Tente Sánchez

José Vicente "Tente" Sánchez Felip (born 8 October 1956) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Felip.
Tente Sánchez
Personal information
Full name José Vicente Sánchez Felip
Date of birth (1956-10-08) 8 October 1956
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Artiguenc
1974–1975 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1976 Barcelona B 20 (0)
1976–1986 Barcelona 236 (13)
1986–1988 Murcia 70 (2)
1988–1990 Sabadell 51 (2)
Total 377 (17)
National team
1975 Spain U18 2 (0)
1977 Spain U21 3 (0)
1976 Spain amateur 2 (0)
1980–1981 Spain B 2 (0)
1978–1984 Spain 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Sánchez adjusted quickly to local FC Barcelona's first team, appearing in four matches and scoring once in the 1975–76 season whilst he was still registered with the reserve squad. From there onwards, although never an automatic first-choice, he was used regularly, helping the club to three Spanish Cups and two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups – in the first final, a 4–3 win against Fortuna Düsseldorf, he opened the scoresheet.[1]

Sánchez then helped Barça to another continental final, the 1985–86 European Cup, lost at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in Seville on penalties, to FC Steaua Bucureşti.[2] By then, he was already a secondary player (only 22 matches in his last two years combined, although he did contribute with 13 La Liga matches to his first title in the competition), and left for fellow league team Real Murcia in the 1986 summer, posting two more solid seasons.

Sánchez retired in 1990, after having played – in the second level – with another Catalan side, CE Sabadell FC. Also during that decade, he became a players agent.[3][4][5]

International career

Sánchez earned 14 caps for the Spain national team during slightly more than five years, his debut coming on 4 October 1978 in a 2–1 win in Yugoslavia for the UEFA Euro 1980 qualifiers, replacing Real Madrid's Juanito – who had scored – with five minutes left.

He was selected for the squad at the 1982 FIFA World Cup played in his country, and appeared in four matches as the nation exited in the second group stage.

Honours
Barcelona

References
  1. "1978/79: Barcelona win seven-goal thriller". UEFA.com. 1 June 1979. Archived from the original on 3 May 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. "Duckadam inspires Steaua". UEFA.com. 18 April 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  3. El club renueva a Lopo tres temporadas más (Club renews Lopo for three more seasons); Diario AS, 4 April 2003 (in Spanish)
  4. Tente Sánchez: "El deseo de Juanito es mejorar" (Tente Sánchez: "Juanito wants to improve"); El Desmarque, 24 July 2007 (in Spanish)
  5. El agente de Jesús Vázquez deja entrever que no seguirá en Huelva (Jesús Vázquez's agent hints he will not continue in Huelva); La Opinión, 5 June 2010 (in Spanish)
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