| Erwin Sánchez | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Erwin Sánchez Freking | |
| Date of birth | October 19, 1969 | |
| Place of birth | ||
| Height | 1. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Santa Cruz de La Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital city of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. 74 m (5 ft 81⁄2 in) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder (Retired) | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1981-1986 | Tahuichi Academy | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1987-1988 1988-1990 1990-1992 1991-1992 1992-1997 1997-1998 1998-2003 2004-2005 | Destroyers Bolívar Benfica →Estoril-Praia (loan) Boavista F.C. Benfica Boavista F.C. Oriente Petrolero | 67 (23) 34 (13) 15 (1) 28 (8) 94 (21) 26 (6) 126 (22) 38 (10) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1990-2001 | Bolivia | 57 (15) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2007-present | Bolivia | |
1 Senior club appearances and goals | ||
Erwin "Platiní" Sánchez Freking (born October 19, 1969 in Santa Cruz) is a former Bolivian footballer and current team manager for the Bolivian national team. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Santa Cruz de La Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital city of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. An attacking midfielder with scoring range, he was a leading player for Bolivian national team both in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifyings and finals. For the Australian Rules position see Midfielder (Australian Rules. The Bolivia national football team is the national team of Bolivia and is controlled by the Federación Boliviana de Fútbol. The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17 1994 He played a total of 57 international matches for Bolivia between 1990 and 2005, scoring 15 goals[1]
He started his career at Club Destroyers, and became the first Bolivian player to play professionally in Europe when he was signed by S.L. Benfica in 1990/91, but went to play to Boavista FC in 1992 (after a season loaned by Benfica to Estoril-Praia), where he became one of their best players. Club Destroyers is a football club from Santa Cruz, Bolivia currently playing at Santa Cruz Primera A one of the second division regional leagues Sport Lisboa e Benfica (spɔɾ liʒˈboɐ i bɐ̃ĩˈfikɐ commonly referred to as simply Benfica, S Boavista Futebol Clube ( pron boɐ'viʃtɐ often simply known as Boavista, is a Sports club from Porto, Portugal that was founded Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia ( pron (ɨʃtu'ɾiɫ 'pɾaiɐ founded in 1939, is a Portuguese Sports club, that plays in Estoril He returned to Benfica in 1997/98, and went back the following season to Boavista, where he won the national championship in 2000/2001, before ending his European career there, two years later.
Sánchez is known in Bolivia by the nickname "Platini" Sanchez, after the French footballer Michel Platini. Michel François Platini (born June 21, 1955) is a French former football player manager and current president of the UEFA. This nickname was given to him for the resemblance in his style of play to Platini, but more so for his penchant of wearing his footballing socks low as Platini did.