Editing Hugo Sánchez

{{Short description|Mexican footballer and manager (born 1958)}}
{{other people}}
{{family name hatnote|Sánchez|Márquez|lang=Spanish}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Hugo Sánchez
| fullname = Hugo Sánchez Márquez<ref name="RM">{{cite news |url=http://www.realmadrid.com/en/about-real-madrid/history/football-legends/hugo-sanchez |title=Hugo Sánchez |work=Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial |access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref>
| image = Huguito.jpg
| caption = Sánchez in 2008
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|7|11}}
| birth_place = [[Mexico City]], Mexico
| height = 1.74 m<ref>{{BDFutbol|1040}}</ref>
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]<ref name="RM" />
| youthclubs1 = [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]
| youthyears1 = 1972–1975
| clubs1 = [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]
| years1 = 1976–1982
| caps1 = 188
| goals1 = 97
| clubs2 = → [[San Diego Sockers (1978–1996)|San Diego Sockers]] (loan)
| years2 = 1979–1980
| caps2 = 32
| goals2 = 26
| years3 = 1981–1982
| clubs3 = → [[Atlético Madrid]] (loan)
| caps3 = 20
| goals3 = 8
| years4 = 1982–1985
| clubs4 = [[Atlético Madrid]]
| caps4 = 91
| goals4 = 46
| years5 = 1985–1992
| clubs5 = [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| caps5 = 207
| goals5 = 164
| years6 = 1992–1993
| clubs6 = [[Club América|América]]
| caps6 = 29
| goals6 = 11
| years7 = 1993–1994
| clubs7 = [[Rayo Vallecano]]
| caps7 = 29
| goals7 = 16
| years8 = 1994–1995
| clubs8 = [[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]
| caps8 = 31
| goals8 = 13
| years9 = 1995–1996
| clubs9 = [[FC Linz|Linz]]
| caps9 = 18
| goals9 = 6
| years10 = 1996
| clubs10 = [[FC Dallas|Dallas Burn]]
| caps10 = 23
| goals10 = 7
| years11 = 1997
| clubs11 = [[Atlético Celaya]]
| caps11 = 11
| goals11 = 2
| years12 = 1997
| clubs12 = [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| caps12 = 0
| goals12 = 0
| totalcaps = 679
| totalgoals = 396

| nationalteam1 = [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
| nationalyears1 = 1977–1998
| nationalcaps1 = 58<ref name="Mexico - Record International Players">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/mex-recintlp.html |title=Mexico - Record International Players |access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref>
| nationalgoals1 = 29
| manageryears1 = 2000
| managerclubs1 = [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]
| manageryears2 = 2000
| managerclubs2 = [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] (interim)
| manageryears3 = 2001–2005
| managerclubs3 = [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]
| manageryears4 = 2006
| managerclubs4 = [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]]
| manageryears5 = 2006–2008
| managerclubs5 = [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
| manageryears6 = 2008
| managerclubs6 = [[Mexico national under-23 football team|Mexico U23]]
| manageryears7 = 2008–2009
| managerclubs7 = [[UD Almería|Almería]]
| manageryears8 = 2012
| managerclubs8 = [[C.F. Pachuca|Pachuca]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|MEX}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CONCACAF Championship]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1977 CONCACAF Championship|1977 Mexico]]|}}
}}

'''Hugo Sánchez Márquez''' (born 11 July 1958) is a Mexican former professional [[Association football|footballer]] and [[Manager (association football)|manager]], who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]]. A prolific goalscorer known for his spectacular strikes and volleys, he is widely regarded as the greatest Mexican footballer of all time, one of the best players of his generation, and one of the best strikers of all time.<ref name="FIFA">{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=174153/profile.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924174151/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=174153/profile.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2015 |title=FIFA Classic Player: Mexico's all-time number one. |publisher=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) |access-date=16 January 2016}}</ref> In 1999, the [[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|International Federation of Football History and Statistics]] voted Sánchez the 26th best footballer of the 20th century, and the best footballer from the [[CONCACAF]] region.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html |author=Stokkermans, Karel |title=IFFHS' Century Elections |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=17 December 2006}}</ref> In 2004, Sánchez was named in the [[FIFA 100]] list of the world's greatest living players.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3533891.stm |title=Pele's list of the greatest |work=BBC Sport |date=4 March 2004 |access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref>

Sánchez is regarded as one of [[La Liga]]'s best foreign imports, and one of  [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]'s top strikers of all time. He is the [[List of La Liga top scorers#All-time top scorers|fifth highest scorer]] in the history of La Liga, the fourth highest scoring foreign player after [[Cristiano Ronaldo]], [[Lionel Messi]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Ronaldo surpasses Hugo Sánchez |url=http://www.marca.com/en/2015/11/29/en/football/real_madrid/1448823796.html |newspaper=[[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]] |access-date=29 November 2015}}</ref> and [[Karim Benzema]], and is the [[List of Real Madrid CF records and statistics#Goalscorers|seventh highest goalscorer]] in Real Madrid's history.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ronaldo, Raul & the top 20 scorers in Real Madrid's history |url=http://m.goal.com/s/en/news/722/la-liga/2015/10/17/16411802/ronaldo-raul-the-top-20-scorers-in-real-madrids-history/hugo-sanchez-real-madrid/16 |website=Goal.com |access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref> He scored a total of [[List of footballers with 500 or more goals|562 senior career goals]] for both club and country in 956 matches, amassing a total of five [[Pichichi Trophy|Pichichi]] top goal scorer trophies in [[Spain]].

Beginning his career at [[Club Universidad Nacional]] in 1976, he briefly went on loan to the [[San Diego Sockers (1978–1996)|San Diego Sockers]] of the [[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|North American Soccer League]] in 1979, during the [[Liga MX|Mexican League]]'s off-season period. In 1981, he moved to Spain to play for [[Atlético Madrid]], playing for the ''Colchoneros'' for four years before moving to cross-town rivals [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]], where he would spend the best years of his career, winning numerous titles and accolades.

