Hugo Sanchez net worth
Hugo Sanchez Net Worth: Hugo Sanchez is a Mexican football coach and former football player who has a net worth of $15 million. He has played for four European clubs including Real Madrid. He was also part of the Mexico national team and played in three World Cups. His playing position is that of a striker, and his hallmark is a celebratory somersault after each goal in honor of his sister, who was a gymnast and competed at the Montreal Olympics. Sanchez retired from Spanish football on 29 May 1997 to play with Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, which has seen most of his career glory.
His last official match was in the 1998 World Cup qualifiers, and he had just touched the ball as a symbol of retirement. In 1999, IFFHS named him the 26th best football player of the 20th century, and the best football player from the CONCACAF region. As a coach, he was the head coach of the Pumas de la UNAM club and briefly won two titles with the two clubs of the Mexican Serie A, the Necaxa club. He also played for the Mexican national team for 16 months before being fired in 2008. Sanchez was named the official FIFA/SOS ambassador for Mexico, joining Wayne Rooney (England), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands) and 50 others in raising money for the official 2006 FIFA World Cup charity. Sanchez is the son of Hector Sanchez, who played for Asturias and Atlante. Hugo Sanchez is married to Isabel Martin and have two children, a son and an eldest daughter. His son Hugo Sanchez Portugal is a footballer who, like him, played for the UNAM Cougars.
