Alexander Gustavo Sánchez Reyes (born 6 June 1984) is a Peruvian former professional

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who played as an

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Club career

Sánchez is a former

Alianza Lima Club Alianza Lima, more commonly known as simply Alianza Lima, is a Peru, Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District, Lima, La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. The club was founded under the name of Sport Alianza on February ...

youth club player that couldn't reach the first team, the then youth club manager Víctor Rivera helped him with some psychological assistance to prevent Alexander to depress for his relegation to the youth team. Finally he could reach the first team but didn't get a chance to play so he was loaned to promoted club José Gálvez FBC during the 2006 season. There he had a good season and when he returned with Alianza Lima and played in the first team. He played the first games in the first team and he was the best player in the Peruvian derby between Alianza Lima and

Universitario de Deportes Club Universitario de Deportes is a Peruvian sports club based in Lima, which has Association football, soccer as its main activity. It also has women's football, volleyball and basketball sections. The football team, popularly known as Universi ...

scoring one goal but after that he didn't play many matches. At the end of the season he signed for

GKS Bełchatów GKS Bełchatów is a Polish professional football club based in Bełchatów. The club currently competes in group I of the III liga. History GKS Bełchatów entered Poland's Klasa A in 1977 under the name of Węgiel Brunatny Bełchatów, and ...

in Poland. In September 2008, he announced that he signed a one-year contract with the club

International career

Sánchez has made twelve appearances for the

Peru national football team The Peru national football team (), nicknamed ''La Bicolor'', represents Peru in men's international football. The national team has been organised, since 1927, by the Federación Peruana de Fútbol (). It has been a member of FIFA since 1924 ...

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