Óscar Sanz Naval (born 8 March 2000) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in . The club was founded in 1886 an ...

Career

Born in

Sant Sadurní d'Anoia Sant Sadurní d'Anoia () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Alt Penedès in Catalonia; and the centre of production of a sparkling wine known as '' cava''. It is situated in the north-east of the Penedès Depression at the confluence ...

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, Sanz represented

as a youth, and was promoted to the farm team on 6 July 2018. He made his senior debut on 19 August, starting in a 1–1

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home draw against

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. Sanz scored his first senior goal on 15 September 2019, netting Pobla's winner in a 1–0 home success over FC Vilafranca. Thirteen days later, he made his first team debut by starting in a 1–0

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away loss against Lleida Esportiu; he became the first player of the 21st century to play for the club. Sanz was definitely promoted to ''Nàstic''s main squad in June 2021, after renewing his contract. However, he could not break into

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's squad, and was loaned to Segunda División RFEF side CD Ebro on 4 January 2022. On 15 July 2022, Sanz was loaned to fellow

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side

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for the season. He became a regular starter for the club before returning to Gimnàstic in June 2023; he also renewed his contract for a further year.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanz, Oscar 2000 births Living people People from Alt Penedès Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Barcelona Men's association football midfielders Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Segunda Federación players Tercera División players CF Pobla de Mafumet footballers Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers CD Ebro players Unionistas de Salamanca CF players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen