Óscar Sánchez (footballer, born 1971) explained

Óscar Sánchez
Fullname:Óscar Carmelo Sánchez Zambrana
Birth Date:16 July 1971
Birth Place:Cochabamba, Bolivia
Death Place:La Paz, Bolivia
Height:1.78 m
Position:Defender
Youthclubs1:Aurora
Years1:1991–1996
Years2:1997–1998
Years3:1998–1999
Years4:2000–2001
Years5:2002–2006
Years6:2007
Clubs6:The Strongest
Caps1:163
Caps2:29
Caps3:33
Caps4:55
Caps5:144
Caps6:6
Goals1:22
Goals2:6
Goals3:7
Goals4:11
Goals5:16
Goals6:0
Totalcaps:430
Totalgoals:62
Nationalyears1:1994–2006
Nationalteam1:Bolivia
Nationalcaps1:78
Nationalgoals1:6
Manageryears1:2007
Managerclubs1:The Strongest
Pcupdate:13:51, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
Ntupdate:13:51, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Óscar Carmelo Sánchez Zambrana (July 16, 1971 – November 23, 2007) was a Bolivian footballer who played for the Bolivia national football team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup held in the United States. Born in Cochabamba, he was capped 78 times by Bolivia and scored 6 goals, between 1994 and 2006.[1] He was the captain of the national team several times. He made his debut for the national side on April 20, 1994, in a friendly match in Bucharest against Romania.

At club level he began his professional career with The Strongest in 1991. After five seasons with the atigrados, he was transferred to Argentine club Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy, where he built a solid reputation as a temperamental and tough defender with scoring ability. His impressive displays rewarded him with a transfer to giant club Independiente in the winter of 1998. On his return to Bolivia in 2000, he would spend two more periods with The Strongest, and one with Bolívar. In 2007, he had one of his kidneys removed due to the discovery of a tumour, which proved to be malignant. After the operation he continued playing, but was forced to retire soon thereafter. He was offered the manager position of The Strongest, with which he attained an impressive undefeated streak. In October 2007, his weak health forced him to quit that position too. Sánchez died on November 23, 2007.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/bol-recintlp.html rsssf: Bolivia record international footballers
  2. Web site: L'Equipe. AFP. Foot - Disparition - Décès d'Oscar Sanchez. https://archive.today/20120908060427/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2007/20071124_074932Dev.html. dead. 2012-09-08. French. 2007-11-24. Agence France Presse.