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My Take
Vicente Sánchez carries the unmistakable stamp of Uruguayan football: a small nation that punches absurdly above its weight. At 170 cm he was never going to overpower anyone, which tells me his game lived in technique, vision and cleverness, the South American virtues. What earns my respect is the clean handoff from player to manager. Plenty of gifted footballers drift away once the legs go; Sánchez stayed in the dugout, choosing to teach the sport rather than merely retire from it. I have a soft spot for these homegrown lifers who treat football as a vocation rather than a phase.
Overview
Vicente Martín Sánchez Bragunde (Spanish pronunciation: [biˈsente ˈsantʃes]; born 7 December 1979) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Vicente Sánchez
- Name (Japanese)
- ビセンテ・サンチェス
- Reading
- びせんて・さんちぇす
- Born
- December 7, 1979 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Goat
- Origin
- Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 170 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Uruguay →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.