Efraín Sánchez

{{Short description|Colombian footballer (1926–2020)}}

{{family name hatnote|Sánchez|Casimiro|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name=Efraín Sánchez

|image=Caimansanchez.JPG

|image_size=

|caption=Sánchez in 2012

|fullname=Efraín Elías Sánchez Casimiro

|birth_date={{Birth date|1926|2|26}}

|birth_place= Barranquilla, Colombia

|death_date= {{death date and age|2020|1|16|1926|2|26}}

|death_place= Bogotá, Colombia

|height=

|position= Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1944

| years2 = 1945

| years3 = 1946

| years4 = 1947–1949

| years5 = 1950

| years6 = 1951

| years7 = 1952

| years8 = 1953–1954

| years9 = 1955–1957

| years10 = 1958–1960

| years11 = 1960–1963

| years12 = 1964{{cite web|publisher=National Football Teams|title=Efraín Sánchez|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/58296/Efrain_Sanchez.html|date=April 2019}}

| clubs1 = Millonarios

| clubs2 = Once Caldas

| clubs3 = La Fortuna

| clubs4 = San Lorenzo

| clubs5 = América de Cali

| clubs6 = Deportivo Cali

| clubs7 = Junior

| clubs8 = Santa Fe

| clubs9 = Medellín

| clubs10 = Atlas

| clubs11 = Medellín

| clubs12 = Millonarios

|caps1=

|goals1=

|totalcaps=|totalgoals=

|nationalyears1 = 1947–1962

|nationalteam1 = Colombia|nationalcaps1=|nationalgoals1=

|manageryears1 = 1963

|managerclubs1 = Colombia

|manageryears2 = 1975

|managerclubs2 = Colombia

|manageryears3 = 1983–1984

|managerclubs3 = Colombia

}}

Efraín Elías "El Caimán" Sánchez Casimiro (26 February 1926 – 16 January 2020) was a Colombian footballer who played as goalkeeper. He competed for the Colombia national football team at the 1962 FIFA World Cup which was held in Chile. Among other teams, he played for San Lorenzo of Argentina in the 1940s. He won the Colombian league title three times during his career.