Carlos Sánchez Jiménez (born 19 April 2001) is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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for Orihuela CF.

Club career

Born in

Palma de Mallorca Palma (; ; also known as ''Palma de Mallorca'', officially between 1983–88, 2006–08, and 2012–16) is the capital and largest city of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situate ...

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, Sánchez played youth football with hometown side

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

. On 14 October 2020, after finishing his formation, he signed for

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

side CE Andratx. Sánchez was a regular starter during the season, as his side achieved a first-ever promotion to Segunda División RFEF. On 22 June 2022, after suffering relegation, he moved to FC Cartagena and was initially assigned to the reserves also in the fourth division. Sánchez made his first team debut for the ''Efesé'' on 14 January 2023, starting in a 0–0

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

home draw against SD Huesca. On 19 June 2024, Sánchez signed for Orihuela CF also in the fourth division.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez, Carlos 2001 births Living people Footballers from Palma de Mallorca Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda Federación players Tercera División players FC Cartagena B players FC Cartagena footballers CE Andratx footballers Orihuela CF players