Cristián Arturo Sánchez Barceló (born 29 May 1972, Concepción) is a Chilean journalist and television presenter.

Personal life

Sánchez is married to Diana Bolocco, a Chilean journalist and TV presenter who is the younger sister of

Cecilia Bolocco Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck (born May 19, 1965) is a Chilean actress, TV host, and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universo Chile 1987 and Miss Universe 1987. Bolocco has worked as a journalist on the Spanish language edition of CNN, on ...

, the

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, and the mother of Pedro Cisternas, a professional footballer. He is the second of seven brothers: Matías, the eldest; José Manuel or ''Coto''; Jaime, a

psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how ...

who also works in TV; Aníbal, deceased in 2021; Felipe or ''Pipe'', a businessman who also worked in TV and Juan Pablo. A well-known supporter of

Colo-Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has pla ...

, he was a young football player of

Cobresal Club de Deportes Cobresal or simply Cobresal, is a Chilean football club based in El Salvador, Atacama, a Chilean mining camp, and participates in Campeonato Nacional. The team was founded on 5 May 1979, and the name of the club comes from the ...

youth ranks in 1989. He has stated that he dreamed of being a professional footballer, so when joined TV program ESPN Nexo, later ESPN FShow, where he performs as presenter and

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, he returned to his roots, since he had also worked as

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in his early career on TV.

Filmography

Television

Cinema

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez, Cristian 1972 births Living people Chilean people of Catalan descent People from Concepción, Chile Male journalists Chilean journalists Chilean television personalities Chilean television presenters Chilean sports journalists Chilean association football commentators Chilean radio personalities