Kevin Sánchez

Kevin Sánchez
Sánchez playing for Deportivo La Coruña in 2024
Personal information
Full name Kevin Sánchez Rey
Date of birth (2005-02-20) 20 February 2005
Place of birth Burgos, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Deportivo B
Youth career
2013–2014 Inter Vista Alegre
2014–2019 Burgos
2019–2023 Deportivo La Coruña
2019–2020 → San Tirso (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Deportivo B 53 (18)
2023– Deportivo A Coruña 6 (0)
2025–2026 → Cartagena (loan) 36 (2)
International career
2022–2023 Spain U18 5 (1)
2023– Spain U19 7 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2026

Kevin Sánchez Rey (born 20 February 2005), sometimes known as just Kevin, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Deportivo Fabril. Mainly a forward, he can also play as a winger.[1]

Club career

Born in Burgos, Castile and León, Sánchez joined Deportivo de La Coruña's youth setup in 2019, after representing Burgos CF and CD Internacional Vista Alegre; he was initially assigned to affiliate club San Tirso SD.[2][3] He made his senior debut with the reserves on 20 November 2022, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 3–2 Tercera Federación home win over Silva SD.[4]

On 16 June 2023, Sánchez renewed his contract with Dépor until 2028,[5] and was definitely promoted to the B-team. He made his first team debut on 6 December, replacing Berto Cayarga and scoring an equalizer in a 3–2 home loss to CD Tenerife, for the season's Copa del Rey.[6]

Sánchez made his professional debut on 17 November 2024, replacing Hugo Rama in a 2–1 Segunda División away loss to UD Almería.[7] The following 30 July, he moved to Primera Federación side FC Cartagena on a one-year loan deal.[8]

Upon returning, Sánchez spent the pre-season with the main squad of Deportivo, and made his La Liga debut on 17 August 2026, replacing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang late into a 1–1 home draw against Elche CF.[9]

International career

Sánchez represented Spain at under-18[10] and under-19 levels.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Kevin no se cierra en banda" [Kevin is not stopped on the wing] (in Spanish). DXT Campeón. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Madera de goleador" [Goalscorer work] (in Spanish). Diario de Burgos. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Así es Kevin Sánchez: el gol del Deportivo juvenil llegado desde Burgos, en honor a Pontedeume" [This is Kevin Sánchez: Deportivo juvenil's goal from Burgos, in an honour to Pontedeume] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 15 October 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "Kevin Sánchez debuta con el Deportivo Fabril" [Kevin Sánchez debuts with Deportivo Fabril] (in Spanish). Juvenil División de Honor. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "Kevin renueva por cinco años con el RC Deportivo" [Kevin renews for five years with RC Deportivo] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Kevin Sánchez: "Meter gol en mi debut es un sueño, lloré y todo de la emoción"" [Kevin Sánchez: "To score in my debut is a dream, I cried from the emotion"] (in Spanish). La Opinión A Coruña. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "El "sueño" de Kevin se hace realidad con el Dépor" [The "dream" of Kevin comes true with Dépor] (in Spanish). DXT Campeón. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Kevin Sánchez jugará cedido esta temporada en el FC Cartagena" [Kevin Sánchez will play on loan this season at FC Cartagena] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Aubameyang y Leo Román evitan un disgusto en el regreso del Deportivo a Primera" [Aubameyang and Leo Román avert a scare upon Deportivo's return to Primera] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 August 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "El deportivista Kevin Sánchez, convocado de nuevo por la selección española sub-18" [The deportivista Kevin Sánchez, called up again by the Spain national under-18 team] (in Spanish). DXT Campeón. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  11. ↑ "Mella y Kevin, citados por la selección española sub-19" [Mella and Kevin, called up by the Spain national under-19 team] (in Spanish). DXT Campeón. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
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