Carlos Sánchez Ruiz (born 16 January 1989) is a Spanish

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and

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, who is the current assistant manager of

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo Domingo, ...

Career

Born in

Jerez de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera () or simply Jerez, also cited in old English-language sources as , is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the province of Cádiz in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Sp ...

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, Sánchez started his career with

Xerez CD Xerez Club Deportivo S. A. D. is a Spanish association football, football club based in the city of Jerez de la Frontera. It was founded in 1947 and plays in . History Due to the link between Jerez de la Frontera and the United Kingdom created b ...

in 2011, as a sporting

of the youth setup, while also being an assistant coach of the ''Juvenil B'' squad. He was an assistant of the reserves during the 2012–13 season, before joining

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, that competes in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. The club was formed on 25 January ...

as an assistant of the C-team. On 17 July 2014, Sánchez returned to Xerez after being appointed manager of the ''Juvenil'' side. He returned to Sevilla in the following year, being again an assistant of

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in the youth categories. Sánchez was also an assistant of Peña back at the C-team during the 2018–19 season, before joining

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (), is a Spanish professional List of football clubs in Spain, football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León that will compete from the 2025–26 season in the . The club ...

on 15 June 2019, for their scouting team. On 11 January 2022, he was announced as the new technical analyst for Sergio at

Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia. Founded in 1910, the club competes in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20,724. Salvadoran ...

. In July 2022, Sánchez joined

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side UD Ibiza as a technical secretary. On 26 November, he was named interim manager of the first team after

Juan Antonio Anquela Juan Antonio Albacete Anquela (born 11 September 1957) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a winger. Playing career Born in Linares, Jaén, Anquela spent the better part of his 17-year senior career in the lower leagu ...

was sacked, and was in charge of the club in a 1–0 home loss against

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two days later; he then returned to his previous role after the appointment of

Lucas Alcaraz Luis Lucas Alcaraz González (born 21 June 1966) is a Spanish football manager. In a managerial career of over two decades, he competed in ten La Liga seasons at the helm of Recreativo (with whom he reached the 2003 Copa del Rey final), Racin ...

as manager. On 15 July 2023, Sánchez was announced as

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's assistant at

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez, Carlos 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Jerez de la Frontera Spanish football managers Segunda División managers UD Ibiza managers Sevilla FC non-playing staff