# Matías Sánchez (footballer, born 1996)

Matías Santiago Sánchez (born 5 July 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mitre.

## Career
### Club

Sánchez began his senior career with Chacarita Juniors. He made his professional debut on 21 March 2012 in a Copa Argentina match against Gimnasia y Esgrima. He featured once in Primera B Metropolitana in 2012–13 before not playing for the first-team again until February 2015. He had a loan spell with River Plate in 2014. After returning to Charcarita, he scored his first professional goal in a 3–2 defeat to Estudiantes in November 2015. In total, Sánchez made sixteen appearances and scored once for Chacarita by the end of 2015. In January 2016, Sánchez completed a two-season loan move to Lanús.
He failed to feature until midway through the 2016–17 season, during which he made seven appearances and scored one goal.

### International

Sánchez played eleven times and scored four goals for the Argentina U17s. He scored two goals in five games at the 2013 South American Under-17 Football Championship as Argentina won the tournament, while he also scored twice in six matches during the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates as Argentina placed 4th. He also won two caps for the U20 team at the 2014 L'Alcúdia International Football Tournament.

## Career statistics

    As of 8 September 2018.
Club statistics :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Chacarita Juniors | 2011–12 | Primera B Nacional | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chacarita Juniors | 2012–13 | Primera B Metropolitana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chacarita Juniors | 2013–14 | Primera B Metropolitana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chacarita Juniors | 2014 | Primera B Metropolitana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chacarita Juniors | 2015 | Primera B Nacional | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| Chacarita Juniors | 2016 | Primera B Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chacarita Juniors | 2016–17 | Primera B Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chacarita Juniors | 2017–18 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chacarita Juniors | 2018–19 | Primera B Nacional | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chacarita Juniors | Total | Total | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| River Plate (loan) | 2014 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lanús (loan) | 2016 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lanús (loan) | 2016–17 | Primera División | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| Lanús (loan) | 2017–18 | Primera División | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Lanús (loan) | Total | Total | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 30 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 |
* ↑ Includes the Copa Argentina
* ↑ Includes the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
* ↑ One appearance in 2017 Copa Libertadores

## Honours
### Argentina U17

* South American Under-17 Football Championship: 2013