Yvandro Borges Sanches

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Yvandro Borges Sanches
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-05-24) 24 May 2004 (age 21)
Place of birth Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Heracles Almelo
Number 21
Youth career
2016–2020 RCFU Luxembourg
2020–2023 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2025 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 23 (2)
2022–2025 Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 (0)
2024NEC Nijmegen (loan) 8 (0)
2025– Heracles Almelo 0 (0)
International career
2018 Luxembourg U15 2 (6)
2020 Luxembourg U16 1 (0)
2021 Luxembourg U21 1 (0)
2021– Luxembourg 26 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2025

Yvandro Borges Sanches (born 24 May 2004) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo and the Luxembourg national team. [2]

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Club career

Born in Luxembourg to Cape Verdean parents, Borges Sanches arrived in Borussia Mönchengladbach on the summer 2020, from the Luxembourgian club of Racing-Union. Progressing through the youth ranks of Borussia Mönchengladbach, he also played his first senior game in the summer 2021, during a friendly against Bayern Munich. [3]

In the early 2021–22 season, he was part of the under-19 team, regularly scoring for the Borussen youth. [4] [5]

In January 2024, Borges Sanches joined Eredivisie club NEC Nijmegen on loan until the end of the season. [6]

On 7 August 2025, Borges Sanches returned to the Netherlands and signed a three-season contract with Heracles Almelo. [7]

International career

Already a youth international with Luxembourg, Yvandro Borges Sanches made his debut with the under-21 in June 2021. [3]

Called to the national senior team by Luc Holtz for the first time in August 2021, [8] he made his international debut for the Luxembourg national team on 4 September 2021, coming on as a late substitute in the European Championship qualifying 4–1 defeat against Serbia. [3] [9] On 7 September 2021, he made his debut in the starting lineup against Qatar. In that game he scored his first international goal in the 31st minute for Luxembourg. [10]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first. [11]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 September 2021 Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 1–01–1 Friendly
2.20 June 2023 Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–02–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
3.8 September 2023Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2–03–1

References

  1. "Yvandro Borges Sanches". Borussia Mönchengladbach. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. Yvandro Borges Sanches at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 3 Gobrecht, Hannah (5 September 2021). "Debüt mit 17 Jahren: Bei Borussia ist jetzt ein Teenie A-Nationalspieler". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  4. "FohlenTeams testen fleißig weiter". Borussia Mönchengladbach (in German). 6 August 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  5. "NRW-Ligapokal: U19 und U17 absolvieren zweites Gruppenspiel". Borussia Mönchengladbach (in German). 12 August 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  6. "N.E.C. versterkt zich met Yvandro Borges Sanches" [NEC strengthens itself with Yvandro Borges Sanches]. www.nec-nijmegen.nl (in Dutch). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  7. "Yvandro Borges Sanches tekent bij Heracles Almelo" [Yvandro Borges Sanches signs with Heracles Almelo] (in Dutch). Heracles Almelo. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  8. Sorgatz, Jannik (26 August 2021). "Mit 17 im A-Team: Luxemburger Borges Sanches folgt seinen Vorgängern bei Borussia". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  9. "Serbia 4-1 Luxembourg: results, summary and goals". Diario AS . 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  10. Mueller, Achim (9 September 2021). "17-Jähriger trifft als A-Nationalspieler Irre! Gladbach-Juwel Borges Sanches legt Tor-Premiere nach". GladbachLive (in German). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  11. "Yvandro Borges Sanches". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 4 June 2019.