Daniel Cadena

{{Short description|Footballer (born 1987)}}

{{EngvarB|date=June 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}

{{family name hatnote|Cadena|Sanchez|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Daniel Cadena

| image =Daniel Cadena.jpg

| caption = Cadena with Nicaragua in March 2017

| fullname = Daniel Cadena Sánchez

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|2|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain

| height = 1.77m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = UNAN Managua

| clubnumber = 25

| youthyears1 = 2004–2006

| youthclubs1 = Sanluqueño

| years1 = 2006–2007

| clubs1 = Sanluqueño

| caps1 = 0

| years2 = 2007–2008

| clubs2 = Betis B

| caps2 = 8

| years3 = 2008–2009

| clubs3 = Betis C

| caps3 = 10

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 2009

| clubs4 = Xerez B

| caps4 = 7

| goals4 = 5

| years5 = 2010

| clubs5 = Racing Portuense

| caps5 = 15

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2011

| clubs6 = Rota

| caps6 =

| years7 = 2011–2012

| clubs7 = Atlético Antoniano

| caps7 =

| years8 = 2012–2013

| clubs8 = Algaida

| caps8 = 24

| goals8 = 21

| years9 = 2013–2016

| clubs9 = Walter Ferretti

| caps9 = 89

| goals9 = 44

| years10 = 2016

| clubs10 = Atletico Antoniano

| caps10 = 2

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2016

| clubs11 = Atlántico

| caps11 =

| goals11 =

| years12 = 2016

| clubs12 = KF

| caps12 = 9

| goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2017

| clubs13 = Njarðvík

| caps13 = 3

| goals13 = 0

| years14 = 2017–2018

| clubs14 = Real Estelí

| caps14 = 13

| goals14 = 3

| years15 = 2018–2019

| clubs15 = Mérida

| caps15 = 7

| goals15 = 1

| years16 = 2019–2020

| clubs16 = Arcos

| caps16 = 3

| goals16 = 0

| years17 = 2020–2021

| clubs17 = Deportivo Ocotal

| caps17 = 15

| goals17 = 4

| years18 = 2021–2022

| clubs18 = Juventus Managua

| caps18 = 28

| goals18 = 9

| years19 = 2022

| clubs19 = Rayo Sanluqueño

| caps19 = 4

| goals19 = 0

| years20 = 2023–

| clubs20 = UNAN Managua

| caps20 = 13

| goals20 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2014–2021

| nationalteam1 = Nicaragua

| nationalcaps1 = 33

| nationalgoals1 = 4

| pcupdate = 15 April 2023

| ntupdate = 21 February 2021

}}

Daniel Cadena Sanchez (born 9 February 1987) is a footballer who plays as a forward for Liga Primera de Nicaragua club UNAN Managua.

Born and raised in Spain to Spanish parents, Cadena has played in the Nicaraguan league and subsequently capped for the Nicaragua national team.