Richard Sánchez (Paraguayan footballer)

Richard Rafael Sánchez Guerrero (born 29 March 1996) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club América and the Paraguay national team.

Richard Sánchez
Personal information
Full name Richard Rafael Sánchez Guerrero[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996[1]
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
América
Number 20
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 River Plate 19 (1)
2017–2019 Olimpia 78 (8)
2019– América 85 (8)
National team
2018– Paraguay 27 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:01, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:48, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Richard has played for Olimpia and Club América.

International career

He was called up to the senior Paraguay squad in March 2018 for a match against USA.[3]

Sánchez made his senior debut for Paraguay on June 5, 2019 in a friendly against Honduras in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. And he scored his first goal for the National Team in the 2019 Copa America, in a 1-1 tie with Argentina on June 19, 2019.[4]

International goals

Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.19 June 2019Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Argentina1–01–12019 Copa América

Honours

Individual

References

  1. "Paraguay - R. Sánchez - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  2. "Richard Sánchez". Fichajes.com. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
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  4. "Lionel Messi penalty salvages Copa América point for Argentina". Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2019.


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