Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wilson José Sanches Leal [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | April 15, 1985||
Place of birth | Setúbal, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Viry-Châtillon | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Viry-Châtillon | ||
– | Cannes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2002–2004 | Cannes | 1 | (0) |
2004–2009 | Créteil | 38 | (0) |
2006–2007 | → Cherbourg (loan) | 25 | (2) |
2009–2010 | Drancy | ||
2010–2011 | Villemomble | 11 | (0) |
2012– | Viry-Châtillon | 22 | (0) |
International career | |||
2001–2002 | Portugal U17 | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 1, 2013 |
Wilson José Sanches Leal (born April 15, 1985) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Viry-Châtillon. He previously played club football for Cannes, Créteil, for whom he made 17 appearances in Ligue 2, Cherbourg, Drancy and Villemomble. In international football, he represented Portugal at under-17 level.
Sanches Leal was born in Setúbal, Portugal, but raised in the Grigny suburb of Paris. [3] After his professional football career ended, he started a building firm in Paris. [4] [5]
Sanches Leal began his football career as a youngster with his local club, Viry-Châtillon, [6] before joining the youth system of Cannes. While with Cannes, he won six caps for Portugal at under-17 level, [1] which included all three of Portugal's group matches at the 2002 UEFA Under-17 Championships. [7] He played once for the club's first team in the Championnat National (the third tier of French football) [8] before returning to the Paris area in summer 2004 where he joined Créteil, primarily as a backup player. [9]
He made his Ligue 2 debut on July 29, 2005, as a second-half substitute in a 3–2 victory over Caen. [10] Over the 2005–06 season, he appeared in seventeen Ligue 2 matches, and was rewarded with his first professional contract. [11] Sanches Leal spent the following season on loan at Cherbourg, where he scored twice from 25 appearances in the Championnat National. [8] A groin injury sustained shortly before the end of the season kept him out until December 2007, when he returned to action with Créteil's reserves. [12] He made two assists on his return to the first team – who had been relegated in his absence – in January, [6] and finished the season with 13 league appearances. He played only infrequently in 2008–09, [8] and left the club at the end of the season.
After a trial, [13] he signed for Drancy, bottom of the Championnat de France amateur (CFA). [14] The new blood helped Drancy retain their fourth-tier status, and Sanches Leal moved sideways, to Villemomble. [15] In January 2011, he walked out of the stadium before the start of a match against Noisy to express his unhappiness at being omitted from the starting eleven. [16] He did not play for the club again, [2] only returning to football in June 2012 after more than a year out, when he signed for CFA club Viry-Châtillon, for whom he had played as a youngster. [3] [6]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Wilson José Sanches Leal [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | April 15, 1985||
Place of birth | Setúbal, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Viry-Châtillon | ||
Youth career | |||
– | Viry-Châtillon | ||
– | Cannes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2002–2004 | Cannes | 1 | (0) |
2004–2009 | Créteil | 38 | (0) |
2006–2007 | → Cherbourg (loan) | 25 | (2) |
2009–2010 | Drancy | ||
2010–2011 | Villemomble | 11 | (0) |
2012– | Viry-Châtillon | 22 | (0) |
International career | |||
2001–2002 | Portugal U17 | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 1, 2013 |
Wilson José Sanches Leal (born April 15, 1985) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Viry-Châtillon. He previously played club football for Cannes, Créteil, for whom he made 17 appearances in Ligue 2, Cherbourg, Drancy and Villemomble. In international football, he represented Portugal at under-17 level.
Sanches Leal was born in Setúbal, Portugal, but raised in the Grigny suburb of Paris. [3] After his professional football career ended, he started a building firm in Paris. [4] [5]
Sanches Leal began his football career as a youngster with his local club, Viry-Châtillon, [6] before joining the youth system of Cannes. While with Cannes, he won six caps for Portugal at under-17 level, [1] which included all three of Portugal's group matches at the 2002 UEFA Under-17 Championships. [7] He played once for the club's first team in the Championnat National (the third tier of French football) [8] before returning to the Paris area in summer 2004 where he joined Créteil, primarily as a backup player. [9]
He made his Ligue 2 debut on July 29, 2005, as a second-half substitute in a 3–2 victory over Caen. [10] Over the 2005–06 season, he appeared in seventeen Ligue 2 matches, and was rewarded with his first professional contract. [11] Sanches Leal spent the following season on loan at Cherbourg, where he scored twice from 25 appearances in the Championnat National. [8] A groin injury sustained shortly before the end of the season kept him out until December 2007, when he returned to action with Créteil's reserves. [12] He made two assists on his return to the first team – who had been relegated in his absence – in January, [6] and finished the season with 13 league appearances. He played only infrequently in 2008–09, [8] and left the club at the end of the season.
After a trial, [13] he signed for Drancy, bottom of the Championnat de France amateur (CFA). [14] The new blood helped Drancy retain their fourth-tier status, and Sanches Leal moved sideways, to Villemomble. [15] In January 2011, he walked out of the stadium before the start of a match against Noisy to express his unhappiness at being omitted from the starting eleven. [16] He did not play for the club again, [2] only returning to football in June 2012 after more than a year out, when he signed for CFA club Viry-Châtillon, for whom he had played as a youngster. [3] [6]