Robert Sánchez

Club

As of match played 24 August 2026

International

As of match played 18 November 2024

Early life and career

Sánchez was born in Cartagena, Region of Murcia. He was born to a Jamaican-English father and a Spanish-French mother. He spent his early career playing locally with Escuela de Fútbol de Santa Ana, Cartagena and Ciudad Jardín before joining Levante in 2010.

Brighton & Hove Albion

Sánchez moved to England to sign for Brighton & Hove Albion at the age of 15, before signing his first professional contract in June 2015. He signed a new three-year contract with the club in April 2018.

Loan spells

In June 2018, Sánchez moved on loan to Forest Green Rovers for the 2018–19 season. He played in the opening game of the season making his debut away at Grimsby where Rovers won 4–1. Sánchez was recalled by parent club Brighton in January 2019 to provide cover as Albion's Mathew Ryan was called up for Australia for the Asian Cup. He made 17 appearances for Forest Green that season, all coming in the league. On 24 July 2019, Sánchez joined Rochdale on loan for the 2019–20 season. He made his debut for the club in a 3–2 away win over Tranmere Rovers.

Return to Brighton

On 1 November 2020, Sánchez made his Brighton debut, playing in a 2–1 defeat in a Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur. On 23 February 2021, Sánchez signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract with Brighton, running until June 2025. Sánchez was sent off in the 1–1 home draw against Newcastle United on 6 November, in Brighton's eleventh match of the…

Sánchez received his first call-up to the Spain national team in March 2021, for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Greece, Georgia and Kosovo. He was selected to the Spain squad for the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 tournament in May 2021. Sánchez and David de Gea remained as understudies to Unai Simón and did not make an appearance as Spain were knocked out on penalties against Italy in the semi-final at Wembley Stadium on 6 July. He made his international debut on 5 September 2021, replacing Simón in the second half of a World Cup qualifier 4–0 win against Georgia in Badajoz. Sánchez was part of Spain's 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals squad in October. He remained as back-up and did not make an appearance in either the semi-final victory over Italy or the final loss against France as Spain finished as runners-up. On 11 November 2022, Sánchez was named in Spain's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but he was not called up for UEFA Euro 2024 which they won without him and 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Sánchez has said that he modelled himself on Spanish goalkeepers Iker Casillas and David de Gea.