From 1977 to 1994, Sánchez was a member of the [[Mexico national football team|national team]], gaining 58 [[Cap (sport)#Association football|cap]]s and scoring 29 goals. He participated in three [[FIFA World Cup]] tournaments and was a part of the Mexico team that reached the quarter-finals of the [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986 World Cup]]. Famous for his acrobatic [[goal celebration]]s throughout his club and international career, Sánchez was the first notable exponent of the [[backflip]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bravo Bernardo, from duffer to dubber |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/nov/22/comment.gdnsport3 |access-date=1 September 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>

As a manager, he won two consecutive league championships with UNAM. After managing [[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]], he was announced as coach of the [[Mexico national football team#2000s|Mexico national football team]] in 2006, but was fired in March 2008 due to poor results.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Hugo Sanchez fired as coach of Mexico |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/31/sports/SOC-Mexico-Sanchez-Fired.php |access-date=31 March 2008 |journal=[[International Herald Tribune]] }}</ref> In 2009, Sánchez was named manager of [[UD Almería|Almería]], and helped to save the club from relegation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.udalmeriasad.com/udalmeria/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D1773%26Itemid%3D59 |title=Web oficial del equipo de fútbol UD Almería S.A.D. |access-date=24 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425044748/http://www.udalmeriasad.com/udalmeria/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1773&Itemid=59 |archive-date=25 April 2011 }}</ref>

==Club career==
===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>

===Atlético Madrid===
After five successful seasons in Mexico, Sánchez drew the attention of several European sides, including that of English club [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]],<ref name="Simolo" /> though eventually signing with Spanish side [[Atlético Madrid]] in 1981. It took him a while to find his feet in [[La Liga]], only managing twenty league appearances and scoring eight goals in his first season, but by the 1984–1985 season he was scoring regularly with a team that won the [[Copa del Rey]], finished second in the league and won the [[Spanish Super Copa]]. That year, Sánchez won his first [[Pichichi trophy]] for being the most prolific scorer in the league, scoring 26 goals.

===Real Madrid===
[[File:Hugo Sánchez 1988 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Sánchez in 1988]]
On 15 July 1985, Sánchez signed for [[La Liga]] club [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]].<ref name="30años">{{cite web |title=Hugo Sánchez, a 30 años de firmar con el Real Madrid |url=http://www.espn.com.mx/news/nota/_/id/2422177/hugo-sanchez-a-30-anos-de-firmar-con-el-real-madrid |website=ESPN Deportes |date=15 July 2015 |language=es |access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref> It was reported that due to Atlético Madrid's reluctance to anger their fan base with a direct deal with Real, Sánchez was transferred to UNAM back in his home country on 4 July before being signed by Real Madrid, with the contract signing taking place in a bank in Mexico City.<ref name="30años" /> He was flown back to Spain and presented to 50,000 fans at the [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]] on 19 July.<ref>{{cite web |last=McTear |first=Euan |title=The seven years that saw Emilio Butragueño and Hugo Sánchez score 43% of Real Madrid's goals |url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2018/08/29/the-seven-years-that-saw-emilio-butragueno-and-hugo-sanchez-score-43-of-real-madrids-goals/ |website=These Football Times |date=28 August 2018 |access-date=29 August 2018}}</ref>

He played alongside the famed group of players known as the ''[[Quinta del Buitre|La Quinta del Buitre]]'' ("Vulture's Cohort"), which consisted of [[Emilio Butragueño]], [[Manuel Sanchis Hontiyuelo|Manuel Sanchís]], [[Rafael Martín Vázquez|Martín Vázquez]], [[Míchel (footballer, born 1963)|Míchel]], and [[Miguel Pardeza]].<ref name="RM" /> With ''Los Blancos'', Sánchez won five consecutive league titles from 1985 to 1990, a Copa del Rey title in 1989 and the [[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]] in 1986. During those five years, Sánchez won four-consecutive Pichichi trophies, becoming one of two players in Spanish football history to achieve this without sharing the trophy with any other player in any season (the other being [[Lionel Messi]] with 5 consecutive Pichichi awards between 2017 and 2021), and one of four players to win five [[Pichichi Trophy|Pichichis]] (the others being [[Alfredo Di Stéfano]], [[Quini]] and Messi (who has won 8), scoring 208 goals in 283 games in all competitions. He scored 27 or more goals in four consecutive seasons between 1986 and 1990, including 38 goals in the 1989–90 season, tying the single-season record set in 1951 by [[Telmo Zarra]] and earning the [[European Golden Shoe|European Golden Boot]] award for the best scorer in Europe. Remarkably, all 38 of these goals were scored with only a single touch.<ref name="The Hugo Sánchez record that'll never be broken">{{cite news |url=http://www.marca.com/en/2015/10/31/en/football/real_madrid/1446329086.html |title=The Hugo Sánchez record that'll never be broken |newspaper=Marca |date=31 October 2015 |access-date=16 February 2016}}</ref> His 38-goal tally stood as a league record until [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] surpassed it after scoring 40 goals in the [[2010–11 La Liga|2010–11 season]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hugo Sanchez's incredible Real Madrid record remains unbeaten |url=http://www.marca.com/en/football/real-madrid/2018/04/03/5ac386ff268e3eff1d8b4571.html |newspaper=Marca |access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref> In European Cup competitions, Sánchez scored 47 goals in 45 matches.

===Later career===
In 1992, Sánchez returned to his native Mexico for a season and there he won the [[1992 CONCACAF Champions' Cup]] with [[Club América]] before playing for a variety of clubs in Spain, Austria and the United States. He played for [[FC Dallas|Dallas Burn]] in the inaugural year of [[Major League Soccer]], becoming one of two footballers, along with [[Roy Wegerle]], to play outdoor football in both the [[North American Soccer League (1968–84)|NASL]] and [[Major League Soccer|MLS]]. He finished his career playing for [[Atlético Celaya]], along with [[Emilio Butragueño|Butragueño]] and [[Míchel (footballer, born 1963)|Míchel]], his old colleagues from Real Madrid.

===Retirement===
Sánchez retired from Spanish football on 29 May 1997, playing with Real Madrid at the [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]]. His last official game was during the [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|1998 World Cup qualifiers]], where he touched the ball as a symbol of his retirement.

==International career==
Sánchez made 58 appearances for [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] between 1977 and 1994, scoring 29 goals.<ref name="Mexico - Record International Players"/> Prior to representing the senior side, as a teenager he represented Mexico at the [[Football at the 1975 Pan American Games|1975 Pan American Games]] on home soil, where he won a gold medal,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/panam75det.html |title=Panamerican Games 1975 (Mexico) - Match Details |author1=Neil Morrison |date=12 December 2008 |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=16 January 2017}}</ref> and at the [[Football at the Summer Olympics|1976 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="FIFA"/> He participated in three [[FIFA World Cup]] tournaments, making eight World Cup appearances in total, and scoring once.<ref name="FIFA"/> Also, with Chilean [[Elías Figueroa]] holds the unique distinction of playing in three alternate tournaments [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]-[[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]-[[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]. He helped Mexico win the [[1977 CONCACAF Championship]] to seal qualification for the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]] in Argentina;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/78q.html |title=World Cup 1978 Qualifying |author1=Karel Stokkermans |author2=Sergio Henrique Jarreta |date=3 January 2000 |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=16 January 2017}}</ref> at the age of 19, he took part in the final tournament, where Mexico lost all three of their group games and suffered a first round elimination.<ref name="FIFA"/>

