Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo

Manolo Sanchís

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Personal information
Full name	Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo
Date of birth	(1965-05-23) 23 May 1965
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Sweeper
Youth career
1979–1983	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1984	Castilla	10	(2)
1983–2001	Real Madrid	523	(33)
Total		533	(35)
International career
1983	Spain U18	6	(1)
1983–1986	Spain U21	16	(0)
1986–1987	Spain U23	2	(0)
1986–1992	Spain	48	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sanchís and the second or maternal family name is Hontiyuelo.

Manuel 'Manolo' Sanchís Hontiyuelo (born 23 May 1965) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a sweeper.

A part of the famous Quinta del Buitre which stemmed from the Real Madrid youth ranks, he was the only of its five members to play his entire career for the capital side. His father, Manuel Sanchís Martínez, also played for Real Madrid, and both were Spanish internationals.

Sanchís appeared in more than 700 official games for his only club, and represented the national team in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Club career

A product of Real Madrid's prolific youth system, Madrid-born Sanchís made his debut with the first team on 4 December 1983, scoring the game's only goal at Real Murcia and finishing his debut season with a further 17 appearances (and two goals) for the main squad.

During the following 15 years Sanchís only appeared in less than 30 matches in two, and was instrumental in the Merengues' several conquests, including six La Liga championships, two UEFA Champions League and two UEFA Cups. In the 1999–2000 campaign he featured sparingly, but still helped to the club's eighth European Cup, playing 11 minutes in the final against fellow Spanish side Valencia CF in a 3–0 win.

Sanchís retired in 2001 at the age of 36, having appeared in 710 overall games for his only club – 523 of those in the league – while also captaining it during 13 years.

International career

After excelling with the under-21s, with which he won the 1986 UEFA European Championship, Sanchís made his senior debut that same year, on 12 November, in a UEFA Euro 1988 qualifier against Romania (1–0 win).

He went on to gain 48 full caps, appearing at both Euro 1988 and the 1990 FIFA World Cup. His last match was a friendly with the United States on 11 March 1992.

Honours

Club

• La Liga: 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01
• Copa del Rey: 1988–89, 1992–93
• Copa de la Liga: 1984–85
• Supercopa de España: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1997
• UEFA Champions League: 1997–98, 1999–2000
• UEFA Cup: 1984–85, 1985–86
• Intercontinental Cup: 1998
• Copa Iberoamericana: 1994
• UEFA Super Cup: Runner-up 1998, 2000

Country

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 1986

Individual

• Don Balón Award – Spanish Footballer of the Year: 1989–90

See also

• List of one-club men

External links

• Manuel Sanchís profile at BDFutbol
• National team data (Spanish)
• Real Madrid biography
• Sanchís.html Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo at National-Football-Teams.com
• Manuel Sanchís – FIFA competition record

Sporting positions
Preceded by Chendo	Real Madrid captain 1993–2001	Succeeded by Fernando Hierro