Oswaldo Sánchez
Sánchez playing for Santos Laguna in 2012
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| Full name | Oswaldo Javier Sánchez Ibarra | |||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | September 21, 1973 | |||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Atlas | 81 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | América | 76 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| 1999–2007 | Guadalajara | 272 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| 2007–2014 | Santos Laguna | 296 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 725 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
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| 1993 | Mexico U20 | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| 1996–2011 | Mexico | 99 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
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Oswaldo Javier Sánchez Ibarra (Spanish 
[ozˈβaldo ˈsantʃes] ; born September 21, 1973) is a former Mexican footballer, who played as a goalkeeper. Sánchez is highly regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in Mexican football history. He has 99 caps for Mexico. He was on the cover of the North American edition of FIFA Football 2005.
Oswaldo Sánchez debuted as a substitute when the starting keeper was injured with Club Atlas at the age of 20 on October 30, 1993 against CD Veracruz where the teams tied the game at 1–1. Two years after his debut, he was a starter on the team and led Atlas to the Quarterfinals where they were eliminated by CD Veracruz. In the summer of 1996, Sánchez was transferred to Club América. The following season, Sánchez was benched and replaced as goalkeeper by Hugo Pineda. Sánchez played three out of 19 games, including the quarterfinals where América was eliminated by Monarcas Morelia. The following season, Sánchez went back into the starting line-up and led América. In the summer of 1999, Sánchez left América for rival Chivas de Guadalajara.
At Guadalajara, Sánchez became the team's captain. Sánchez became a key player to Chivas along with other players. This was during the time when Guadalajara were at their best. Sánchez's extraordinary goalkeeping skills and leadership helped Guadalajara reach the finals of the Clausura 2004 season, but Chivas ultimately lost to UNAM via penalty-shootout. Eventually, Sánchez captured his long-awaited league title with Guadalajara during the Apertura 2006 season. Sánchez scored a goal in the 2000 Copa Merconorte match against Club Deportivo El Nacional of Ecuador.
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