Daniel Florencio Sánchez Núñez (born May 3, 1961, in
Montevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
), best known as
Daniel Sánchez, is a retired
football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
defender and current manager who was
nickname
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d "Pecho" during his professional career. Having made his debut on September 27, 1988 against Ecuador (2-1), Sánchez obtained a total number of 25 international caps for the
Uruguay national football team
The Uruguay national football team (), nicknamed ''La Celeste'' ("The Sky Blue") and ''Los Charrúas'' ("The Charrúa, Charrúas"), have represented Uruguay in international men's Association football, football since their first international m ...
.
References
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Profile
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1961 births
Living people
Footballers from Montevideo
Uruguayan men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players
Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players
Rampla Juniors players
Central Español players
Danubio F.C. players
Peñarol players
Uruguayan Primera División players
Uruguay men's international footballers
1991 Copa América players
1993 Copa América players
Uruguayan football managers
Danubio F.C. managers
Uruguayan Primera División managers
Miramar Misiones managers
20th-century Uruguayan sportsmen
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