Lawrie Sanchez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lawrence Philip Sanchez | ||
| Date of birth | 22 October 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Lambeth, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1974–? | Southampton | ||
| Thatcham Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1984 | Reading | 261 | (28) |
| 1984–1994 | Wimbledon | 270 | (33) |
| 1994 | Swindon Town | 8 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Sligo Rovers | ||
| National team | |||
| 1986–1989 | Northern Ireland | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1994–1995 | Sligo Rovers | ||
| 1999–2003 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||
| 2004–2007 | Northern Ireland | ||
| 2007 | Fulham | ||
| 2011–2012 | Barnet | ||
| 2013–2014 | Apollon Smyrni | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Lawrence Philip "Lawrie" Sanchez (born 22 October 1959) is a Northern Irish football manager and former international football player.
The defining moment of his playing career came in the 1988 FA Cup Final, when he scored the winning goal for Wimbledon against Liverpool, producing one of the biggest Cup upsets.
Career highlights as a manager include taking Wycombe Wanderers on a memorable F.A. Cup run that climaxed in a semi-final against Liverpool and driving Northern Ireland from a FIFA ranking of 124th to 27th; a period during which he notched up notable results against England, Spain, Denmark, Sweden and Portugal.
Sanchez was born in London, the son of an Ecuadorian father and a Northern Irish mother. He was educated at Presentation College, a grammar school in Reading, Berkshire, and went on to take a BSc degree in management science at Loughborough University while a Reading F.C. player. He was married to Heather, who died of cancer in 1998; the couple had a son, Jack. In 2004, Sanchez became patron of a Northern Ireland-based cancer charity.
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