Editing Hugo Sánchez (section)

===UNAM===
As a teenager, Sánchez played for the Mexico national team at the [[Football at the Summer Olympics|1976 Summer Olympics]]. Having already played in over 80 international matches, Sánchez signed as a youth player at the age of 18 for [[Club Universidad Nacional|Pumas de la UNAM]], a professional team representing Mexico's [[UNAM|national university]], where he completed a degree in [[Dentistry]] while playing for the first team.<ref name="Simolo">{{cite web |last=Simolo |first=Gemma |date=7 December 2013 |title=Hugo Sánchez – 'Niño de Oro' |url=http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/89331/hugo-sanchez-nino-de-oro/ |publisher=Inside Spanish Football |access-date=7 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208143825/http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/89331/hugo-sanchez-nino-de-oro/ |archive-date=8 December 2013 }}</ref> Later that year, UNAM managed to win its first championship in the Primera División. Two years later, he became the league's top-scorer with 26 goals.

In 1979, UNAM agreed to exchange players during the off-season with the [[San Diego Sockers (1978–96)|San Diego Sockers]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]]. He played in the NASL during the summer and in the Mexican league during the fall, winter and spring. UNAM loaned Sánchez to the Sockers in 1979 and 1980 where he became a prolific striker for the Sockers, averaging nearly a goal a game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Against the Tide: The Story of Hugo Sanchez and Soccer in San Diego |url=http://www.soccernation.com/against-the-tide-the-story-of-hugo-sanchez-and-soccer-in-san-diego/ |website=SoccerNation.com |date=18 December 2015 |access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref>

Sánchez's five seasons with UNAM were during the team's golden years. In 1980–81, his last season with the club, Sánchez and UNAM won its second league championship, a [[CONCACAF Champions Cup]] and a [[Copa Interamericana]]. During his five years with UNAM, Sánchez scored 104 goals in 200 appearances.

With Hugo's exemplary performances in the [[Toulon Tournament|Toulon tournament]] and 1975 Cannes Youth Tournament, he earned his nickname '''''Niño de Oro''''' which translates to Golden boy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Rhett |date=2021-09-07 |title=Hugo Sánchez: Few Center Forwards Can Match His Records |url=https://historyofsoccer.info/hugo-sanchez |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=History Of Soccer |language=en-us}}</ref>