Joel Sánchez (Mexican footballer)

Joel Sánchez Ramos ( born August 17, 1974 in Guadalajara, Jalisco ) is a Mexican football player from the qualitative junior section of the Club Deportivo Guadalajara, where he began his professional career in 1995. He is also known by his nickname " El Tiburón " (The Shark).

Career

Joel Sánchez is considered one of the greatest talents that has spawned the youth department of Chivas Guadalajara in the 1990s. Although he basically acts as a central defender, he can be used anywhere in defense. He gives the defensive stability and security, but is also a prolific players. Despite his youth, he was one of the central pillars in the title of Guadalajara in 1997.

In 1999 he left the club and signed just with Chivas ' arch rival América. But in the summer of 2001, he came back. "I 'm a Chiva and always will be " In the next two years at Chivas he was promoted to captain and captain of the team. Loved and adored by the fans, he left the club in 2003 due to differences with the Chivas owner Jorge Vergara -.

Since then he changed his employer in an annual basis.

" El Tiburon " belonged to the squad of the Mexican national team in the 1998 World Cup in France and came in two group matches against Belgium and Holland used, which both ended in 2-2 draw. He also belonged to the squad of Mexicans in the U17 World Cup in 1991, at the U20 World Cup in 1993 and the Copa América in 1997 and 1999.

Achievements

• Mexican masters: Clausura 1997