After passing his medical examination, Alexis Sanchez officially signed his contract with Olympique de Marseille. Pablo Longoria achieves a spectacular blow with the recruitment of the Chilean international.
« Olympique de Marseille today announced the signing of Alexis Sánchez. Free of any contract, the Chilean international striker with 143 caps who won 17 trophies in his career signed up after the success of his medical examination. Born in Tocopilla (Chile) on December 19, 1988, he made his professional debut in 2005 with his training club, CD Cobreola.
Spotted by Udinese Calcio the following season, he was recruited by the Italian club and loaned for two years to continue to harden up. First at Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, the most popular club in his native country, then at River Plate, one of the most prestigious clubs on the South American continent.
In 2008-2009, return to Udinese to win. For three seasons, he played more than 100 games and finished best FIFA hope in 2011, ahead of Gareth Bale.
His performances in Calcio attracted the biggest European clubs and it was Pep Guardiola’s FC Barcelona who recruited “El Nino Maravilla” in July 2011.
With the “Blaugrana”, Alexis discovered the Champions League and won numerous trophies: La Liga, King’s Cup, Club World Cup, European Super Cup and Spanish Super Cup.
In total, he played more than 140 games for 47 achievements and in particular an impressive last season with 21 goals and 15 assists in 54 games in all competitions, before joining the Premier League.
In the summer of 2014, while playing the World Cup in Brazil with his national team (2 goals and 1 assist in 4 games) it was Arsenal who enlisted the Chilean striker.
With the Gunners, Alexis is regularly voted player of the month by the supporters. In addition, he finished 10th in the Ballon d’Or in 2015. In 3 and a half years, while the club’s seasons were rather disappointing, he continued to perform by scoring 80 goals and delivering 41 assists in 166 games. At the same time, he won the Copa América in 2015 and 2016 with “La Roja” and in 2017 became his country’s goalscorer ahead of Marcelo Salas.
He will leave London for Manchester United during the 2018 winter transfer window then Inter Milan in 2019. He actively participated in the Milanese club’s recent titles: Serie A and Italian Supercup in 2021, Italian Cup in 2022.
Scorer, passer, fast, agile and able to play in all positions in the offensive sector but also very present in pressing and in one-on-ones, the Chilean international is a world-class player with extensive experience at the very top. level.
OM are happy to welcome Alexis Sánchez to their squad to support their project ”, indicates theOlympic Marseille in a press release.
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