Richard Sánchez (Paraguayan footballer)

Richard Rafael Sánchez Guerrero (born 29 March 1996) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club América and the Paraguay national team.

For other people named Richard Sánchez, see Richard Sánchez (disambiguation).
Richard Sánchez
Personal information
Full name Richard Rafael Sánchez Guerrero[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996[1]
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 América
Number 20
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 River Plate 19 (1)
2017–2019 Olimpia 78 (8)
2019– América 85 (8)
National team‡
2018– Paraguay 27 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:01, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:48, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Richard has played for Olimpia and Club América.

International career

He was called up to the senior Paraguay squad in March 2018 for a match against USA.[3]

Sánchez made his senior debut for Paraguay on June 5, 2019 in a friendly against Honduras in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. And he scored his first goal for the National Team in the 2019 Copa America, in a 1-1 tie with Argentina on June 19, 2019.[4]

International goals
Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.19 June 2019Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Argentina1–01–12019 Copa América

Honours

Individual

References
  1. "Paraguay - R. Sánchez - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  2. "Richard Sánchez". Fichajes.com. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
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  4. "Lionel Messi penalty salvages Copa América point for Argentina". Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2019.


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