Alvyn Sanches

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alvyn Sanches

| fullname = Alvyn Antonio Sanches

| image = Alvyn Sanches.jpg

| caption = Sanches with FC Lausanne-Sport in 2024.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|2|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Créteil, France

| height = 1.83 m

| currentclub = Lausanne-Sport

| clubnumber = 80

| position = Forward, attacking midfielder

| youthyears1 = 2010–2012 | youthclubs1 = Lausanne Benfica

| youthyears2 = 2012–2020 | youthclubs2 = Lausanne-Sport

| years1 = 2020– | clubs1 = Lausanne-Sport | caps1 = 107 | goals1 = 25

| nationalyears1 = 2022

| nationalteam1 = Switzerland U20

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 2023–2024

| nationalteam2 = Switzerland U21

| nationalcaps2 = 8

| nationalgoals2 = 3

| nationalyears4 = 2025–

| nationalteam4 = Switzerland

| nationalcaps4 = 1

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| pcupdate = 01:10, 6 May 2025

| ntupdate = 02:50, 25 March 2025 (UTC)

}}

Alvyn Antonio Sanches (born 12 February 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a Forward for Swiss Super League club FC Lausanne-Sport. Born in France, he represents the Switzerland national team.

Club career

=Lausanne-Sport=

Sanches is a youth product of the academies of Lausanne Benfica and Lausanne-Sport.{{Cite web|url=https://jovenspromessas2015.pt/lausanne-segura-jovem-lusitano/|title=LAUSANNE SEGURA JOVEM LUSITANO|date=November 14, 2020}} He signed his first contract with Lausanne-Sport on 13 November 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lausanne-sport.ch/alvyn-sanches-signe-son-premier-contrat-professionnel/|title=ALVYN SANCHES SIGNE SON PREMIER CONTRAT PROFESSIONNEL!|date=November 13, 2020}} He made his professional debut with Lausanne-Sport in a 5–0 Swiss Super League loss to FC St. Gallen on 15 May 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/05/15/switzerland/super-league/fc-sankt-gallen-1879/fc-lausanne-sport/3444325/|title=St. Gallen vs. Lausanne Sport - 15 May 2021 - Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com}}

International career

Sanches was born in Créteil, France and is of Cape Verdean descent. He was raised in Switzerland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballscouting.it/notizie/ufficiale-fc-lausanne-sport-messo-sotto-contratto-alvyn-sanches/|title=UFFICIALE: FC Lausanne-Sport, messo sotto contratto Alvyn Sanches|date=November 17, 2020}} He is a youth international for Switzerland, having played up to the Switzerland under-21s.{{cite web | url=https://www.lausanne-sport.ch/alvyn-sanches-selectionne-avec-les-m21/ | title=Alvyn Sanches Sélectionné Avec la Suisse M21! | date=16 March 2023 }}

He received his first senior international call-up on 12 March 2025.{{cite web | url=https://www.lausanne-sport.ch/alvyn-sanches-convoque-avec-la-nati/ | title=Alvyn Sanches convoqué avec la Nati | date=12 March 2025 }} On 21 March 2025, he made his debut for Switzerland in a friendly against Northern Ireland, but suffered an anterior cruciate ligament tear in the final minutes of the game.{{cite web | url=https://www.lausanne-sport.ch/tous-avec-alvyn/ | title=Tous avec Alvyn! | date=23 March 2025 }}

References

External links

{{Soccerway|alvyn-antonio-sanches/680738}}
[https://www.sfl.ch/superleague/klubs/fc-lausanne-sport/player/alvyn-antonio-sanches/season/202021/ SFL Profile]
[https://www.football.ch/fr/asf/equipes-nationales/m18/team.aspx/t-41645/p-867557/ Football.ch Profile]

Category:2003 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Créteil

Category:Swiss men's footballers

Category:Switzerland men's international footballers

Category:Switzerland men's youth international footballers

Category:French men's footballers

Category:French emigrants to Switzerland

Category:Swiss people of Cape Verdean descent

Category:French sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent

Category:FC Lausanne-Sport players

Category:Swiss Super League players

Category:Men's association football wingers

Category:21st-century French sportsmen

Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen