Yvandro Borges Sanches

Yvandro Borges Sanches (born 24 May 2004) is a Luxembourger international football player of Cape Verdean heritage who plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach.[1]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Borges and the second or paternal family name is Sanches.

Yvandro Borges Sanches
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-05-24) 24 May 2004
Place of birth Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number 6
Youth career
2016–2020 RCFU Luxembourg
2020– Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Borussia Mönchengladbach II 1 (0)
National team‡
2018 Luxembourg U15 2 (6)
2020 Luxembourg U16 1 (0)
2021 Luxembourg U21 1 (0)
2021– Luxembourg 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2022

Club career

Borges Sanches arrived in Borussia on the summer 2020, from the Luxembourgian club of Racing-Union. Progressing through the youth ranks of M'gladbach, he also played his first senior game in the summer 2021, during a friendly against Bayern Munich.[2]

In the early 2021–22 season, he was part of the under-19 team, regularly scoring for the Borussen youth.[3][4]

International career

Already a youth international with Luxembourg, Yvandro Borges Sanches made his debut with the under-21 in June 2021.[2]

Called to the national senior team by Luc Holtz for the first time in August 2021,[5] he made his international debut for Luxembourg on the 4 September 2021, coming on as a late substitute in the European Championship qualifying 4–1 defeat against Serbia.[2][6] On September 7, 2021, he made his debut in the starting lineup against Qatar. In that game he scored his first international goal in the 31st minute for Luxembourg.[7]

International goals
Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.[8]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 September 2021Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Qatar1–01–1Friendly

References
  1. Yvandro Borges Sanches at Soccerway
  2. Gobrecht, Hannah (5 September 2021). "Debüt mit 17 Jahren: Bei Borussia ist jetzt ein Teenie A-Nationalspieler". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 5 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "FohlenTeams testen fleißig weiter". Borussia Mönchengladbach (in German). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "NRW-Ligapokal: U19 und U17 absolvieren zweites Gruppenspiel". Borussia Mönchengladbach (in German). 12 August 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Sorgatz, Jannik (26 August 2021). "Mit 17 im A-Team: Luxemburger Borges Sanches folgt seinen Vorgängern bei Borussia". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 5 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Serbia 4-1 Luxembourg: results, summary and goals". Diario AS. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. Mueller, Achim (9 September 2021). "17-Jähriger trifft als A-Nationalspieler Irre! Gladbach-Juwel Borges Sanches legt Tor-Premiere nach". GladbachLive (in German). Retrieved 9 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. "Yvandro Borges Sanches". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 4 June 2019.


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