| Manu Sánchez | |
| Fullname: | Manuel Sánchez de la Peña |
| Birth Date: | 24 August 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Madrid, Spain |
| Height: | 1.79 m |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Currentclub: | Alavés (on loan from Celta) |
| Clubnumber: | 3 |
| Youthclubs1: | Cornellà |
| Youthyears2: | 2014–2019 |
| Youthclubs2: | Atlético Madrid |
| Years1: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Atlético Madrid B |
| Caps1: | 29 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2019–2023 |
| Clubs2: | Atlético Madrid |
| Caps2: | 6 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs3: | → Osasuna (loan) |
| Caps3: | 80 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2023– |
| Clubs4: | Celta |
| Caps4: | 26 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2024– |
| Clubs5: | → Alavés (loan) |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2020–2023 |
| Nationalteam1: | Spain U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
| Club-Update: | 4 June 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 27 June 2023 |
Manuel "Manu" Sánchez de la Peña (born 24 August 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Deportivo Alavés, on loan from RC Celta de Vigo.
Sánchez was born in Madrid, and joined Atlético Madrid's youth setup in 2014,[1] from UE Cornellà.[2] He made his senior debut with the reserves on 30 March 2019, starting in a 2–0 Segunda División B away win against Salamanca CF UDS.[3]
On 30 August 2019, Sánchez renewed his contract with Atleti until 2023.[4] He made his first team – and La Liga – debut on 14 December, starting in a 2–0 home defeat of CA Osasuna.[5]
On 7 September 2020, Sánchez further extended his contract until 2025.[6] The following 11 January, he moved to fellow top tier side Osasuna on loan for the remainder of the season.[7]
On 17 August 2021, Sánchez returned to Osasuna on loan for the 2021–22 campaign.[8] On 27 July 2022, the loan was extended for an additional year.[9]
On 3 July 2023, Sánchez signed a five-year contract with RC Celta de Vigo also in the top tier.[10] On 23 July of the following year, he was loaned to fellow league team Deportivo Alavés for the season.[11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Atlético Madrid B | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Segunda División B | 23 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 29 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||||
| Atlético Madrid | 2019–20 | La Liga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Osasuna (loan) | 2020–21 | La Liga | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | La Liga | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||||
| 2022–23 | La Liga | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 79 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 114 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 124 | 1 | |||