Career
Club career At the club level, Sanvicente played for Mineros de Guayana (1980–1986), (1986–1993) winning 4 national championships with the team, (1994–1996) winning another 2 championships, and finally ended his career at Caracas Football Club in 1996 due to a knee injury. International career Internationally, Sanvicente played 10 times for Venezuela, without scoring a goal. His international career began on 3 July 1989 at the 1989 Copa América in a First Round game against Colombia playing 36 minutes after entering as a substitute in the second half.
He ended up playing 3 games at that Copa América, one of them as a starter.
Caracas Football Club In 2010, Noel Sanvicente stepped down from the team following which Ceferino Bencomo took over as manager. Real Esppor Club At the end of the season the team ended up 1 point short of the title.
The following season he continued as manager but after some disagreements with the team executives he quit on 2 December 2011. Zamora Football Club The following season Sanvicente led the team to glory again, this time defeating his ex-team as a player Mineros de Guayana becoming the most successful manager of Venezuela.
Venezuela national football team On 26 November 2007, the Venezuelan Football Federation announced the departure of Richard Páez as coach of the Venezuelan national football team
Sanvicente was the favourite options of the fans and the press to become the national team´s manager, but after weeks of negotiations with him and other several coaches, the Venezuelan Football Federation chose César Farías to replace Paéz. After Farías announced his resignation as coach, the press and fans started again to ask for the appoinment of Sanvicente but the Federation did not choose a coach until 8 months later, when they officially announced Noel Sanvicente as coach of the national football team Player Manager Caracas Football Club Copa Venezuela (1): 2009 Zamora Football Club.