Mexican Footballer
- He is one of the best scorers of his generation.
- Sports debut: October 23, 1976 (Club Universidad Nacional)
- Sporting retirement: 1997 (Atlético Celaya)
- Debut as a coach: March 26, 2000 (Club Universidad Nacional)
- Parents: Hector Sanchez and Maria Isabel Marquez
- Spouses: Emma Portugal, Isabel Martin
- Children: Hemma, Hugo Sanchez Portugal
- Name: Hugo Sanchez Marquez
- Height: 1.75 m
Hugo Sánchez was born on July 11, 1958, in Mexico City.
Family
Son of Héctor Sánchez, former player for Asturias and Atlante.
His sister Herlinda, who was an Olympic gymnast and participated in the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, was the one who taught him the famous somersault with which he celebrated his goals.
Footballer
At the age of 14, she was already part of the Olympic team and won the CONCACAF championship.
In 1976, she went on to play with the youth team of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), with which she remained until 1981. Also, in 1976, she participated in the Olympic Games in Montreal (Canada), where she coincided with her gymnast sister.
She made her debut in 1977 with the Mexican national team, winning the CONCACAF tournament, this time as an absolute player.
Pumas
In the 1976-1977 season, he won the first league title in the club's history with the UNAM team, the Pumas . Two years later, he scored 26 goals, making him the championship's top scorer.
At the end of that season (1979) he played a summer in the United States with the San Diego Sockers , but quickly returned to the Autonomous University with which he would win another League (1980-1981), the CONCACAF Club Cup (1980) and the Inter-American Cup (1980), against Nacional de Montevideo.
Atletico Madrid
After five seasons at UNAM, he was signed in Spain by Atlético de Madrid , where he arrived in 1981 and where, after a long period of adaptation, he managed to triumph in the 1984-1985 season, winning the Copa del Rey title , second place in the League and finishing as top scorer, with 19 goals.
Real Madrid
That summer he signed for Real Madrid , where he completely established his career, winning five consecutive League titles (between 1985-1986 and 1989-1990), the UEFA Cup in 1986, the Cup in 1989 and four new Pichichi trophies as top scorer in the Spanish League: 1986 (22 goals), 1987 (34), 1988 (29), 1990 (38 goals, equalling Zarra's record).
Other Teams
In 1992, he left Real Madrid and began a long journey that took him to América in Mexico, to Rayo Vallecano in Madrid, back to Mexico, this time to Atlante and, after passing through Linz in Austria, he ended up signing a contract in 1996 to join the newly created American League (NASL) in the ranks of the Dallas Burn .
Coach
He later became the technical director of several teams, such as Pumas, Necaxa, AlmerÃa and Pachuca, with his best moment being his work with the university team between 2000 and 2005, where he won the Mexican Apertura and Clausura in 2004.
He was also the coach of the Mexican national team between February 2007 and March 2008, leading the team in the 2007 Copa América, in which they finished third.
He was inducted into the FIFA Football Hall of Fame in 2011.
Marriages and Children
Married in 2000 to Spanish Isabel MartÃn.
In his first marriage with Emma Portugal, he was the father of a daughter and Hugo, who played as a defender for Pumas, with whom he was champion in 2004.
On November 10, 2014, his son, Hugo Sánchez Portugal, was found dead in his apartment in the Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City, apparently due to gas poisoning.