Daniel Alonso Sánchez Albújar (born 2 May 1990 in Lima) is a Peruvian

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who plays for

Comerciantes Unidos Comerciantes Unidos is a Peruvian football club from Cutervo, Cajamarca. It plays in the Peruvian Segunda Division. History Comerciantes Unidos was founded as Los Comerciantes by Abdias Cieza Tapia, Juan Tarrillo Castro, and Jorge Salas Toro ...

Club career

In 2007 Sanchez, were called along with 8 other U-20 players to the first team of

Sporting Cristal Club Sporting Cristal S.A. is a Peruvian sports club located in the city of Lima, best known for its association football, football team. It was founded on 13 December 1955 in the Rímac District, Rímac district by engineer Richard Bentín Mujica ...

. After his participation in the U17 WC, Sanchez started gaining caps in the first team of

. Sanchez made his debut right after the WC ended for Peru and he became in 2008 a regular member of the starting line-up of the team. Sanchez, who wears the 23 jersey, has a brilliant future, and has contributed a lot to his team. "Dani" is still young, but has scored many excellent goals in the 2008 season. One of the best ones so far, is the one he scored against

Universitario de Deportes Club Universitario de Deportes, popularly known as Universitario or simply as La "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of S ...

when

beat 2-1 la U in Monumental Stadium. Sanchez will continue in Sporting Cristal, but it seems like he will soon emigrate to Europe. On June 9, 2011 it was announced that Daniel transferred to Peruvian team

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International career

He was also part of the Peru U-17 team that reached the quarterfinal stage at the

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four ...

played in South Korea. Now Sanchez is a player that could end up later in Europe and it's about to represent Peru in the next U20 South American Championship.

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* * 1990 births Living people Footballers from Lima Peruvian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Sporting Cristal footballers Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo footballers Ayacucho FC footballers Serrato Pacasmayo players León de Huánuco footballers Sport Loreto players Coronel Bolognesi footballers Sport Victoria players Comerciantes Unidos footballers Peruvian Primera División players {{Peru-footy-midfielder-stub