After Mexico failed to [[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|qualify for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain]], Sánchez was a part of the Mexico team that reached the quarter-finals of the [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986 World Cup]] on home soil, losing out to eventual runners-up [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]] in a penalty shootout.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=714/match=575/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003232826/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=714/match=575/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 October 2015 |title=Germany Fr (0-0) Mexico |publisher=FIFA.com |access-date=16 January 2017}}</ref>  He scored his only World Cup goal during his nation's opening match of the tournament on 3 June, the winning goal in a 2–1 victory over [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]],<ref name="FIFA"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=308/match=428/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721185913/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=308/match=428/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 July 2015 |title=Belgium (1-2) Mexico |publisher=FIFA.com |access-date=16 January 2017}}</ref> although he also missed a penalty in Mexico's second group match against [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]], and was later booked, causing him to miss the final group match.<ref name="FIFA"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/08/sports/paraguay-ties-mexico-1-1.html |title=Paraguay Ties Mexico, 1-1 |newspaper=The New York Times |first=George |last=Vecsey |date=8 June 1986 |access-date=16 January 2017}}</ref> Four years later, however, Mexico once again missed out on the final tournament as they were suspended from the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]] in Italy.<ref name="FIFA"/>

Despite his advancing age, he later played a key role in helping Mexico to the [[1993 Copa América Final|final]] of the [[1993 Copa América]], at the age of 35; he scored once in a 2–0 victory over [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]] in the semi-finals, although Mexico eventually finished as runners-up to [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]].<ref name="FIFA"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/93safull.html |title=Copa América 1993 |author1=Martín Tabeira |date=31 October 2013 |access-date=16 January 2017 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321081724/http://rsssf.com/tables/93safull.html |archive-date=21 March 2009 }}</ref> Sánchez later also appeared at the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] in the United States, his final major tournament, where Mexico suffered a round of 16 elimination; he made his only appearance in the tournament on 19 June, in Mexico's opening match of the competition, a 1–0 defeat to [[Norway national football team|Norway]].<ref name="FIFA"/>

==Managerial career==
===Club===
In March 2000, Sánchez became manager of [[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]], who were struggling in the league, signing a two-year deal. Although the team went on to have a good campaign under his leadership, differences between the club president and Sánchez resulted in his sacking in August of that year.

After Jimenez Espriu resigned as the club president a year later, the new president, Luis Regueiro, appointed Sánchez as head coach in November 2001.

After building his team up for a number of years, by 2004 Sánchez' Pumas had won everything they played in: Clausura 2004, Apertura 2004, Champion of Champions 2004 and the Santiago Bernabéu Cup. He also became the only manager in history to lead a Mexican team to two consecutive championships in the Mexican Primera División in the "short tournament" format.

The success, however, was short lived. Pumas became the worst team of the tournament the following season and in Winter 2005 were having the worst year in its history.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} Sánchez decided to resign in November 2005.

[[Club Necaxa]], another Mexican team, signed him as a head coach in 2006, and he also became the coach of the [[Mexico national football team|Mexico national team]] that year following their participation at the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]].

He became coach of [[La Liga]]'s [[UD Almería|Almería]] in early 2009, but after accomplishing the goal of avoiding relegation from [[La Liga]], and despite on 2 June 2009 the Almeria chairman [[Alfonso García Gabarrón|Alfonso García]] announcing the renewal of his contract,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2009/06/02/1301379/hugo-sanchez-to-stay-on-as-almeria-coach-reports |title=Hugo Sanchez To Stay On As Almeria Coach - Reports - Goal.com |date=2 June 2009 |access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref> he was released on 20 December 2009.

===Mexico===
After briefly managing Club Necaxa, Sánchez was named head coach of the Mexico national team, with the aim of leading Mexico through the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|qualification process]] for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 World Cup]] in [[South Africa]].

During his coaching career especially, Sánchez became known for his volatile temperament and his willingness to speak candidly, often expressing strong emotions and opinions, a trait that engenders equally emotional and strong responses from those he criticizes. He had a long-standing feud with the previous Mexico coach, [[Ricardo La Volpe]].

Sánchez's first match as Mexico coach was a 2–0 loss to the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] in Phoenix, Arizona in February 2007. Sánchez recorded his first victory against [[Venezuela national football team|Venezuela]], a 3–1 win in front of 67,000 fans in San Diego. Hugo's first game in Mexico took place against [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] in [[Monterrey]] on 25 March 2007, which Mexico won 2–1. A few days later on 28 March 2007, Mexico defeated [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]] 4–2 in Oakland, California.

In June 2007, Sánchez coached Mexico in the [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007 edition]] of the [[CONCACAF Gold Cup|Gold Cup]], his first official competition. After struggling in the first stages of the tournament, México reached the final 24 June 2007 and lost 2–1 against the US.

On 27 June 2007, in the opening game of the [[2007 Copa América]] held in Venezuela, Sánchez led the Mexico national team to a stunning 2–0 win [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], Hugo's first major victory as a coach. After easing through the group stage of the tournament, Hugo led the team to the semi-finals (beating [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] 6–0 in the quarter-finals) where they were beaten 3–0 by [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]]. Mexico ended the tournament in third place by defeating [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] 3–1.

In August 2007, Sánchez announced that Mexico would permanently, or at least in his time coaching the team, drop their famous green home kit, replacing it with their white away kit, meaning that their new away kit would be red. For this decision, Sánchez was subject of a lot of criticism. The two main arguments against him were that the decision was breaking a long-standing Mexican tradition, yet the strongest critics suggested that he should devote more time to the strategy and training of the Mexico team rather than entertaining himself with superfluous features of the sport.

In March 2008, Sánchez suffered poor results, including draws with [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] and [[Finland national football team|Finland]], {{citation needed|date=March 2008}} and a loss at home in [[Querétaro]] against [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]]'s U-23 team. Disappointing results continued in the CONCACAF Olympic Qualification, a draw with Canada and a loss to Guatemala. His only victory was a 5–1 win against Haiti. Mexico were eliminated from the Pre-Olympic qualifying tournament on goal difference.

