Alexis Sánchez Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez (; born 19 December 1988), also known mononymously as Alexis, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Marseille and the Chile national team. He is often lauded as the g ...

is a Chilean professional

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who represents the Chile national team as a striker. Nicknamed ''El Niño Maravilla'' ("The Boy Wonder"), he made his debut for his country in a 1–0 victory over

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in April 2006. His first international goal came on his eighth appearance for Chile when he scored Chile's only goal in a 1–2 defeat to Switzerland in a friendly tournament in Vienna. , Sánchez is his country's top scorer and has the most

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, with 50 goals in 152 appearances. He passed the previous record of 37 goals, held by

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, when he scored the opener against

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in the

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of the

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in June 2017. Sánchez's most recent goal came against

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in a 2–2 friendly draw. Despite Sánchez scoring seven goals, making him second-equal top scorer in

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(along with

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, Gabriel Jesus and

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), Chile failed to qualify for the finals. Sánchez made his most recent and 152nd appearance for Chile in a 0–0 friendly draw against

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in November 2022. , Sánchez has not scored an international

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, but has scored twice in a match on ten occasions. Sánchez has scored more goals in friendlies and FIFA World Cup qualifying matches than in any other format, with twenty in each. He has scored two goals in

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finals, seven in the Copa América and one in the

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. He has scored more goals against

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and Bolivia (six each) than any other nation, and more times at the

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(ten) than any other stadium.

Goals

:''As of 27 September 2022'' :''Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.''

Statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez, Alexis Sanchez, Alexis Chile national football team records and statistics

Goals

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See also

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