Erwin Junior Sánchez | |
Fullname: | Erwin Junior Sánchez Paniagua |
Birth Date: | 23 July 1992 |
Birth Place: | Lisbon, Portugal |
Height: | 1.82 m |
Position: | Midfielder |
Currentclub: | Blooming |
Clubnumber: | 19 |
Years1: | 2015 |
Caps1: | 19 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Years2: | 2016 |
Clubs2: | Águeda |
Caps2: | 4 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2018– |
Caps3: | 95 |
Goals3: | 7 |
Nationalyears1: | 2015– |
Nationalteam1: | Bolivia |
Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 7 May 2021 |
Ntupdate: | 26 January 2022 |
Erwin Junior Sánchez Paniagua (born 23 July 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bolivian Primera División side Blooming. Born in Portugal, he plays for the Bolivia national team.
After becoming secondary school graduate, he decided to study a master's degree in International Business in the United States instead of practicing professional football. In 2015, after returning to Bolivia, he joined Real Potosí in the Bolivian Primera División.[1]
In November 2015, he received his first call-up to the Bolivia senior team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Venezuela and Paraguay.[2]
He is the son of the former Bolivian international footballer Erwin "Platini" Sánchez.[3] Born in Portugal when his father played for Boavista, he holds both Portuguese and Bolivian nationality.