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- Birth nameLeonel Guillermo Sánchez Lineros
- Height5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
- Leonel Sánchez was born on April 25, 1936 in Santiago, Chile. He died on April 2, 2022 in Santiago, Chile.
- Member of Chile national team who finished 3rd place at the 1962 FIFA World Cup; runner-up at the 1956 South American Championship.
- Forward for Club Universidad de Chile (1953-1969), Colo-Colo (1969-1970), C.D. Palestino (1971-1972) and Club Deportivo Ferroviarios (1972-1973).
- 85 appearances for Chile National Football Team (1955-1968); scored 24 goals. Member of the South American Championship 1956, 1957, 1959, and the Chile '62 and England '66 squads.
- Won 6 Chilean Primera División (1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969); 2 Metropolitan Tournament of Chile (1968, 1969); Copa Francisco Candelori (1969) with Club Universidad de Chile; the Chilean Primera División (1970) with Colo-Colo.
- Golden Boot at the 1962 FIFA World Cup.
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