Héctor Sánchez Cabrera (born 31 March 1985) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
Club career Sánchez was born in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands.Héctor Sánchez cuelga las botas (Héctor Sánchez hangs up his boots); Diario AS, 1 August 2023 (in Spanish) A product of CD Tenerife's youth system, he made his first-team debut in 2004–05 in the Segunda División,Héctor se centra en su propósito de hacerse un hueco en el equipo (Héctor committed to goal of earning a spot in the team); El Día, 24 July 2008 (in Spanish) then made a further 57 league appearances over the next four seasons, including 19 in 2008–09 to help the club return to La Liga after seven years (21 in all competitions).Once años del último ascenso a Primera División (Eleventh anniversary of last promotion to Primera División); Vavel, 13 June 2020 (in Spanish)
In the following campaign, Sánchez made his top-flight debut when he played seven minutes in a 2–1 home win against Sporting de Gijón on 6 December 2009,Tenerife complete turnaround ; ESPN Soccernet, 6 December 2009Héctor Sánchez: "Viví el debut soñado en Primera división" (Héctor Sánchez: "I had a dream debut in Primera división"); Marca, 8 December 2009 (in Spanish) but featured sparingly overall – seven of his 11 matches came in the last rounds – as his team was immediately relegated.Héctor Sánchez: “Se me ha ofrecido seguir y ésa es mi intención” (Héctor Sánchez: "I was offered an extension and I'm planning on accepting it"); CD Tenerife, 21 May 2010 (in Spanish)
On 19 June 2011, Sánchez signed for Videoton FC in Hungary.Hector Sanchez Cabrera Sousa első igazolása (Héctor Sánchez Cabrera is Sousa's first bet); Videoton FC, 19 June 2011 (in Hungarian) Having returned to his country after nearly two years of inactivity, he resumed his career in the lower leagues,El Deportivo Palencia presenta cinco nuevos jugadores (Deportivo Palencia present five new players); El Norte de Castilla, 16 August 2016 (in Spanish)La SD Amorebieta suple a Aurtenetxe con Héctor Sánchez (SD Amorebieta replace Aurtenetxe with Héctor Sánchez); El Desmarque, 2 September 2017 (in Spanish) retiring in August 2023 aged 38.
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupEuropeTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsTenerife2007–0860200000802008–091902000002102009–10110000000110Total360400000400Villarreal B2010–119000000090Total9000000090Videoton2011–121405080202902012–13150103000190Total2906011020480 Career totals74010011020970
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External links
Stats at HLSZ