| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Ginés Sánchez Moreno | ||
| Date of birth | May 15, 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Aldaia, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Valencia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1991–1993 | Valencia B | ||
| 1992–1994 | Valencia | 17 | (3) |
| 1993–1994 | → Mallorca (loan) | 37 | (16) |
| 1994–1999 | Celta | 159 | (38) |
| 1999–2004 | Valencia | 128 | (27) |
| 2004–2006 | Celta | 23 | (5) |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1993 | Spain U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 1998 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Juan Ginés Sánchez Moreno (born 15 May 1972 in Aldaia, Horta Oest, Valencia) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a striker.
In a career almost entirely associated to Valencia CF - which he helped to two La Liga titles - and Celta de Vigo, he scored more than 100 goals as a professional, in nearly 450 games.
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Sánchez started playing professionally for Valencia CF. His first top flight match was on 25 October 1992, in a 0-3 loss at FC Barcelona. In the season's closing stages, he scored his first goal(s) for the Che, in a 2–0 home win over RCD Español, as a late substitute.
After a successful loan stint in the second level with RCD Mallorca, Sánchez left for Real Club Celta de Vigo, becoming an important offensive element in the Galicians' domestic and European consolidation. In his last two seasons, as Celta finished respectively 6th and 5th, he scored 22 goals combined, eventually returning to his first club.
During the second season of his second spell, Sánchez netted 12 league goals (notably back-to-back braces against CD Numancia (3–0) and UD Las Palmas (5–1)), adding a further two in the UEFA Champions League semifinal second leg against Leeds United (one with his hand, for a 3–0 home win[1]), subsequently being replaced in the final loss against FC Bayern Munich.
Subsequently, after having appeared in 25 matches in Valencia's 2001–02 league conquest, Sánchez's importance lessened dramatically in his final season (where he played in only ten matches for the champions, no complete ones). He retired aged 34 after a second spell at Celta, which he helped achieve a return to the top division.
Afterwards, Sánchez became Valencia's sporting director, succeeding Miguel Ángel Ruiz, and leaving the post in August 2008. In June 2009, he moved to Excelsior Mouscron, in Belgium, in the same capacity, rejoining former Valencia teammates Amedeo Carboni and Miroslav Đukić (the latter being signed as head coach).
Sánchez appeared once for Spain, playing 12 minutes in a 2–2 friendly match against Italy, on 18 November 1998, in Salerno.