Player Profile

Davinson Sánchez Mina (born 12 June 1996) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Colombia national team. Sánchez began his career in Colombia with Atlético Nacional, where he made his professional debut in 2013 and went on to win four Categoría Primera A titles, two Copa Colombia trophies (2012, 2013), the 2016 Superliga Colombiana, and the 2016 Copa Libertadores. In 2016–17, he moved to Europe to join Ajax, where he was named the club's Player of the Year and reached the 2017 UEFA Europa League Final. Later in 2017, he signed for Tottenham Hotspur in a then club-record £42 million transfer, making over 200 appearances. In 2023, he joined Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray, where he won the Turkish Super Cup in 2023, the Süper Lig in 2023–24 and 2024–25, and the Turkish Cup in 2024–25. At youth level, Sánchez represented Colombia at the 2013 South American U-17 Championship and was part of the Colombia squads that participated at the 2015 South American U-20 Championship and the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, respectively. He made his senior debut for Colombia in 2016 and has represented the nation at three editions of the Copa América, as well as at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

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