Ricard Sánchez Sendra (born 22 February 2000) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Sant Jaume dels Domenys Sant Jaume dels Domenys () is a village in the province of Tarragona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. Notable residents * Marc Bartra, professional footballer who currently plays for Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Rea ...

Tarragona Tarragona (, ; ) is a coastal city and municipality in Catalonia (Spain). It is the capital and largest town of Tarragonès county, the Camp de Tarragona region and the province of Tarragona. Geographically, it is located on the Costa Daurada ar ...

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, Sánchez joined

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...

La Masia La Masia de Can Planes, usually shortened to La Masia (; ), is FC Barcelona's youth academy. It includes more than 300 young players and has been an instrumental factor in Barcelona's European success, producing several world class players and ...

in 2013, from

Gimnàstic de Tarragona Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona, commonly known as Gimnàstic Tarragona or sometimes just Nàstic, is a Spanish sports club based in Tarragona, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Its football team plays in . The club was founded in 1886 an ...

. He left the club in 2017, and played briefly for

CD Toledo Club Deportivo Toledo, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Toledo, Spain, Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1928 it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Salto del Cab ...

before joining

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

in 2018. After making his senior debut with the reserves in

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

, Sánchez made his first team debut on 16 December 2020, starting and scoring the second in a 3–0

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

win against

CE Cardassar Club Esportiu Cardassar is a Spanish football team based in the town of Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 1924, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Es Moleter'', with a capacity of 1,0 ...

. He made his professional – and

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– debut the following 20 February, in a 0–2 home defeat against

Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 6 September 1909, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025– ...

. On 31 August 2021, Sánchez signed a four-year deal with fellow top tier side

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol (), known simply as Granada or ''"Graná"'', is a professional List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that currently plays in Segunda ...

, and was immediately loaned to

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

for the season.

International career

Sánchez is a former Spanish youth international. He was part of Spanish squad which won

2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship The 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2019) was the 18th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (68th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth associ ...

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

Granada *

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International

Spain U19 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez, Ricard 2000 births Living people People from Baix Penedès Footballers from the Province of Tarragona Men's association football defenders Spanish men's footballers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Atlético Madrid footballers Atlético Madrid B players Granada CF footballers CD Lugo players Spain men's youth international footballers Spain men's under-21 international footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen