Daniel 'Dani' Sánchez Andrades (born 10 November 1984) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Málaga Málaga (; ) is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 591,637 in 2024, it is the second-most populo ...

Andalusia Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...

, Sánchez played youth football with hometown's

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

, but never appeared as a senior for the club, eventually leaving in 2003. He went on to appear for several lower league teams over the following six seasons, never competing in higher than

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where he appeared for Real Murcia Imperial; he also represented CD Alhaurino,

CD Baza Club Deportivo Baza was a Spanish football team based in Baza, Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1970, it last played in Primera Andaluza, and held home matches at ''Estadio Constantino Navarro'', with a capacity of 4 ...

and

Real Betis B Betis Deportivo Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. Founded in 1942, it is the reserve team of Real Betis and currently plays in , holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol, with a 3000 seating-cap ...

. Sánchez signed for

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, commonly known as Caley Thistle, Inverness CT or just Inverness, is a professional football club based in Inverness, Scotland. The team competes in , the third tier of the Scottish Professional Footba ...

in Scotland on 1 August 2009, following a trial period. He made his debut the same day, in a 4–0 home win against Annan Athletic for the season's

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. Sánchez was released by Inverness in June 2011. The following month he began a trial with

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club

Wellington Phoenix FC Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League Men, under Professional sports league organization#Systems around the world, licenc ...

, appearing in pre-season against

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just two hours after getting off the plane. On 5 September, it was announced that he had signed a one-year contract. On 9 June 2013, Sánchez was released alongside four other players. Subsequently, he took his game to the

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and the

Thai Division 1 League Thai League 2 (), commonly known as the T2, formally called Thai Division 1 League, is the second-tier professional league in the Thai football league system. Seasons typically run from August to May, with each team playing 34 games : two agai ...

. On 29 January 2015, Sánchez signed with the

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of the

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. In April of the following year he switched clubs and countries again, joining

FC Jazz Football Club Jazz, commonly known as just Jazz, is a Finnish Association football, football club based in Pori, which plays in the Finnish third tier, Ykkönen. The club was founded in 1934 as Porin Pallo-Toverit. PPT changed its name to FC Jazz ...

in the Finnish

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez, Dani 1984 births Living people Footballers from Málaga Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Segunda División B players Tercera División players Málaga CF players Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers Real Murcia Imperial players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Football League players Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C. players A-League Men players Wellington Phoenix FC players Hong Kong First Division League players Tuen Mun SA players Dani Sanchez Dani Sanchez North American Soccer League (2011–2017) players Fort Lauderdale Strikers players Ykkönen players FC Jazz players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States 21st-century Spanish sportsmen