth system, Víctor had to leave his hometown club to build on a glittering career as a Spanish junior international. His first port of call after Madrid was Racing Santander, where he registered 12 goals in the 1998-99 season to earn a move to Deportivo La Coruña. In 1999-2000 he missed just one league match as Deportivo won the Spanish Primera title - their first - scoring four goals. It was as creator rather than scorer, however, that Víctor impressed in the UEFA Champions League 2001-02, a season which saw the Galicians win the Copa del Rey. He helped Depor to a third-place finish in 2002-03 with four goals in 30 games, while also chipping in with a couple in the Champions League, prior to the club's second group stage elimination. In 2003-04, he enjoyed his best return in front of goal, seven in 21 Primera División games, including a hat-trick against Celta de Vigo, as Deportivo finished third behind Valencia CF and FC Barcelona. Víctor failed to score, though, in a Champions League campaign which concluded with a semi-final loss to FC Porto. In his last season, Deportivo would finish eighth in the league and Víctor was not offered a new contract, a decision helped by the fact he had recently been injured.
On August 3, 2006, Víctor signed a 2-year contract with Greek giants Panathinaikos FC[2] for about €1.5 million per year, being one of the most reputed transfers in Greece that season. However, he appeared in only four league games the whole season[citation needed] and in October 2007, he returned home to Spain, signing a one-year deal with Segunda División club Elche CF. He spent the first months of the new season training on his own.