On 31 March 2008, Hugo Sánchez was fired from his post as Mexico head coach.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sanchez dismissed as Mexico's coach|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-apr-01-sp-mexico1-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 2008}}</ref>

==Style of play==
{{Quote box|width=33%|align=upright|quote="When a player scores a goal like that, play should be suspended and a glass of champagne offered to the 80,000 fans that witnessed it."|source=—[[Leo Beenhakker]] referring to Sánchez’s overhead kick goal against [[CD Logroñés|Logroñés]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |last=Flint |first=Andrew |url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2017/08/23/hugo-sanchez-the-goalscoring-sensation-who-broke-down-barrier-at-real-madrid/ |title=Hugo Sánchez: the goalscoring sensation who broke down barriers at Real Madrid |website=These Football Times |date=23 August 2017 |access-date=23 August 2018}}</ref>}} Nicknamed ''Hugol'' and ''Pentapichichi'', Sánchez was a prolific goalscorer, who usually played as a [[Forward (association football)#Centre-forward|centre-forward]]; he is widely regarded as Mexico's greatest-ever footballer, and one of the greatest players of his generation.<ref name="RM"/><ref name="FIFA" /> A quick and mobile [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]], with good skills and an eye for goal, he was known for his intelligence, positional sense, movement, and anticipation in the area, and was an accurate and efficient finisher, who was capable of scoring with few touches.<ref name="RM"/><ref name="FIFA" /><ref name="The Hugo Sánchez record that'll never be broken"/><ref name="Liga penalty record">{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0235-0e96096b8f4f-d200b6ae1790-1000--cristiano-ronaldo-equals-liga-penalty-record/ |title=Cristiano Ronaldo equals Liga penalty record |publisher=[[UEFA]] |date=15 January 2017 |access-date=16 January 2017}}</ref>

Due to his athleticism, Sánchez was good in the air, despite his diminutive stature, and was also known for his ability to score acrobatic and flamboyant goals from spectacular strikes and volleys from any position on the pitch, both inside or outside the area; his mastery of the "Chilena", or "[[Bicycle kick]]", was a result of his own early training in gymnastics, and his goals scored in this manner were later dubbed ''Huguinas''.<ref name="RM"/><ref name="FIFA" /><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/who-hell-hugo-sanchez#:vPpGkcEhKJHBbA |title=Who the hell is Hugo Sanchez? |magazine=FourFourTwo |last=Simpson |first=Paul |access-date=24 March 2014}}</ref> His trademark was to perform a celebratory somersault followed by a fist pump after each goal he scored, in honour of his sister, who was a gymnast and participated in the Montreal Olympics.<ref name="FIFA" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=719108 |author=Andaló, Paula |title=Hugo Sánchez, con alas en los pies |publisher=Univision |language=es |access-date=4 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064343/http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=719108 |archive-date=6 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Sánchez is considered to be the first noted exponent of the [[backflip]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bravo Bernardo, from duffer to dubber |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/nov/22/comment.gdnsport3 |access-date=9 October 2018 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

According to his FIFA profile, Sánchez is credited as the creator of the scorpion kick, which was later popularised by Colombian goalkeeper [[René Higuita]]. Though he regularly practised the trick in training, the Mexican striker never scored a goal with it in an official match.<ref name="FIFA" />

An accurate [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty taker]], Sánchez held the record for most penalties scored in La Liga with 56, until [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] broke the record in 2017 after scoring his 57th penalty-kick.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espnfc.com.au/club/real-madrid/86/blog/post/3070106/real-madrids-cristiano-ronaldo-passes-hugo-sanchezs-la-liga-penalty-record |title=Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo passes Hugo Sanchez's La Liga penalty record |work=ESPN FC |date=28 February 2017 |access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref>

==Outside football==
===Personal life===

Hugo Sánchez was raised in the [[Jardín Balbuena]] neighborhood in [[Mexico City]] to a middle-class family. His father, Héctor Sánchez, was also a footballer who played for [[Asturias F.C.]] and [[Atlante F.C.]] His sister, [[Herlinda Sánchez|Herlinda]], was an Olympic gymnast who participated in the [[1976 Summer Olympic Games]] in [[Montreal]]. Sánchez credits her for his acrobatic skills, including his signature somersault goal celebrations.

His son, [[Hugo Sánchez Portugal]], was also a footballer and played for UNAM and Atlante. He also has two daughters from his current marriage. On 8 November 2014, Sánchez Portugal died from the effects of a gas leak in a Mexico City apartment as stated by the [[Mexican Red Cross]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former Footballer Hugo Sanchez's Son Found Dead in Mexico City {{!}} Football News|url=https://sports.ndtv.com/football/former-footballer-hugo-sanchez-s-son-found-dead-in-mexico-city-1509891|access-date=18 May 2021|website=NDTVSports.com|language=en}}</ref>

In 2006, Sánchez was appointed as the official FIFA/SOS Ambassador for Mexico, joining [[Wayne Rooney]] (Ambassador for England), [[Ruud van Nistelrooy]] (Netherlands), and fifty others in fund raising for the official [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] Charity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/news-and-media/news/pages/sanchez-calls-on-football-fans-to-support-sos-childrens-villages.aspx |publisher=[[SOS Children's Villages]] |title=Hugo Sánchez to attend 6 villages for 2006 opening in Morelia |access-date=6 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628212321/http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/News-and-Media/News/Pages/Sanchez-calls-on-football-fans-to-support-SOS-Childrens-Villages.aspx |archive-date=28 June 2008 }}</ref>

On 1 September 2007, Sánchez inaugurated a street with his name in [[Puebla (city)|Puebla]], central Mexico, before a thousand of the locals around there.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/Inaugurada/Mexico/calle/Hugo/Sanchez/elpepudep/20070901elpepudep_1/Tes |work=[[El País]] |title=Inaugurada en México la calle Hugo Sánchez |date=31 August 2007 |access-date=1 September 2007}}</ref>

===Media===
As of January 2015, Sánchez was a commentator for [[ESPN International|ESPN]] in Mexico and the United States. He had previously served as a guest analyst during their coverage of the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]] before featuring as a regular analyst.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mexican Soccer Legend Hugo Sanchez Gets A New Gig |url=http://www.latintimes.com/mexican-soccer-legend-hugo-sanchez-gets-new-gig-287465 |work=[[Latin Times]] |date=9 January 2015 |access-date=9 January 2015}}</ref>{{update inline|date=September 2020}} He was introduced as an Ultimate Team Icon in the video game, ''[[FIFA 20]]''.

