Full Name
Hugo Sánchez Márquez
Position
Striker
Born
11 July 1958
Country
Mexico
Clubs
UNAM (Mexico)
Atletico Madrid (Spain)
Real Madrid (Spain)
America (Mexico)
Rayo Vallecano (Spain)
Atlante (Mexico)
Linz (Austria)
Dallas Burn (USA)
Atletico Celaya (Mexico)
Professional Career
1976-1997
International Caps/Goals
58 caps/29 goals
Honours
2 Mexican league title (UNAM)
5 Spanish La Liga title, 1 Spanish Cup, 3 Spanish Super Cup (Real Madrid)
1 Spanish Cup (Atletico Madrid)
1 UEFA Cup (Real Madrid)
1 CONCACAF Champions’ Cup (UNAM)
1 CONCACAF Champions’ Cup (America)
Regarded as the greatest Mexican player of all time, Hugo Sánchez was truly a prolific striker with a fierce left footed shot. Having scored more than 480 goals in his career, Sánchez’s peaks came between 1985 and 1990, when he played for Real Madrid and won five consecutive La Liga titles. In each of the five seasons with the Spanish giant, he finished as the league’s Pichichi (top scorer), even helping himself with the European Golden Shoe award in 1990. When he finished his Spanish venture, Sánchez was the fourth highest scorer in the La Liga history, ranked just behind Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Telmo Zarra.
Despite little success with Mexico, Sánchez did play in three World Cups (1978, 1986, 1994) in a long international career that spanned across two decades. With 29 international goals to his name, Sánchez was the joint-eighth top scorer for Mexico.
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