Víctor Sánchez

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Víctor Sánchez
Full name	Víctor Sánchez del Amo
Date of birth	February 23 1976 (1976-02-23) (age 32)
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Right midfielder
Club information
Current club	Elche CF
Number	23
Youth clubs
1994–1995 1995-1996	Real Madrid C Real Madrid B
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-1998 1998-1999 1999-2006 2006-2007 2007-current	Real Madrid Racing Santander Deportivo La Coruña Panathinaikos FC Elche CF	65 (7) 35 (12) 190 (26) 4 (0) 6 (1)
National team²
2000-2002	Spain	8 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01/10/2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 01/10/2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Víctor Sánchez del Amo (born 23 February 1976 in Madrid), commonly known as Víctor, is a Spanish football midfielder. His crossing ability is among the qualities which brought him international recognition with Spain and especially Real Madrid, with which Víctor won the 1997-98 Champions League. Being a product of the famous Real Madrid CF youth system, Víctor had to leave his hometown club to build on a glittering career as a Spanish junior international. His first port of call after Madrid was Racing Santander, where he registered 12 goals in the 1998-99 season to earn a move to Deportivo La Coruña. In 1999-2000 he missed just one league match as Deportivo won the Spanish Primera title - their first - scoring four goals. It was as creator rather than scorer, however, that Víctor impressed in the UEFA Champions League 2001-02, a season which saw the Galicians win the Copa del Rey. He helped Depor to a third-place finish in 2002-03 with four goals in 30 games, while also chipping in with a couple in the Champions League, prior to the club's second group stage elimination. In 2003-04, he enjoyed his best return in front of goal, seven in 21 Primera División games, including a hat-trick against Celta de Vigo, as Deportivo finished third behind Valencia CF and FC Barcelona. Víctor failed to score, though, in a Champions League campaign which concluded with a semi-final loss to FC Porto. In his last season, Deportivo would finish ninth in the league and Víctor was not offered a new contract, a decision helped by the fact he had recently been injured. On August 3 2006, Víctor signed a 2-year contract with Greek giants Panathinaikos FC for about €1.5 million per year, being one of the most reputed transfers in Greece that season. However, he appeared in only four league games the whole season and in October 2007, he returned home to Spain, signing a one-year deal with Segunda División club Elche CF. He spent the first months of the new season training on his own.