Rubén Sánchez (footballer, born 1994)

Rubén Sánchez Pérez-Cejuela (born 25 November 1994) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Uzbekistan Super League club AGMK as a forward.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Pérez-Cejuela.
Rubén Sánchez
Personal information
Full name Rubén Sánchez Pérez-Cejuela
Date of birth (1994-11-25) 25 November 1994
Place of birth Sonseca, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 AGMK
Number 9
Youth career
Diana
2009–2010 Toledo
2010–2011 Sonseca
2011–2013 Toledo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Toledo 29 (1)
2016–2017 Sporting Gijón 2 (0)
2017–2018 Sporting Atlético 25 (10)
2018–2020 Granada 47 (8)
2020–2022 Rayo Majadahonda 57 (10)
2022 Surkhon Termez 12 (8)
2023– AGMK 14 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 August 2023

Club career

Born in Sonseca, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Sánchez graduated from CD Toledo's youth setup, after stints at AD Diana and CD Sonseca.[1] After appearing with the former's reserve team, he made his first team debut on 25 August 2013 by coming on as a substitute for Rufino in a 1–3 Segunda División B away loss against UB Conquense.

Sánchez scored his first and only goal for Toledo on 1 September 2013, netting a last-minute equalizer in a 1–1 home draw against SD Huesca. The following 25 July, he renewed his contract until 2017, but remained assigned to the B-side;[2] he was only promoted to the main squad in August 2015.[3]

On 18 July 2016 Sánchez joined another reserve team, Sporting de Gijón in Tercera División.[4] After scoring ten goals in only 18 matches (which included braces against CD Praviano and CD Mosconia in October), he made his first team debut on 21 December, replacing Burgui and scoring his team's only in a 1–3 loss at SD Eibar for the season's Copa del Rey.[5]

Sánchez made his La Liga debut on 7 January 2017, again from the bench in a 0–1 away loss against UD Las Palmas.[6] On 7 July he moved to another reserve team, Granada CF in the third division.[7]

In July 2020, he signed for the Rayo Majadahonda of Segunda División, with which he played two seasons with a balance of 57 games and 11 goals.

Surkhon Termez

On July 18, 2022, he signed for Surkhon Termez of the Uzbekistan Super League,[8] with whom he scored 8 goals in 14 games.

AGMK

On January 31, 2023, he signs for AGMK of the Uzbekistan Super League. 1.5-year contract was signed between AGMK and Ruben Sanchez.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 27 August 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Toledo 2013–14 Segunda División B 7110––81
2014–15 10010––110
2015–16 12000––120
Sporting Gijón 2016–17 La Liga 2011––31
Sporting Atlético 2017–18 Segunda División B 251000––2510
Granada 2018–19 Segunda División 24200––242
2019–20 23600––236
Rayo Majadahonda 2020–21 23400––234
2021–22 34631––377
Surkhon Termez 2022 Uzbekistan Super League 12810––138
AGMK 2023 1433321[lower-alpha 1]–187
Career total 1864010521–19846

Notes
  1. Appearances in AFC Champions League

References
  1. "Rubén Sánchez: "¿Un futbolista? Crecí con los goles de Fernando Morientes…"" [Rubén Sánchez: "A footballer? I grew up with the goals of Fernando Morientes..."] (in Spanish). En Castilla-La Mancha. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  2. "Rubén será jugador verde los próximos tres años" [Rubén will be a green player the following three years] (in Spanish). La Tribuna de Toledo. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  3. "El Toledo ofrece renovar a Rubén Sánchez" [Toledo offer renewal to Rubén Sánchez] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  4. "Rubén Sánchez, nuevo jugador del filial" [Rubén Sánchez, new player of the reserves] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  5. "El Sporting se despide en su noche de la marmota" [Sporting say goodbye in their groundhog night] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  6. "Viera enloquece al Sporting y El Zhar lo remata" [Viera maddens Sporting and El Zhar hits it] (in Spanish). Marca. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  7. "Rubén deja Mareo para fichar por el Granada" [Rubén leaves Mareo to sign for Granada] (in Spanish). La Voz de Asturias. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  8. "Rubén Sánchez ficha por el Sukhon Termez de Uzbekistán" (in Spanish). latribunadetoledo.es. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  9. "Ruben Sánchez is a player of AGMK" (in Uzbek). championat.asia. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  10. Rubén Sánchez at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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