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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Leonel Sánchez
| image = Leonel Sánchez (2) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Sánchez in 1959
| fullname = Leonel Guillermo Sánchez Lineros
| height = 1.74 m
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|04|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Santiago, Chile|Santiago]], [[Presidential Republic (1925–1973)|Chile]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|04|02|1936|04|25|df=yes}}
| death_place = Santiago, Chile
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Left forward]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1953–1969
| clubs1 = [[Club Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]]
| caps1 = 386
| goals1 = 159
| years2 = 1963
| clubs2 = → [[AC Milan]] (loan)
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1969–1970
| clubs3 = [[Colo-Colo]]
| caps3 = 31
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 1971–1972
| clubs4 = [[Palestino]]
| caps4 = 15
| goals4 = 10
| years5 = 1972–1973
| clubs5 = [[C.D. Ferroviarios de Chile|Ferroviarios]]
| caps5 = 11
| goals5 = 7
| totalcaps = 443
| totalgoals = 178
| manageryears1 = 1985–1986
| managerclubs1 = [[Club Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]]
| manageryears2 = 1987
| managerclubs2 = [[Club Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]]
| nationalyears1 = 1955–1968
| nationalteam1 = [[Chile national football team|Chile]]
| nationalcaps1 = 85
| nationalgoals1 = 24
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|CHI}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962 Chile]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1956 South American Championship|1956 Uruguay]]|}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1967 South American Championship|1967 Uruguay]]|}}
}}
'''Leonel Sánchez''' (25 April 1936 – 2 April 2022) was a [[Chile]]an [[Association football|football]] player. He played for [[Chile national football team|Chile national team]] from 1955 until 1968.

Sánchez died of [[pulmonary fibrosis]] on 2 April 2022 in [[Santiago, Chile]] at the age of 85.<ref>[https://www.24horas.cl/deportes/futbol-nacional/muere-leonel-sanchez-leyenda-de-la-roja-e-icono-del-ballet-azul-5245330 Muere Leonel Sánchez, leyenda de la Roja e ícono del 'Ballet Azul'] {{in lang|es}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="18"|[[C.F. Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]]
|1953
|rowspan="17"|[[Chilean Primera División]]
|4||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||4||1
|-
|1954||5||3||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||5||3
|-
|1955||33||14||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||33||14
|-
|1956||22||10||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||22||10
|-
|1957||21||14||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||21||14
|-
|1958||25||9||2||1||colspan="2"|–||27||10
|-
|1959||26||22||6||4||colspan="2"|–||32||26
|-
|1960||23||10||colspan="2"|–||2||0||25||10
|-
|1961||24||6||2||0||colspan="2"|–||26||6
|-
|1962||32||19||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||32||19
|-
|1963||27||11||colspan="2"|–||3||0||30||11
|-
|1964||24||5||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||24||5
|-
|1965||30||15||colspan="2"|–||4||0||34||15
|-
|1966||19||8||colspan="2"|–||5||2||24||10
|-
|1967||34||6||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||34||6
|-
|1968||27||6||colspan="2"|–||1||0||28||6
|-
|1969||10||0||1||1||colspan="2"|–||11||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!386!!159!!11!!6!!15!!2!!412!!167
|-
|[[Colo Colo]]
|1970
|Chilean Primera División
|31||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||31||2
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
!417!!161!!11!!6!!15!!2!!443!!169
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/lsanchez-intl.html|title=Leonel Sánchez - International Appearances}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="14"|[[Chile national football team|Chile]]
|1955||2||0
|-
|1956||9||2
|-
|1957||7||0
|-
|1958||0||0
|-
|1959||9||3
|-
|1960||10||2
|-
|1961||8||6
|-
|1962||7||4
|-
|1963||1||5
|-
|1964||2||0
|-
|1965||10||0
|-
|1966||12||0
|-
|1967||5||1
|-
|1968||3||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!85!!24
|}

:''Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sánchez goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Leonel Sánchez<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solofutbol.cl/seleccion%20chilena/jugadores%20seleccion%20chilena%20S/sanchez,%20leonel.html|title=Leonel Sanchez}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 24 January 1956 || [[Montevideo]], Uruguay || {{fb|BRA}} || || align="center"|4–1 || [[1956 South American Championship]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 9 February 1956 || Montevideo, Uruguay || {{fb|PER}} || || align="center"|4–3 || 1956 South American Championship
|-
| align="center"|3 || 11 March 1959 || [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina || {{fb|PAR}} || || align="center"|1–2 || [[1959 South American Championship (Argentina)]]
|-
| align="center"|4 || 26 March 1959 || Buenos Aires, Argentina || {{fb|BOL}} || || align="center"|5–2 || 1959 South American Championship (Argentina)
|-
| align="center"|5 || 18 November 1959 || [[Santiago]], Chile || {{fb|ARG}} || || align="center"|4–2 || Friendly match
|-
| align="center"|6 || rowspan="2"|5 June 1960 || rowspan="2"|Montevideo, Uruguay || rowspan="2"|{{fb|URU}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–2 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|7
|-
| align="center"|8 || rowspan="2"|19 March 1961 || rowspan="2"|Santiago, Chile || rowspan="2"|{{fb|PER}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–2 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|9
|-
| align="center"|10 || rowspan="2"|26 March 1961 || rowspan="2"|Santiago, Chile || rowspan="2"|{{fb|West Germany}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–1 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|11
|-
| align="center"|12 || rowspan="2"|9 December 1961 || rowspan="2"|Santiago, Chile || rowspan="2"|{{fb|HUN}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|5–1 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|13
|-
| align="center"|14 || rowspan="2"|30 May 1962 || rowspan="2"|Santiago, Chile || rowspan="2"|{{fb|SUI}} || || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–1 || rowspan="2"|[[1962 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|15
|-
| align="center"|16 || 10 June 1962 || [[Arica]], Chile || {{fb|URS}} || || align="center"|2–1 || 1962 FIFA World Cup
|-
| align="center"|17 || 13 June 1962 || Santiago, Chile || {{fb|BRA}} || || align="center"|2–4 || 1962 FIFA World Cup
|-
| align="center"|18 || 16 May 1965 || Montevideo, Uruguay || {{fb|URU}} || || align="center"|1–1 || Copa Juan Pinto Durán
|-
| align="center"|19 || 21 July 1965 || Santiago, Chile || {{fb|ARG}} || || align="center"|1–1 || Copa Carlos Dittborn
|-
| align="center"|20 || 1 August 1965 || Santiago, Chile || {{fb|COL}} || || align="center"|7–2 || [[1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL – Group 2)|1966 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|21 || 22 August 1965 || Santiago, Chile || {{fb|ECU}} || || align="center"|3–1 || 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|22 || 12 October 1965 || [[Lima]], Perú || {{fb|ECU}} || || align="center"|2–1 || 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|23 || 13 December 1967 || Santiago, Chile || {{fb|HUN}} || || align="center"|4–5 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|24 || 27 August 1968 || [[Ciudad de México]], México || {{fb|MEX}} || || align="center"|1-3 || Friendly
|}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Chile Squad 1962 World Cup}}
{{Chile Squad 1966 World Cup}}


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