Diego Ignacio Sánchez Carvajal (, born 8 May 1987) is a Chilean

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that currently plays for the Primera División club

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as a

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Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Sánchez joined

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youth ranks aged twelve thanks to his father Gustavo that played there during the 1980s and was member of the team's 1986 Primera División runner-up squad. Diego was promoted to Palestino first adult team in 2007 by

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(club's coach), because the bad shape of Fernando Burgos in the goal, and the injury of first-choice Felipe Núñez. On 8 August, he made his debut against Universidad Católica in a 1–1 draw at Estadio Nacional, playing another four games that season. In January 2008, Sánchez was loaned to third-tier side

Unión Temuco Club Deportivo Unión Temuco was a Chilean professional football club based in Temuco, La Araucanía Region. The club played at the Primera B, the second tier of the Chilean football, until 2013 when it was folded. The club was established in Jan ...

, for then the next season join cross–town rivals

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, for finally move to Barnechea in 2010, being all of those third-level teams. Because his well performances he join first-tier club

Unión San Felipe Unión San Felipe is a Chilean Football club, their hometown is San Felipe in the V Región of Valparaíso. They play in the second level of the Chilean football league, the Primera B. They were the Copa Chile champions, and played the 2010 Co ...

in 2011, where in his second game against

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was the man of the match in a 2–0 away win. However, the next season San Felipe relegated to Primera B and Sánchez was released of Aconcagua Valley-based team. In December 2022, he joined

for the 2023 season.

International career

Sánchez got his first call up to the senior

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squad for friendlies against

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and

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in November 2014.

Honours

Club

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Diego Sánchez Carvajal
at Football-Lineups {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez, Diego 1987 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Chilean men's footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Unión Temuco footballers Deportes Temuco footballers A.C. Barnechea footballers Unión San Felipe footballers Unión Española footballers C.D. Antofagasta footballers Coquimbo Unido footballers Chilean Primera División players Tercera División de Chile players Men's association football goalkeepers