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elaguanis.com/index.php/jugadores?task=view&id=3822 |title=El Aguanis - Ficha HUGO SANCHEZ Márquez |first=Super |last=Utilisateur |access-date=12 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821105657/http://www.elaguanis.com/index.php/jugadores?task=view&id=3822 |archive-date=21 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infoatleti.es/jugador/hugo-sanchez |title=Hugo Sánchez (Hugo Sánchez) - Infoatleti |access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2" width="150"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]
|[[1976–77 Mexican Primera División season|1976–77]]
|[[Mexican Primera División]]
|27||7|||||||||||27||7
|-
|[[1977–78 Mexican Primera División season|1977–78]]
|Mexican Primera División
|30||11||||||||||30||11
|-
|[[1978–79 Mexican Primera División season|1978–79]]
|Mexican Primera División
|45||28||||||2||0||47||28
|-
|[[1979–80 Mexican Primera División season|1979–80]]
|Mexican Primera División
|44||30||||||3||2||47||32
|-
|[[1980–81 Mexican Primera División season|1980–81]]
|Mexican Primera División
|42||21||||||7||5||49||26
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!188!!97!!!!!!12!!7!!200!!104
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[San Diego Sockers (1978–1996)|San Diego Sockers]] (loan)
|[[1979 North American Soccer League season|1979]]
|[[North American Soccer League (1968–1984)|NASL]]
|17||12||||||||||17||12
|-
|[[1980 North American Soccer League season|1980]]
|NASL
|15||14||||||||||15||14
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!32!!26!!!!!!!!!!32!!26
|-
|[[Atlético Madrid]] (loan)
|[[1981–82 Atlético Madrid season|1981–82]]
|[[La Liga]]
|20||8||4||1<ref>{{Cite web |access-date=2024-01-06 |title=1-2: Basto la Experiencia del Atletico en Vitoria |url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com./EMD01/HEM/1982/01/07/MD19820107-005.pdf |publisher=El Mundo Deportivo |page=5 |language=es |type=newspaper |publication-place=Spain |publication-date=1982-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |access-date=2024-01-06 |title=2-1: El Atletico, Sin Cabeza y Con Suerte |url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com./EMD01/HEM/1982/01/14/MD19820114-009.pdf |publisher=El Mundo Deportivo |page=9 |language=es |type=Newspaper |publication-place=Spain |publication-date=1982-01-14}}</ref>||2||0||26||9
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Atlético Madrid]]
|[[1982–83 Atlético Madrid season|1982–83]]
|La Liga
|31||15||4||3||||||39||22
|-
|[[1983–84 Atlético Madrid season|1983–84]]
|La Liga
|27||12||2||0||2||0||39||19
|-
|[[1984–85 Atlético Madrid season|1984–85]]
|La Liga
|33||19||8||6||2||1||47||29
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!111!!54!!18!!10!!6!!1!!151!!79
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
|[[1985–86 Real Madrid CF season|1985–86]]
|La Liga
|33||22||5||2||11||5||49||29
|-
|[[1986–87 Real Madrid CF season|1986–87]]
|La Liga
|41||34||6||6||7||3||54||43
|-
|[[1987–88 Real Madrid CF season|1987–88]]
|La Liga
|36||29||7||3||7||3||50||35
|-
|[[1988–89 Real Madrid CF season|1988–89]]
|La Liga
|35||27||6||4||7||5||50||37
|-
|[[1989–90 Real Madrid CF season|1989–90]]
|La Liga
|35||38||6||3||3||1||44||42
|-
|[[1990–91 Real Madrid CF season|1990–91]]
|La Liga
|19||12||1||1||3||5||25||19
|-
|[[1991–92 Real Madrid CF season|1991–92]]
|La Liga
|8||2||1||0||1||1||10||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!207!!164!!32!!19!!39!!23!!282!!208
|-
|[[Club América|América]]
|[[1992–93 Club América season|1992–93]]
|Mexican Primera División
|29||11||||||6||7||35||18
|-
|[[Rayo Vallecano]]
|[[1993–94 Rayo Vallecano season|1993–94]]
|La Liga
|29||16||6||1||||||35||17
|-
|[[Atlante F.C.|Atlante]]
|[[1994–95 Atlante F.C. season|1994–95]]
|Mexican Primera División
|31||13||||||||||31||13
|-
|[[FC Linz|Linz]]
|1995–96
|[[2. Liga (Austria)|2. Liga]]
|18||6||1||0||||||19||6
|-
|[[FC Dallas|Dallas Burn]]
|[[1996 Dallas Burn season|1996]]
|[[Major League Soccer]]
|23||7||2||1||||||25||8
|-
|[[Atlético Celaya]]
|[[1996–97 Atletico Celaya season|1996–97]]
|Mexican Primera División
|11||2||||||||||11||2
|-
|[[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]]
|[[1996–97 Real Madrid CF season|1996–97]]
|La Liga
|||||||||1||3||1||3
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!679!!396!!81!!50!!64!!41!!822!!487
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!width="40"|Apps!!width="40"|Goals
|-
|rowspan="11"|[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
|1977||6||4
|-
|1978||8||4
|-
|1979||4||4
|-
|1980||10||7
|-
|1981||6||5
|-
|1985||2||1
|-
|1986||4||1
|-
|1990||1||0
|-
|1993||14||3
|-
|1994||2||0
|-
|1998||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!58!!29
|}

:''Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sánchez goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Hugo Sánchez<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/hsanchez-intlg.html Hugo Sánchez Márquez - Goals in International Matches]</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 9 October 1977 || [[Estadio Azteca]], [[Mexico City]], Mexico || {{fb|HAI}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|4–1|| [[1977 CONCACAF Championship]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || rowspan="2"|15 October 1977 || rowspan="2"|[[Estadio Universitario (UANL)|Estadio Universitario]], [[San Nicolás de los Garza]], Mexico || rowspan="2"|{{fb|SUR}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|8–1 || rowspan="2"|1977 CONCACAF Championship
|-
| align="center"|3 || align="center"|4–1 
|-
| align="center"|4 || 22 October 1977 || Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico || {{fb|CAN}} || align="center"|3–1 || align="center"|3–1 || 1977 CONCACAF Championship
|-
| align="center"|5 || rowspan="3"|5 February 1978 || rowspan="3"|[[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], El Salvador || rowspan="3"|{{fb|SLV}} || rowspan="3" align="center"|5–1 || rowspan="3" align="center"|5–1 || rowspan="3"|[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|6. 
|-
| align="center"|7. 
|-
| align="center"|8 || 3 May 1978 || [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]], [[Helsinki]], Finland || {{fb|FIN}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|9 || 6 January 1979 || Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico || {{fb|URS}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|10 || rowspan="2"|4 December 1979 || rowspan="2"|Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador || rowspan="2"|{{fb|SLV}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|2–0 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|11 || align="center"|2–0 
|-
| align="center"|12 || 18 December 1979 || Estadio Municipal, [[Texcoco, Mexico State|Texcoco]], Mexico || {{fb|SLV}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|13 || rowspan="2"|8 April 1980 || rowspan="2"|[[Estadio Nemesio Díez]], [[Toluca]], Mexico || rowspan="2"|{{fb|HON|1949}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|5–1 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|14 || align="center"|5–1
|-
| align="center"|15 || 15 April 1980 || [[Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores|Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]], Guatemala || {{fb|GUA}} || align="center"|4–2 || align="center"|4–2 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|16 || 29 April 1980 || Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico || {{fb|GUA}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|2–2 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|17 || 9 November 1980 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|USA}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|5–1 || [[1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|18 || 16 November 1980 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|CAN}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–1 || 1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification
|-
| align="center"|19 || 23 November 1980 || [[Lockhart Stadium]], [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida|Fort Lauderdale]], United States || {{fb|USA}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–2|| 1981 CONCACAF Championship qualification
|-
| align="center"|20 || 20 January 1981 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|BUL|1971}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|21 || 23 June 1981 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|ESP}} || align="center"|1–2 || align="center"|1–3 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|22 || rowspan="2"|1 November 1981 || rowspan="2"|[[Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino]], [[Tegucigalpa]], Honduras || rowspan="2"|{{fb|CUB}} || align="center"|2–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|4–0 || rowspan="2"|[[1981 CONCACAF Championship]]
|-
| align="center"|23 || align="center"|3–0 
|-
| align="center"|24 || 11 November 1981 || Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras || {{fb|HTI}} || align="center"|1–1 ||  align="center"|1–1 || 1981 CONCACAF Championship
|-
| align="center"|25 || 25 August 1985 || [[Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum]], Los Angeles, United States || {{fb|CHI}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|26 || 3 June 1986 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|BEL}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–1 || [[1986 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|27 || 11 April 1993 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || {{fb|HON|1949}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|3–0 || [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|28 || 9 May 1993 || [[Varsity Stadium]], [[Toronto]], Canada || {{fb|CAN}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|2–1 || 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|29 || 30 June 1993 || [[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], [[Quito]], Ecuador || {{fb|ECU}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [[1993 Copa América]]
|}

