Juan Carlos Sánchez

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Juan Carlos Sánchez
Full name	Juan Carlos Sánchez Frías
Date of birth	September 1, 1956 (1956-09-01) (age 51)
Place of birth	Formosa, Argentina
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1972-1978 1979-1980 1981-1985 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy Guabirá Blooming Wilstermann Blooming Litoral San José Independiente Petrolero San José Total	? (?) 64 (43) 165 (134) 36 (21) 23 (12) 24 (11) 33 (20) 26 (10) 28 (10) 399 (261)
National team
1985	Bolivia	5 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Juan Carlos Sánchez (born September 1, 1956 in Formosa) is a former Argentine - Bolivian football striker. He was born on September 1, 1956, in the city of Formosa in Argentina. He played most of his career in the Bolivian League.

Sánchez started his career with Argentine club Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy in 1972. In 1979 he moved to Bolivia to play for Guabirá, where, in 1980 he became top scorer in the Bolivian league for the first time by netting 21 goals. This feat bought him a transfer to Blooming where he was top scorer on two further occasions in 1981 and 1983.

In 1984 Sánchez helped Blooming win the Bolivian title, and in 1985 he became Copa Libertadores topscorer with 11 goals, 6 of which came in an 8-0 victory over Deportivo Italia which set a Copa Libertadores record.

In 1986 he joined Jorge Wilstermann but then returned to Blooming in 1987.

Sánchez had a spell with Deportivo Litoral before joining San José in 1990 where he became topscorer in the Bolivian league for the 4th time.

In 1991 he joined Independiente Petrolero and then returned to San José where he retired at the end of the 1992 season. He scored a total of 261 goals during his professional career becoming the second all time topscorer in Bolivian League history.^[1]

Moreover, Sánchez played a total of 53 Copa Libertadores games during his career, scoring 26 goals which puts him in 8th place in the list of all-time topscorers for that competition.

1 Club title
2 Honours
3 After retirement
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Club title

Season	Club	Title
1984	Blooming	Bolivian League Championship

[edit] Honours

Season	Club	Title
1980	Guabirá	Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano topscorer: 21 goals
1981	Blooming	Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano topscorer: 30 goals
1981	Blooming	Topscorer in South American football: 30 goals
1983	Blooming	Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano topscorer: 30 goals
1983	Blooming	Topscorer in South American football: 30 goals
1985	Blooming	Copa Libertadores topscorer 1985: 11 goals
1990	San José	Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano topscorer: 20 goals

[edit] After retirement

After retirement Sánchez has gone on to coach and manage several teams, he was a coach at Guabirá, assistant manager at Blooming and he has served as the manager of the Bolivia under-17 and under-20 teams.