Alejandro 'Álex' Sánchez López (born 6 June 1989) is a Spanish footballer who plays for SD Ejea as a striker.
![]() Sánchez as a Zaragoza player | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alejandro Sánchez López | ||
Date of birth | (1989-06-06) 6 June 1989 (age 33) | ||
Place of birth | Zaragoza, Spain | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Ejea | ||
Youth career | |||
El Salvador | |||
2004–2008 | Zaragoza | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2009 | Universidad Zaragoza | 23 | (23) |
2008–2011 | Zaragoza B | 79 | (42) |
2009–2010 | Zaragoza | 3 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Teruel | 25 | (5) |
2012–2015 | Tudelano | 100 | (34) |
2015–2016 | Osasuna | 4 | (0) |
2016 | → Tudelano (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Osasuna B | 19 | (6) |
2017 | Tudelano | 10 | (4) |
2018–2019 | Sydney Olympic | 44 | (34) |
2020–2021 | Tudelano | 18 | (5) |
2021– | Ejea | 32 | (13) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:54, 10 June 2022 (UTC) |
He came to fame in 2009, when he became the first player to appear in a professional game with just one hand whilst representing Real Zaragoza.[1]
Born in Zaragoza, Aragon, Sánchez started his football career with local Colegio Jesús-María El Salvador, joining Real Zaragoza's youth system still in his teens. In 2008, he began playing as a senior in both the national and regional leagues, with its B and C teams.
On 8 November 2009, Sánchez made his professional debut for the club, playing 20 minutes in the 3–1 La Liga away loss against Valencia CF after having come on as a substitute for Ángel Lafita.[2] He became the first player to appear in a professional game with only one hand,[1] but continued to be mainly registered with the reserves, however.
Sánchez rejected the offer to continue playing with Zaragoza B in mid-June 2011,[3] going on to resume his career in Segunda División B with CD Teruel[4] and CD Tudelano.[5] On 2 July 2015, after scoring 15 goals in the previous campaign, he signed a two-year deal with Segunda División side CA Osasuna.[6]
In January 2018, after representing in quick succession Tudelano (two spells)[7] and Osasuna's second team,[8] the 28-year-old Sánchez moved abroad for the first time and joined Sydney Olympic FC in the Australian National Premier Leagues NSW.[9]