Manolo Sanchís
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Sanchís in 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 May 1965 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Sweeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1983 | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Castilla | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–2001 | Real Madrid | 523 | (33) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 533 | (35) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Spain U18 | 6 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1986 | Spain U21 | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Spain U23 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1992 | Spain | 48 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈnolo sanˈtʃis]; born 23 May 1965) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a sweeper.
A part of the famous La Quinta del Buitre which stemmed from the Real Madrid youth academy, he was the only of its five members to spend his entire career with the club. His father Manuel Sanchís also played for Real Madrid, and both were Spanish internationals.
Sanchís appeared in more than 700 competitive matches for his only club, and represented the national team in one World Cup and one European Championship.