Yvandro Borges Sanches

Yvandro Borges Sanches (born 24 May 2004) is a Luxembourger professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Luxembourg national team.[2]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Borges and the second or paternal family name is Sanches.

Yvandro Borges Sanches
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-05-24) 24 May 2004
Place of birth Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number 38
Youth career
2016–2020 RCFU Luxembourg
2020– Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Borussia Mönchengladbach II 14 (2)
2022– Borussia Mönchengladbach 5 (0)
International career‡
2018 Luxembourg U15 2 (6)
2020 Luxembourg U16 1 (0)
2021 Luxembourg U21 1 (0)
2021– Luxembourg 23 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 September 2023

Club career

Borges Sanches arrived in Borussia Mönchengladbach on the summer 2020, from the Luxembourgian club of Racing-Union. Progressing through the youth ranks of Borussia Mönchengladbach, he also played his first senior game in the summer 2021, during a friendly against Bayern Munich.[3]

In the early 2021–22 season, he was part of the under-19 team, regularly scoring for the Borussen youth.[4][5]

International career

Already a youth international with Luxembourg, Yvandro Borges Sanches made his debut with the under-21 in June 2021.[3]

Called to the national senior team by Luc Holtz for the first time in August 2021,[6] he made his international debut for the Luxembourg national team on 4 September 2021, coming on as a late substitute in the European Championship qualifying 4–1 defeat against Serbia.[3][7] On 7 September 2021, he made his debut in the starting lineup against Qatar. In that game he scored his first international goal in the 31st minute for Luxembourg.[8]

Career statistics
Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.[9]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 September 2021Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Qatar1–01–1Friendly
2.20 June 2023Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina1–02–0UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
3.8 September 2023Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Iceland2–03–1

References
  1. "Yvandro Borges Sanches". Borussia Mönchengladbach. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. Yvandro Borges Sanches at Soccerway
  3. Gobrecht, Hannah (5 September 2021). "Debüt mit 17 Jahren: Bei Borussia ist jetzt ein Teenie A-Nationalspieler". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  4. "FohlenTeams testen fleißig weiter". Borussia Mönchengladbach (in German). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  5. "NRW-Ligapokal: U19 und U17 absolvieren zweites Gruppenspiel". Borussia Mönchengladbach (in German). 12 August 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  6. Sorgatz, Jannik (26 August 2021). "Mit 17 im A-Team: Luxemburger Borges Sanches folgt seinen Vorgängern bei Borussia". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  7. "Serbia 4-1 Luxembourg: results, summary and goals". Diario AS. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  8. Mueller, Achim (9 September 2021). "17-Jähriger trifft als A-Nationalspieler Irre! Gladbach-Juwel Borges Sanches legt Tor-Premiere nach". GladbachLive (in German). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  9. "Yvandro Borges Sanches". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 4 June 2019.


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