==Managerial statistics==
Last updated 17 June 2019

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!
!rowspan=2|Nat
!rowspan=2|From
!rowspan=2|To
!colspan=8|Record
|-
!G!!Pld!!W!!L!!D!!Win %!!GF!!GA!!+/-
|-
|align=left|[[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]<sup>1</sup>
|{{flagicon|Mexico}}
|align=left|2000
|align=left|2000
||14||7||4||3||50%||25||20||+5
|-
|align=left|[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]<sup>2</sup>
|{{flagicon|Mexico}}
|align=left|2000
|align=left|2000
||3||1||1||1||33.3%||6||7||-1
|-
|align=left|[[Club Universidad Nacional|UNAM]]<sup>3</sup>
|{{flagicon|Mexico}}
|align=left|2001
|align=left|2005
||192||82||60||50||41.67%||290||275||+15
|-
|align=left|[[Club Necaxa|Necaxa]]
|{{flagicon|Mexico}}
|align=left|2006
|align=left|2006
||7||2||4||1||28.57%||8||11||-3
|-
|align=left|[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
|{{flagicon|Mexico}}
|align=left|2006
|align=left|2008
||25||14||8||3||56%||43||29||+14
|-
|align=left|[[Mexico national under-23 football team|Mexico U23]]<sup>4</sup>
|{{flagicon|Mexico}}
|align=left|2008
|align=left|2008
||8||2||4||2||25%||10||6||+4
|-
|align=left|[[UD Almería|Almería]]<sup>5</sup>
|{{flagicon|Spain}}
|align=left|2008
|align=left|2009
||42||13||21||8||30.95%||49||69||-20
|-
|align=left|[[C.F. Pachuca|Pachuca]]<sup>6</sup>
|{{flagicon|Mexico}}
|align=left|2012
|align=left|2012
||24||9||7||8||37.5%||23||23||0
|-
|colspan=4|'''Career'''
||'''315'''||'''130'''||'''109'''||'''76'''||'''41.27%'''||'''454'''||'''440'''||'''+14'''
|}

<sup>1</sup>Includes results from [[Liga MX]]<br/>
<sup>2</sup>Includes only results from [[2000 Nike U.S. Cup|2000 U.S. Cup]]<br/>
<sup>3</sup>Includes results from [[Liga MX]], [[Campeón de Campeones]], [[2003 Copa Libertadores]], [[CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2005]] and [[Trofeo Santiago Bernabeu]]<br/>
<sup>4</sup>Includes results from [[2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament]] and under-23 international friendly matches<br/>
<sup>5</sup>Includes results from [[La Liga]], [[Copa del Rey]] and Trofeo Lagarto de Jaén<br/>
<sup>6</sup>Includes results from [[Liga MX]] and [[Copa MX]]

==Honours==
'''UNAM'''
*[[Liga MX|Mexican Primera División]]: [[1976–77 Mexican Primera División season|1976–77]], [[1980–81 Mexican Primera División season|1980–81]]
*[[CONCACAF Champions League|CONCACAF Champions' Cup]]: [[1980 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1980]]
*[[Copa Interamericana]]: [[1981 Copa Interamericana|1981]]

'''Atlético Madrid'''
*[[Copa del Rey]]: [[1984–85 Copa del Rey|1984–85]]
*[[Supercopa de España]]: [[1985 Supercopa de España|1985]]

'''Real Madrid'''
*[[La Liga]]: [[1985–86 La Liga|1985–86]], [[1986–87 La Liga|1986–87]], [[1987–88 La Liga|1987–88]], [[1988–89 La Liga|1988–89]], [[1989–90 La Liga|1989–90]]
*[[Copa del Rey]]: [[1988–89 Copa del Rey|1988–89]]
*[[Supercopa de España]]: [[1988 Supercopa de España|1988]], [[Supercopa de España|1989]], [[1990 Supercopa de España|1990]]
*[[UEFA Europa League|UEFA Cup]]: [[1985–86 UEFA Cup|1985–86]]

'''América'''
*[[CONCACAF Champions League|CONCACAF Champions' Cup]]: [[1992 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1992]]

