Felipe Sanchón Huerta (born 8 April 1982) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as an

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. He played 199

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games over nine seasons, totalling 43 goals for

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(six years),

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, Gimnàstic and Hércules (one apiece).

Club career

Born in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

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, Sanchón started his career at the age of 10, in

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's youth system. Between 2001 and 2004 he represented the club's C and B teams and, during this period, he was capped by Spain at youth level. Unable to carve a niche with the main squad Sanchón was released, going on to play for ''Barça'' neighbours

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and CE L'Hospitalet. His first taste of top-flight football arrived when he signed for

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-based Aris F.C. in July 2007. In 2009's January

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, Sanchón returned to Spain and Girona on a loan until the end of the season. On 11 January, in a

home game against

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, he scored in a 2–0 win in his first appearance, netting six times in only 17 matches as the side managed to retain their league status. On 28 July 2009, Sanchón joined Granada CF, loaned by

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alongside eight other players after the two clubs' partnership agreement. He contributed 35 games and four goals as the

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team returned to the second tier after an absence of 22 years, but in late January 2011 left for another club in that league, Gimnàstic de Tarragona, still owned by the Italians.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchon, Felipe 1982 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Barcelona Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players FC Barcelona C players FC Barcelona Atlètic players UE Figueres footballers Girona FC players CE L'Hospitalet players Granada CF footballers Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers Hércules CF players CE Sabadell FC footballers Super League Greece players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Udinese Calcio players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece