Alvyn Sanches

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Alvyn Sanches
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Sanches with FC Lausanne-Sport in 2024.
Personal information
Full name Alvyn Antonio Sanches
Date of birth (2003-02-12) 12 February 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Créteil, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Young Boys
Number 10
Youth career
2010–2012 Lausanne Benfica
2012–2020 Lausanne-Sport
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2025 Lausanne-Sport 107 (25)
2025– Young Boys 0 (0)
International career
2022 Switzerland U20 2 (2)
2023–2024 Switzerland U21 8 (3)
2025– Switzerland 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 01:10, 6 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 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 BSC Young Boys. Born in France, he represents the Switzerland national team.

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Club career

Lausanne-Sport

Sanches is a youth product of the academies of Lausanne Benfica and Lausanne-Sport. [1] He signed his first contract with Lausanne-Sport on 13 November 2020. [2] He made his professional debut with Lausanne-Sport in a 5–0 Swiss Super League loss to FC St. Gallen on 15 May 2021. [3]

Young Boys

On 1 September 2025, his shock transfer to Swiss Super League giants Young Boys was announced. [4] With a reported transfer sum over SFr 5 million, he becomes the clubs record transfer. [5]

International career

Sanches was born in Créteil, France and is of Cape Verdean descent. He was raised in Switzerland. [6] He is a youth international for Switzerland, having played up to the Switzerland under-21s. [7]

He received his first senior international call-up on 12 March 2025. [8] 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. [9]

References

  1. "LAUSANNE SEGURA JOVEM LUSITANO". 14 November 2020.
  2. "ALVYN SANCHES SIGNE SON PREMIER CONTRAT PROFESSIONNEL!". 13 November 2020.
  3. "St. Gallen vs. Lausanne Sport - 15 May 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  4. "Alvyn Sanches wechselt zu YB" (in Swiss High German). BSC Young Boys. 1 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  5. Schoch, Sven (1 September 2025). "Sanches-Verpflichtung ist ein YB-Frontalangriff" (in Swiss High German). Blick . Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  6. "UFFICIALE: FC Lausanne-Sport, messo sotto contratto Alvyn Sanches". 17 November 2020.
  7. "Alvyn Sanches Sélectionné Avec la Suisse M21!". 16 March 2023.
  8. "Alvyn Sanches convoqué avec la Nati". 12 March 2025.
  9. "Tous avec Alvyn!". 23 March 2025.