Wilber Alejandro Sánchez Ramírez (born October 24, 1979) is a

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n footballer who currently plays for

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Club career

He started his career at second division Inter Barrio Cuba and played for Walter Ferretti,

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Masatepe Masatepe () Masatepe is one of the nine municipalities of the Department of Masaya in Nicaragua. It is located on the plateau of the villages 50 kilometers from Managua ) , settlement_type = Capital city , motto ...

and

El Salvador

After a stunning performance in the

2007 UNCAF Nations Cup The 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup was the ninth version of the biennial football tournament for the CONCACAF national teams of Central America. The event took place in San Salvador, El Salvador from February 8 to February 18, 2007. It was the second time ...

, played in San Salvador, Sánchez joined San Salvador F.C. In his debut game, the speedy striker came on as a substitute in the 65th minutes, but managed to score 2 headed goals, giving his side the victory, 3–2, against Vista Hermosa. In June 2007 he was snapped up by

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but left them for Walter Ferretti a year later. He has played for

since 2010.

International career

Sánchez made his debut for

in an April 2001

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against

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and has earned a total of 19 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 2

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matches and played at the

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

, and

2011 UNCAF Nations Cup The 2011 Copa Centroamericana ( en, 2011 Central American Cup) was the eleventh edition of Copa Centroamericana (formerly known as the UNCAF Nations Cup), an international football championship for national teams affiliated with the Central Amer ...

s as well as at the

2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the tenth edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition, and the twentieth soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). It was played from July 3 to 26, 2009 in the United States ...

.CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details
- RSSSF His final international was a January 2011 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Belize.

Personal life

He is married to Jessica Matamoros and they have a daughter, Briana.

References

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* 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Managua Men's association football forwards Nicaraguan men's footballers Nicaragua men's international footballers 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.D. Walter Ferretti players Real Estelí FC players San Salvador F.C. footballers Nicaraguan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador Nicaraguan expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador {{Nicaragua-footy-bio-stub