Ángel Sánchez Baró (born 28 July 1997) is a Spanish

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who plays as a winger for

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Football career

Born in

Palma, Majorca Palma (, ; ), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of M ...

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, Sánchez was a

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...

youth graduate. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 21 April 2014, coming on as a late substitute for Brandon in a 3–1

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away win against CD Atlético Rafal. On 19 December 2015 Sánchez scored his first senior goals, as well as his first

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, netting four times in a 5–1 home routing of

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. He contributed with 19 appearances and five goals during the campaign, as his side achieved promotion to the

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. On 6 January 2017 Sánchez made his first-team debut, replacing fellow youth graduate

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in a 2–0 home win against

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in the

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. On 14 May 2018 Sánchez had a trial with Liverpool U23s scoring the winning goal against Panjab FA. On 9 July, he signed a two-year deal with another

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of the third division.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez, Angel 1997 births Living people Footballers from Palma de Mallorca Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Segunda División players Primera Federación players Segunda División B players Segunda Federación players Tercera División players RCD Mallorca B players RCD Mallorca players RCD Espanyol B footballers CF Badalona players Salamanca CF UDS players Barakaldo CF footballers CD Tudelano footballers CD Alcoyano footballers CD Eldense footballers SD Logroñés players San Fernando CD players Ourense CF players 21st-century Spanish sportsmen