'''Linz'''
*[[2. Liga (Austria)|First League]]: 1995–96

'''Mexico'''
*[[Copa América]] runner-up: [[1993 Copa América|1993]]
*[[CONCACAF Championship]]: [[1977 CONCACAF Championship|1977]]
*[[Football at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]: [[Football at the 1975 Pan American Games|1975]]
*[[CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship|CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament]]: [[1976 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament|1976]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Liga MX|Mexican Primera División]] Best Winger: [[1977–78 Mexican Primera División season|1977–78]], [[1978–79 Mexican Primera División season|1978–79]]
*[[Balón de Oro (Mexico)|Mexican Primera División]] Golden Ball: [[1978–79 Mexican Primera División season|1978–79]]
*[[Liga MX|Mexican Primera División]] Golden Boot: [[1978–79 Mexican Primera División season|1978–79]] (Shared)
*[[CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship]] Golden Boot: [[1976 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament|1976]]
*[[CONCACAF Championship|CONCACAF Championship Team of the Tournament]]: [[1981 CONCACAF Championship|1981]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Torneo Premundial Honduras 1981 (VIII Campeonato de Naciones (NORCECA) CONCACAF) |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/conca81det.html |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>
*[[Atlético Madrid]] Top Scorer: [[1981–82 Atlético Madrid season|1981–82]], [[1982–83 Atlético Madrid season|1982–83]], [[1983–84 Atlético Madrid season|1983–84]], [[1984–85 Atlético Madrid season|1984–85]]
*[[Pichichi Trophy|La Liga top goalscorer]]: [[1984–85 La Liga|1984–85]], [[1985–86 La Liga|1985–86]], [[1986–87 La Liga|1986–87]], [[1987–88 La Liga|1987–88]], [[1989–90 La Liga|1989–90]]
*[[Mundo Deportivo|La Liga Team of The Year]]: 1985,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1985/04/23/pagina-9/1121563/pdf.html |website=Hemeroteca - El Mundo Deportivo |title=Mundo Deportivo La Liga Team of the Year|access-date=30 October 2024 }}</ref> 1986,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1986/04/22/pagina-13/1141649/pdf.html |website=Hemeroteca - El Mundo Deportivo |title=Mundo Deportivo La Liga Team of the Year|access-date=30 October 2024 }}</ref> 1987,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1987/06/23/pagina-17/1164507/pdf.html |website=Hemeroteca - El Mundo Deportivo |title=Mundo Deportivo La Liga Team of the Year|access-date=30 October 2024 }}</ref> 1988,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1988/05/24/pagina-19/1437236/pdf.html |website=Hemeroteca - El Mundo Deportivo |title=Mundo Deportivo La Liga Team of the Year|access-date=30 October 2024 }}</ref> 1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1990/05/08/pagina-12/1212773/pdf.html |website=Hemeroteca - El Mundo Deportivo |title=Mundo Deportivo La Liga Team of the Year|access-date=30 October 2024 }}</ref>
*[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] Top Scorer: [[1985–86 Real Madrid CF season|1985–86]], [[1986–87 Real Madrid CF season|1986–87]], [[1987–88 Real Madrid CF season|1987–88]], [[1988–89 Real Madrid CF season|1988–89]], [[1989–90 Real Madrid CF season|1989–90]]
*[[Don Balón Award]] Best Foreign Player: [[1986–87 La Liga|1986–87]], [[1989–90 La Liga|1989–90]]
*''[[World Soccer (magazine)|World Soccer]]'' World XI: [[World Soccer (magazine)#Eric Batty's World XI|1987]]
*[[European Golden Shoe]]: 1989–90 (Shared)
*[[CONCACAF Champions' Cup]] top goalscorer: [[1992 CONCACAF Champions' Cup|1992]]
*[[CONCACAF#Team of the Century|CONCACAF Team of the Century: 1998]]<ref>[http://www.socceramerica.com/article/18669/balboa-ramos-named-to-concacaf-team-of-the-centu.html "Balboa, Ramos named to CONCACAF "Team of the Century""] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005115509/http://www.socceramerica.com/article/18669/balboa-ramos-named-to-concacaf-team-of-the-centu.html |date=5 October 2016 }}, Soccer America, 14 May 1998.</ref>
*Best Sportist of [[Mexico]] of the 20th century
*[[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]] Best footballer of [[Mexico]] of the 20th century<ref>{{cite web|website=Rsssf.org|date=21 January 2000
|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-country-complete.html|title=IFFHS Mexico player of the Century}}</ref>
*[[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]] Best footballer of [[CONCACAF]] of the 20th century<ref>{{cite web|website=Rsssf.org|date=26 June 2023
|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html|title=IFFHS Concacaf player of the Century}}</ref>
*[[IFFHS#Continental Men's Clubs of the Century (1901–2000)|IFFHS Best European Club of the 20th Century]] (With [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])
*[[FIFA Club of the Century]] (With [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])
*[[FIFA 100]]: 2004
*Premio Nacional del Deporte: 2004<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2004/11/4/para-hugo-sanchez-el-premio-nacional-del-deporte-61966.html | title=Para Hugo Sánchez el Premio Nacional del Deporte }}</ref>
*[[FIFA Order of Merit]]: 2004 (With [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])
*[[:es:Salón de la Fama del Fútbol Internacional|Salón de la Fama del Fútbol Internacional]]: [[:es:Anexo:Miembros_del_Salón_de_la_Fama_del_Fútbol#Generación_2011|2011]]
*[[Golden Foot#Award legends|Golden Foot Legends Award]]: 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goldenfoot.com/legends.php?l=en |title=Legends |publisher=Golden Foot |access-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925120930/http://www.goldenfoot.com/legends.php?l=en |archive-date=25 September 2015 }}</ref>
*[[FIFA|FIFA XI]]: 1982<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-xi.html |title=Matches of FIFA XI |access-date=12 August 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033752/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/fifa-xi.html |archive-date=17 November 2015 }}</ref>
*[[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]] Legends<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iffhs.de/iffhs-has-announced-the-48-football-legend-players/ |title=IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players |publisher=IFFHS |date=25 January 2016 |access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref>
*[[Marca Leyenda]]: 2018
*[[IFFHS World Team#All-time Men's Dream Team (2021)|IFFHS CONCACAF Men's Team of All Time]]: 2021<ref>{{cite web|website=iffhs.com|date=5 June 2021
|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/1135|title=IFFHS Post about the Concacaf all time dream team}}</ref>
*[[IFFHS|IFFHS Men's All Time Mexico Dream Team]]<ref>{{cite web|website=iffhs.com|date=24 February 2022
|url=https://iffhs.com/posts/1709|title=IFFHS Post the Mexico all time dream team}}</ref>
*Victory Prize Legend Award: 2024<ref>{{cite web|title = Hugo Sánchez recibe el Premio Leyenda de Victor Prize por su labor en el deporte|url = https://esto.com.mx/858394-hugo-sanchez-recibe-el-premio-leyenda-cortesia-de-victory-prize-por-su-labor-en-el-deporte/}}</ref>
*[[UEFA Champions League]] Mexican Players All-Time XI<ref>{{cite web|title = once ideal de mexas que lograron jugar esta histórica competencia|url = https://www.instagram.com/p/DINRwkwsDBN/|website = Instagram|publisher = jovenesfutbolistasmx_}}</ref>
*Sports Summit Latam Honorary Sculpture: 2025<ref>{{cite web|title = The unveiling of a sculpture honoring Hugo Sanchez, a true football legend.|url = https://www.instagram.com/p/DI4Ws1zOx9B/?hl=en&img_index=3|website = Instagram|publisher = Sports Summit}}</ref>

