Hugo Sánchez
Mexican footballer and manager (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Born
- 11 July 1958
- Position
- Forward
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1976–1997
Clubs Pumas UNAM · San Diego Sockers · Atlético Madrid · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol · Club América · Rayo Vallecano · Atlante F.C. · FC Linz · LASK Linz · FC Dallas · Club Celaya · Atlético Celaya
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
711
Club league goals
403
International caps
58
International goals
29
League goals / match
0.57
International goals / cap
0.50
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumas UNAMClub | 1976–1981 | League | 188 | 97 |
| Mexico men's national football teamNational team | 1977–1994 | Full caps | 58 | 29 |
| San Diego SockersClub | 1979–1980 | League | 32 | 26 |
| Atlético MadridClub | 1981–1985 | League | 111 | 54 |
| Real Madrid Club de FútbolClub | 1985–1992 | League | 207 | 164 |
| Club AméricaClub | 1992–1993 | League | 29 | 11 |
| Rayo VallecanoClub | 1993–1994 | League | 29 | 16 |
| Atlante F.C.Club | 1994–1995 | League | 31 | 13 |
| FC LinzClub | 1995–1996 | League | 20 | 6 |
| LASK LinzClub | 1995–1996 | League | 20 | 6 |
| FC DallasClub | 1996 | League | 20 | 6 |
| Atlético CelayaClub | 1997 | League | 12 | 2 |
| Club CelayaClub | 1997 | League | 12 | 2 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×5
La Liga
Domestic
- 1985–86 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1986–87 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1987–88 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1988–89 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1989–90 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
- ×1
European Golden Shoe
Performance award · European Sports Media
- 1990
Career timeline
1976
- Joins Pumas UNAM — Until 1981
1977
- Senior international debut: Mexico men's national football team — Until 1994
1979
- Joins San Diego Sockers (loan) — Until 1980
1981
- Joins Atlético Madrid — Until 1985
1985
- Joins Real Madrid Club de Fútbol — Until 1992
1986
- La Liga winner — 1985–86 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
1987
- La Liga winner — 1986–87 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
1988
- La Liga winner — 1987–88 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
1989
- La Liga winner — 1988–89 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
1990
- European Golden Shoe — 1990(provisional)
- La Liga winner — 1989–90 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
1992
- Joins Club América — Until 1993
1993
- Joins Rayo Vallecano — Until 1994
1994
- Joins Atlante F.C. — Until 1995
1995
- Joins FC Linz — Until 1996
- Joins LASK Linz — Until 1996
1996
- Joins FC Dallas — Until 1996
1997
- Joins Atlético Celaya — Until 1997
- Joins Club Celaya — Until 1997
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
39.3
Rank #85
Partially verified4/5 categories with full evidence · 0% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence35.6+10.68 points
- Best window
- 1986–1990
- Individual award points in window
- 4
- Award availability in window
- 0.413
- Team honor points in window
- 15
- Peak index
- 15.5
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence52.4+13.09 points
- League goals per match
- 0.567 → 63.69
- International goals per cap
- 0.5 → 61
- International caps per year
- 3.22 → 33.33
Individual accoladesLimited evidence14.0+2.80 points
- Contemporary award points
- 4
- Award availability coverage
- 0.457
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 8
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
- European Golden Shoe (1990)
- 4
Only 46% of the modern award opportunity existed for this player's career; contemporary points are scaled by at most 1/0.5 (floor) to limit extrapolation.
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence35.0+5.25 points
- Team honor points
- 15
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.636
- La Liga (1985–86)
- 3
- La Liga (1986–87)
- 3
- La Liga (1987–88)
- 3
- La Liga (1988–89)
- 3
- La Liga (1989–90)
- 3
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence75.3+7.53 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 22 → 100
- Documented elite seasons
- 5 → 45
- International career length (years)
- 18 → 100
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Hugo Sánchez (Q487155)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Hugo Sánchez 1988 (cropped).jpgCC BY-SA 3.0 nl · retrieved 27 October 2026