ABOUT

Personal life

Sánchez's adoptive father, José Delaigue, died of a heart attack in June 2011 at age 75. On 19 June, in Chile's 4–0 win over Estonia, on his team's last goal that Sánchez scored he removed his jersey during his celebration to reveal a photo of Delaigue on his undershirt.

Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈleksis ˈsantʃes]; born 19 December 1988) is a Chilean footballer who plays for La Liga side FC Barcelona and the Chile national team as a forward. Of a hard–working childhood, Alexis was born in Tocopilla where he began to play regional football tournaments playing in the Cobreloa youth ranks. In 2006, Sánchez moved to Chile's most successful team Colo-Colo thanks to the coach Claudio Borghi, who invited him to play at Pedreros where he was a trascendent player, but with much explosiveness during the games. After an impressive FIFA U-20 World Cup, Sánchez signed up with River Plate in 2007, achieving great progress as player thanks to Diego Simeone, winning the league title one year later.