Career
Sánchez is the second highest goalscorer of all time in the Guatemalan league, and has been catalogued by journalists of the region as one of the best players in the history of the nation"s football. In a 1999 poll by the IFFHS, he was voted the best Guatemalan football player of the 20th Century and among the best 20 in CONCACAF.
Sánchez" first top division club was Ases del Minar, making his debut in 1973. In 1974, he joined Comunicaciones.
He holds the record for the most goals scored in a single season.
He also scored five goals in two other occasions, one that same year against Tipografía Nacional and the other in 1985 against Xelajú Military Cross while playing for Cobán Imperial. After his departure from Comunicaciones, Sánchez played for the clubs Municipal, Aurora Football Club, Galcasa, Tipografía Nacional, Cobán, Izabal JC and Deportivo Escuintla.
He retired in 1992, after having scored 320 goals in all competitions. From 1974 to 1992, he appeared in 609 league matches and scored 244 goals, what remained the league"s all-time highest total until surpassed by Juan Carlos Plata in 2006.
Sánchez ranks among the world"s 150 highest top division goalscorers of all-time, according to the IFFHS.
Sánchez helped the Guatemala national football team qualify to the 1976 Olympic Games, and played two matches at the final tournament in Montreal, where Guatemala was eliminated in the first round group.
He also played in the 1982 and 1990 World Cup qualifying campaigns, and overall he scored seven goals in 17 World Cup qualification matches. After his retirement from playing, he became a coach, and managed the clubs Comunicaciones and Jalapa, among others, in the top division, and a number of clubs in lower divisions.