'''Records'''
*Top Goalscorer of The Decade: 1980’s<ref>{{cite web|title = The top goalscorer in every decade from 1940s to 2010s|url = https://www.givemesport.com/1823254-messi-pele-muller-the-top-goalscorer-in-every-decade-from-1940s-to-2010s/}}</ref>
*Most Bicycle Kicks In History: 35 – 1976–1997<ref>{{cite web|title=Hugo Sanchez disappointed for getting less recognition than Cristiano Ronaldo|date=9 November 2023 |url=https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/hugo-sanchez-disappointed-for-getting-less-recognition-than-cristiano-ronaldo-20231109-BUS-84040.html}}</ref>
*Highest Scoring Mexican Player of All Time
*Most Goals Scored In a Season With The First Touch: 38 – 1989–90<ref>{{cite web|title = When Hugo Sánchez hit 38 goals for Real Madrid – all with his first touch|url = https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/may/17/hugo-sanchez-38-goals-real-madrid-first-touch-erling-haaland-manchester-city}}</ref>
*Among the 20 players with the most goals in first division leagues in history: 394 goals
*The only non-European or South American player to win the [[European Golden Shoe|European Golden Boot]]
*[[La_Liga_records_and_statistics#Top_goalscorers|La Liga Fifth All Time Goalscorer]]: 234 goals
*[[List_of_Real_Madrid_CF_records_and_statistics#Most_goals|Real Madrid Seventh All Time Goalscorer]]: 208 goals
*[[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] All Time Foreign Goalscorer (Until surpassed by [[Cristiano Ronaldo]])<ref>{{cite web|title = Hugo Sanchez disappointed for getting less recognition than Cristiano Ronaldo|url = https://bolavip.com/en/soccer/hugo-sanchez-disappointed-for-getting-less-recognition-than-cristiano-ronaldo-20231109-BUS-84040.html#:~:text=Sanchez%20used%20to%20be%20Real%20Madrid%E2%80%99s%20top%20foreign%20scorer%20with%20202%20goals%2C%20until%20Ronaldo%20surpassed%20him.}}</ref>
*[[List_of_Real_Madrid_CF_records_and_statistics#European_Golden_Shoe|One of 2 players who have won the European Golden Shoe while playing for Real Madrid]]
*[[1986–87 Real Madrid CF season|Most bicycle kick goals for Real Madrid]]: 12 – 1985–1992
*[[List_of_Real_Madrid_CF_records_and_statistics#In_a_single_season|One of 3 players who have scored the most goals in a single season more than once for Real Madrid]]
*[[La_Liga_records_and_statistics#Most_goals_in_a_La_Liga_season_(at_least_35_goals)|Fifth Player with the Most goals in a La Liga season]]: [[1989–90 La Liga|1989–90]]
*[[Club Universidad Nacional|Pumas UNAM]] Fourth All Time Scorer
*Top non-European and non-South American goalscorer in History
*Highest Scoring North American Player of All Time
*Sixth highest penalty scorer in the history of football<ref>{{cite web|title = IFFHS|url = https://www.iffhs.com/posts/2705}}</ref>
*One of only 25 players in history to surpass the 500-goal barrier
*Mexican player with the most matches played in Europe (until being surpassed by [[Andrés Guardado]] in 2023)<ref>{{cite web|title = Andrés Guardado supera marca de Hugo Sánchez de partidos en equipos de Primera en Europa|url = https://www.tudn.com/futbol/la-liga/andres-guardado-supera-marca-hugo-sanchez-partidos-equipos-primera-europa}}</ref>
*Third player with the most [[Pichichi Trophy|Pichichi Trophies]]
*second player with the most consecutive [[Pichichi Trophy|Pichichi Trophies]]
*The player with the highest number of goals in a season along with [[Telmo Zarra]] (Until surpassed by [[Cristiano Ronaldo]], [[Luis Suárez]], and [[Lionel Messi]])
*The only North American player to win the [[Pichichi Trophy]]
*[[List_of_Real_Madrid_CF_records_and_statistics#In_a_single_match|Most goals scored in a UEFA Champions League match for Real Madrid]]: 4 goals in [[1990–91 European Cup|1990–91]]
*[[List_of_Real_Madrid_CF_records_and_statistics#List_of_fastest_goals_in_Real_Madrid's_history|Sixth fastest goal in Real Madrid's history]]: 24 seconds against [[Sporting de Gijón|Sporting Gijón]] in [[1986–87 La Liga|1986–87]]
*[[List_of_Real_Madrid_CF_records_and_statistics#By_method|Most penalty kick goals in a season for Real Madrid]]: 14 in [[1986–87 Real Madrid CF season|1986–87]]
*[[List_of_Real_Madrid_CF_records_and_statistics#Winning_runs|Most home wins in a row in all competitions]]: 28 in 1985–86 (With [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])
*[[La_Liga_records_and_statistics#Wins|100% home win record in a season]]: 17 games in 1985–86 (With [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])
*[[List_of_Real_Madrid_CF_records_and_statistics#In_a_season|Most unbeaten matches in a season in La Liga]]: 39 in 1986–87 (With [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])
*[[La_Liga_records_and_statistics#Wins|Most home wins in a season]]: 18 in 1987–88 (With [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])
*[[List_of_Real_Madrid_CF_records_and_statistics#Winning_runs|Most home league wins in a row]]: 24 in 1988–1990 (With [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]])

==Managerial Honours==
'''UNAM'''
*[[Liga MX|Mexican Primera División]]: [[Primera División de México Clausura 2004|Clausura 2004]], [[Primera División de México Apertura 2004|Apertura 2004]]
*[[Campeón de Campeones]]: [[2004 Campeón de Campeones|2004]]

'''Mexico'''
*[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]] runners-up: [[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007]]
*[[Copa América]] third-place: [[2007 Copa América|2007]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Liga MX|Mexican Primera División]] Best Manager: [[Primera División de México Apertura 2003|2003]]–[[Primera División de México Clausura 2004|04]], [[Primera División de México Apertura 2004|2004]]–[[Primera División de México Clausura 2005|05]]
*[[La Liga]] Best Replacement Manager: [[2008–09 La Liga|2008–09]]

== See also ==
* [[List of footballers with 500 or more goals|List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606181835/http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/es/1193040472616/1202817491117/jugador/JugadorLegendario/Hugo_Sanchez.htm |title=Real Madrid profile (realmadrid.com) |date=dmy}} {{in lang|es}}
* {{NFT player|id=14488}}
* [https://www.rsssf.org/players/hugosanchez-in-ec.html Matches in European Cups]
* [http://nasljerseys.com/Players/S/Sanchez.Hugo.htm NASL stats]
* {{BDFutbol|1040}}
* {{FIFA|174153}}

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