Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pablo Andrés Sánchez Spucches | ||
Date of birth | 3 January 1973 | ||
Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Palestino (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Rosario Central | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1992–1996 | Rosario Central | 85 | (15) |
1996–1999 | Feyenoord | 51 | (20) |
1999 | → Alavés (loan) | 18 | (1) |
1999 | Harelbeke | 1 | (0) |
1999–2000 | Gimnasia LP | 17 | (3) |
2000–2005 | Rosario Central | 81 | (2) |
2005 | Quilmes | 9 | (0) |
Total | 262 | (41) | |
Managerial career | |||
2007 | Banfield | ||
2008 | Rosario Central | ||
2009 | Oriente Petrolero | ||
2013–2014 | Universidad Concepción | ||
2015 | O'Higgins | ||
2016–2018 | Everton Viña del Mar | ||
2019 | Deportes Iquique | ||
2019–2020 | Oriente Petrolero | ||
2020–2021 | Audax Italiano | ||
2023– | Palestino | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Pablo Andrés Sánchez Spucches (born 3 January 1973), nicknamed Vitamina, is an Argentine former player who played as a midfielder, and current manager of Palestino.
He spent his 13-year professional career in four countries. In 2007, he started working as a manager.
Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Sánchez started playing for Rosario Central, before moving to Feyenoord in 1996. He scored a career-best 16 goals in his first season in the Eredivisie, helping the Rotterdam team to a final runner-up place. [1] Later, he represented briefly Deportivo Alavés from Spain [2] [3] and Belgian side RC Harelbeke. [1]
Sánchez returned home in 1999, first with Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata then with his first club Rosario. After being told by coach Ángel Tulio Zof he was not needed [4] he signed with Quilmes Atlético Club, but suffered a serious shoulder injury shortly after, having to retire from the sport at 32. [5]
Sánchez began his managerial career at Club Atlético Banfield, [6] helping the team avoid relegation from the Primera División. [7] He also managed Rosario Central for nine games, until he was fired on 6 October 2008. [8]
In February 2009, Sánchez agreed to take charge of Bolivian Primera División club Oriente Petrolero, [9] being relieved of his duties in early October of that year. [10] On 5 December 2012 he moved countries again, being appointed at C.D. Universidad de Concepción in Chile. [11]
Sánchez continued to work in the Chilean Primera División the following years, being in charge of O'Higgins FC, [12] [13] Everton de Viña del Mar [14] and Deportes Iquique. [15] One decade after leaving, he returned to both the Bolivian top tier and Oriente. [16]
On 24 October 2022, Palestino announced an agreement with Sánchez to become the club manager since December 2022 replacing Gustavo Costas. [17]