Alexis Sanchez's Life and Career Journey in Football "Alexis Sanchez has won the hearts of millions of fans including many girls"

Alexis Alejandro Sanchez was born on 19 December 1988 in Tocopilla, Chile. Sanchez was born to Gullermo Soto and Martina Sanchez. His father was looking for work when he was born, and his mother, who ran a small business, was a family income earner.

In his family, Sanchez has a sister named Tamara and Marjorie and a brother named Humberto.

Tired of being unemployed for a long time, his father left home when Sanchez was only a few months old. Sanchez was then raised by his mother.

The mother works in many jobs, including working as a laundry worker who also has to sell fish as far as 80 kilometers every day from her home. The mother's hard work is only to care for her children in order to survive.

Despite working very hard, Martina could not feed Sanchez for a long period of time because it went along with the rising cost of living. Luckily, the uncle, Jose Martinez, came to take care of Sanchez.

Jose adopted Sanchez despite the fact that he didn't make much money either. Jose was just to give Sanchez some allowance and feed him. But Jose was unable to send Sanchez to school.

In a few years, Sanchez grew up under the care of his uncle. On one occasion where the uncle could no longer care for Sanchez, the uncle told Sanchez that he had to start making his own money if he wanted to live with him.

Seeing the hardships of his life, the uncle decided to invest when Sanchez was a child. The uncle uses his savings to register Sanchez at a soccer training academy called Club Arauco.

There Sanchez played football part time, even though he lived it happily. It was at this stage that Sanchez discovered his talent, saw opportunities, and was increasingly determined to work hard to achieve his dream of becoming a soccer player.

However, Sanchez was unable to pay the costs of his football academy. In order to save his career, Sanchez finally did everything to earn money.

Sanchez underwent several jobs to support his life, he had done somersault shows on the streets. People who see it will be entertained and Sanchez is able to collect coins for change. In addition to performing acrobatic performances on the streets, Sanchez has also washed cars.

Not infrequently Sanchez and his mother had to endure hunger and ask for food to their neighbors.

Sanchez's childhood life was full of suffering, born from a poor family made him not have his own pair of soccer shoes, so Sanchez had to borrow his friend's shoes when he would compete in a tournament.

The turning point was when Sanchez scored 8 goals in one match at the tournament, so the mayor of Tocopilla gave him a prize of a pair of soccer shoes.

Not long after receiving praise and gifts from the mayor of Tocopilla, a man who was the director of football came to provide assistance to Sanchez.

The man named Luis Ortega. He is one of the rich people of Chile who often provides humanitarian assistance to talented young people. Ortega knows the talents and potential Sanchez has in soccer.

Until one day, Ortega brought Sanchez to join the club he led, the Cobreloa Football Club, starting from where it became a turning point in Sanchez's life.

The kindness done by Ortega made Sanchez work hard to ensure that he would not disappoint him.

In 2005, Sanchez was promoted to the Cobreloa senior team, and at the age of 16, Sanchez became one of the youngest players to play in the Copa Libertadores.

After an impressive season with Cobreloa, Sánchez attracted the attention of Serie A clubs, Udinese, and on 21 April 2006 Sanchez officially became a Udinese player. The Italian club, however, began the project of maturing an Alexis Sánchez, who was then loaned to the Chilean Giant, Colo-Colo in an agreement during the season.

Performance with Colo-Colo is not too prominent. Sanchez then underwent his status as a loan player at the Argentine club, River Plate. There Sanchez appeared 31 times and scored 4 goals. Even though he didn't score many goals, the game is considered better than the previous club.

Sanchez's neat appearance earned him a call to the Chile national team u-20. Sanchez played in the 2007 U-20 World Cup.

After a loan spell at two different clubs, on 14 September 2008, Sanchez finally made his debut with Udinese in a Serie A match against Juventus, in which his team had to defeat 1-0, four days later, Sanchez made his European debut against Borussia Dortmund.

For three seasons, Sanchez successfully underwent a pretty slick career with Udinese, with 21 goals scored in 112 appearances.

2011 turned out to be a breakthrough year for Sanchez, his brilliant performance was kissed by Pep Guardiola. Barcelona also made a deal with Udinese to bring Sanchez to camp nou. Therefore, Sanchez became the first Chilean player to play for the Blaugrana.

In August 2011, Sanchez made his debut when Barca against Real Madrid. However, his first season with Barcelona was marred by many injuries, which kept Sanchez away from the field on many important occasions.

The following season Sanchez's performance was not very good either, and injuries and other reasons gave Sanchez very few opportunities to appear on the pitch.

Sanchez ended the 2012/13 season in la Liga with a record of only eight goals or overall scored 11 goals in all competitions.

In January 2014, Sanchez scored his first hat-trick against Elche, leading his team to victory. In his third season, Sanchez was able to perform better than the previous season, he recorded 21 goals in 54 matches.

Despite appearing pretty neat in that season, Barcelona did not defend Sanchez. Because in the summer of 2014 Sanchez officially moved to Arsenal with a transfer fee of 31 million, or around Rp. 536 billion.

In Barcelona, Sanchez recorded 47 goals in his trip over three seasons, in addition Sanchez helped Barcelona win a total of six prestigious trophies.

Sánchez's competitive debut at Arsenal was against Manchester City in the Community Shield, he played in the first round and helped Arsenal win 3-0.

With the London cannon, Sanchez was impressive, scoring goals for goals to help Arsenal compete in the top flight of the primary league. In his first season, Sanchez was able to score 25 goals in all competitions, and helped Arsenal win the FA trophy. Not only that, he was also chosen as the best Arsenal player.

The 2015/16 Premier League began on a negative note for Sanchez, as he did not score in his first 10 matches. However, Sanchez scored a hat-trick in the eleventh match. Sanchez spent the season with a score of 17 goals from 41 matches in all competitions.

In the 2016/17 season, Sanchez won the 'Player of the Season' award. He also scored 30 goals for Arsenal. Overall, Sanchez has scored a total of 88 goals in 166 matches with the London cannon since 2014.

In January 2018, Sanchez was transferred to Manchester United, in old trafford he became the first Chilean player to join the red devil. Even so his appearance did not match expectations, Sanchez slumped by only posting 5 goals in 45 appearances in all competitions.

Manchester United finally lent Sanchez to Inter Milan in the 2019 summer transfer window.

On the international stage, Sanchez made his debut with the senior national team on 27 April 2006 when he defeated New Zealand in a trial match. While his first goal for Chile occurred on 7 September 2007 against Switzerland. Where Chile won 2-1.

Together with the Chile national team, Sanchez has played in the 2014 world cup, the 2015 and 2016 Copa America, where in the two championship events between the Latin American countries, Sanchez played an important role in helping Chile become champions.

In the 2016 Copa America, Sanchez was also named the best player of the tournament. Until now, Sanchez has scored 43 goals in 130 appearances for the Chile national team.

In his personal life, Alexis Sanchez has won the hearts of millions of fans including many girls. He was also involved in a number of relationships. Previously, Sanchez had a relationship with Laia Grassi.

In 2017, Sánchez has a statue that was erected in his honor in his hometown of Tocopilla. Now the man who as a child once earned the nickname 'The Squirrel' is undergoing his new career with the city club Milano, Internazionale.