Dávinson Sánchez

Davinson Sánchez is the kind of centre-back who makes you forget football can be a beautiful game — because watching him defend is its own kind of beauty. He grew up in Caloto, a small town in Colombia's Cauca department, and came through Atlético Nacional before Ajax snapped him up and immediately handed him the 2017 Player of the Year award, which tells you everything about the impact he made in Amsterdam. Tottenham paid big money for him and he spent years as one of the Premier League's most physically imposing defenders — powerful, aggressive, occasionally reckless in the best way. The move to Galatasaray felt like a reset, but watching him anchor a Turkish title challenge with that same ferocious intensity, I genuinely think he's one of the most underrated centre-backs of his generation.

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Name (English)

Dávinson Sánchez

Name (Japanese)

ダビンソン・サンチェス

Reading

だびんそん・さんちぇす

Born

June 12, 1996 (age 30)

Origin

Caloto, Cauca Department, Colombia

Height

188 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rat

Awards & achievements

• 2017 AFC Ajax–player of the year

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/daosanchez13/
• Xhttps://x.com/daosanchez26
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davinson%20S%C3%A1nchez
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20737387

Tags

• Cauca Department
• association football player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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