Alexis Sánchez

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Alexis Alejandro Sánchez Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈleksis ˈsantʃes]; born 19 December 1988), also known mononymously as Alexis, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a winger or a striker for Major League Soccer club CF Montréal and the Chile national team. He is regarded as one of the best forwards of his generation and one of the greatest Chilean players of all time. He is also one of the few footballers to have made at least 1,000 competitive appearances (the first Chilean to achieve the feat, since the time matches are recorded). Dubbed "El Niño Maravilla" (The Wonderboy), Sánchez began his senior club career playing for Cobreloa, aged 15, and signed with Udinese in 2006, aged 18; he won consecutive league titles while on loan to Colo-Colo and River Plate. Sánchez was the subject of a record association football transfer when he signed for Barcelona in 2011 in a transfer worth €37.5 million, becoming the most expensive Chilean player of all time. There, Sánchez...

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