Carlos Sánchez García

For other people of the same name, see Carlos Sánchez (disambiguation).

Carlos Sánchez

File:Carlitos Castellón.JPG Sánchez before a game with Castellón in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Sánchez García
Date of birth	(1978-01-19) 19 January 1978
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Leganés
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1999	Leganés B
1999–2000	Real Madrid C
2000–2003	Real Madrid B	97	(0)
2001–2006	Real Madrid	1	(0)
2004–2005	→ Poli Ejido (loan)	5	(0)
2005–2006	→ Almería (loan)	3	(0)
2006–2010	Castellón	75	(0)
2010–2011	Puerta Bonita	34	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is García.

Carlos Sánchez García (born 19 January 1978 in Madrid) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Football career

A graduate of local CD Leganés' youth system, Sánchez signed with La Liga giants Real Madrid in 1999, being first-choice for both its B and C-sides. Benefitting from forced absences to Iker Casillas and César Sánchez he appeared once for the first team, a 1–1 away draw against RCD Mallorca on 23 December 2001.

Nothing more than a third-string player for the club, Sánchez would be loaned from 2004 to 2006, spending two seasons in the second division, with Polideportivo Ejido and UD Almería, both in Andalusia, where he also featured very rarely.

However, for the 2006–07 campaign, already a free agent, Sánchez joined another team in that level, CD Castellón, and was an undisputed starter in his second year as the side finished fifth. He was also awarded the Ricardo Zamora Trophy for the category, after only 27 goals conceded in 33 games.

In the 2010 summer, following Castellón's relegation, 32-year-old Carlos returned to the Community of Madrid, signing with amateurs CD Puerta Bonita.

External links

• Carlos Sánchez profile at BDFutbol
• Carlos Sánchez at Soccerway

• Sin liderato (No first place); Mundo Deportivo, 24 December 2001 (Spanish)
• Los premios MARCA, fiesta del fútbol español (The MARCA awards, a celebration of Spanish football); Marca, 6 October 2008 (Spanish)