Antonio Sancho
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Antonio Sancho Sánchez (born 14 March 1976) is a Mexican
Mexico
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footballer
Football (soccer)
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. He currently plays as a midfielder
Midfielder
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and captain of Tigres UANL. He was also captain of Club Universidad Nacional
Club Universidad Nacional
Club Universidad Nacional A.C., more commonly known as Pumas de la UNAM, or just Pumas, is a Mexican professional football club based in Mexico City...
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Career
Sancho played for six years with Tigres UANL, where he became one of the most trusted players by the fans. A huge number of fans was against his separation of the team, decided by the team's upper management and not by the coach. Among other milestones, Sancho has played 17 Clásico RegiomontanoClásico Regiomontano
Clásico Regiomontano is a football derby in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, between crosstown rival teams Monterrey and UANL.Since the first Clásico in 1974, the two teams have competed 91 times for bragging rights and city honour...
derbies with Tigres.
After Tigres UANL, he returned to Pumas. He had originally joined Pumas youth system and worked his way through the ranks to make his first division debut, becoming an idol and the team captain. Now, in his second spell with Pumas, he has once more taken captain's armband hoping to lead the club out of the relegation position.
Sancho returned to Tigres in 2007 after the loan to Pumas expired. On 2011 he announced his retirement.