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Bolivia · 1991–2001

Erwin Sánchez

Icon CM, also CDM, CAM Right-footed box-to-boxleader
Rating
85
Caps
57
Goals
15
Life
1969
Clubs
Club Destroyers, Boavista, Oriente Petrolero
#2
Editorial rank of 33 for Bolivia
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

Three World Cups have produced exactly one Bolivian goal, and it is his: struck against Spain in Chicago on 27 June 1994 in a 3-1 defeat. The midfielder they called Platini won the Portuguese league with Benfica in 1991 and again with Boavista in 2001, took the Taça de Portugal in 1997, and scored in the 1997 Copa América final against Brazil on the way to Bolivia's runner-up finish, with 15 goals in 57 caps. Career record: 57 caps and 15 goals for Bolivia; club career at Club Destroyers, Boavista, Oriente Petrolero.

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Career record

1987–1988Club Destroyers
1988–1990Club Bolívar
1990–1992S.L. Benfica
1991–1992G.D. Estoril Praia
1992–1997Boavista
1997–1999S.L. Benfica
1998–2004Boavista
2004–2005Oriente Petrolero
Bolivia57 caps, 15 goals

Shared the era

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Around Sánchez in the almanac

One rank above: Marco Etcheverry at #1.

One rank below: Julio César Baldivieso at #3.

Bolivia's editorial top five: Marco Etcheverry · Erwin Sánchez · Julio César Baldivieso · Víctor Agustín Ugarte · Marcelo Moreno Martins.