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Ilie Sánchez

Ilie Sánchez

Midfield - Defensive Midfield  at Austin FC
Age35
CitizenshipSpain United States
Height1.82 m
Footright
BornNovember 21, 1990
at Austin FC 509 days · joined 2024-12-31
👕500+ Apps Veteran
Market value €400k
Defensive Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

7
clubs played for
09/10
debut season
0.04
goals / match
Sporting Kansas City
top club · 171 apps

Career highs

€1.25m
peak value · 2018
€30k
top transfer fee · 14/15
5
best season · 2018
8 · 40%
pens / of goals
500Appearances
20Goals
22Assists
91Yellow cards
1Red cards
224Full matches (90′)
Full nameIlie Sánchez
Name in home countryIlie Sánchez Farrés
Date of birth1990-11-21 (35 yrs)
Place of birthBarcelona, Spain
CitizenshipSpain United States
PositionMidfield - Defensive Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height182.00 m
Current clubAustin FC
Joined2024-12-31
Contract expires2025-12-31
AgentIDUB GLOBAL
Outfitteradidas
Jul 2025
2025 — Austin FC
26 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Apr 2025
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Dec 2024
Transfer: LAFC → Austin
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2024
2024 — Los Angeles FC
46 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2023
2023 — Los Angeles FC
43 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2022
2022 — Los Angeles FC
39 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2022
22/23 — Los Angeles FC
8 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2022
Transfer: Kansas City → LAFC
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2021
2021 — Sporting Kansas City
33 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Apr 2021
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2020
2020 — Sporting Kansas City
19 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2019
2019 — Sporting Kansas City
33 matches · 2 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2018
18/19 — Sporting Kansas City
6 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2018
2018 — Sporting Kansas City
41 matches · 5 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2017
2017 — Sporting Kansas City
39 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jan 2017
Transfer: Without Club → Kansas City
16/17 · Transfer
Aug 2016
Transfer: 1860 Munich → Without Club
16/17 · Transfer
Jul 2016
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jun 2016
Transfer: Elche CF → 1860 Munich
15/16 · Return from loan
Aug 2015
Transfer: 1860 Munich → Elche CF
15/16 · Loan
Jul 2015
15/16 — Elche CF
27 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — TSV 1860 Munich
26 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
Transfer: Barcelona B → 1860 Munich
14/15 · Transfer · €30k
Jul 2013
13/14 — FC Barcelona B
38 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2012
12/13 — FC Barcelona B
29 matches · 0 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2011
11/12 — FC Barcelona B
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2010
10/11 — FC Barcelona B
24 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2009
09/10 — FC Barcelona Atlètic
22 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2009
Transfer: Barça U19 → Barça Atlètic
09/10 · Transfer
Jul 2008
Transfer: Barça U18 → Barça U19
08/09 · Transfer
Jul 2007
Transfer: Cornellà Youth → Barça U18
07/08 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €1.25m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
20,198 min
Minutes played by club
Los Angeles FC 36.9%
Austin FC 7.7%
Sporting Kansas City 26.6%
Elche CF 6.4%
TSV 1860 Munich 9.4%
FC Barcelona B 8.2%
FC Barcelona Atlètic 5.0%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Los Angeles FC 4 2022 22/23 136 3 8 7,449
Austin FC 1 2025 2025 26 2 0 1,551
Sporting Kansas City 6 18/19 2021 171 11 9 5,366
Elche CF 1 15/16 15/16 27 1 1 1,292
TSV 1860 Munich 1 14/15 14/15 26 1 0 1,891
FC Barcelona B 4 10/11 13/14 92 1 4 1,648
FC Barcelona Atlètic 1 09/10 09/10 22 1 0 1,001

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

2€313K4€625K6€938K8€1.3M09/10 — 1 goals (FC Barcelona Atlètic)109/1010/11 — 1 goals (FC Barcelona B)110/1111/1212/13 — 2 assists212/1313/14 — 2 assists213/1414/15 — 1 goals (TSV 1860 Munich)114/1515/16 — 1 goals (Elche CF)15/16 — 1 assists215/1618/19 — 2 goals (Sporting Kansas City)218/192017 — 1 assists120172018 — 5 goals (Sporting Kansas City)2018 — 3 assists820182019 — 2 goals (Sporting Kansas City)2019 — 4 assists620192020 — 1 goals (Sporting Kansas City)2020 — 1 assists220202021 — 1 goals (Sporting Kansas City)120212022 — 1 goals (Los Angeles FC)120222023 — 1 goals (Los Angeles FC)2023 — 4 assists520232024 — 1 goals (Los Angeles FC)2024 — 2 assists320242025 — 2 goals (Austin FC)2202522/23 — 2 assists222/2310/11 — €200K11/12 — €400K12/13 — €800K13/14 — €800K14/15 — €800K15/16 — €800K18/19 — €1.3M22/23 — €800KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

09/10: 1109/1010/11: 1110/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 1115/1618/19: 2218/192017: 0020172018: 5520182019: 2220192020: 1120202021: 1120212022: 1120222023: 1120232024: 1120242025: 22202522/23: 0022/23

Assists by season

09/10: 0009/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 2212/1313/14: 2213/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 1115/1618/19: 0018/192017: 1120172018: 3320182019: 4420192020: 1120202021: 0020212022: 0020222023: 4420232024: 2220242025: 00202522/23: 2222/23
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
22/23 CONCACAF CL Los Angeles FC 8 0 2 2 0 0
2025 MLS Austin FC 23 1 0 5 0 1,425
2025 US Open Cup Austin FC 3 1 0 0 0 126
2024 Leagues Cup Los Angeles FC 7 0 1 0 0 0
2024 MLS Los Angeles FC 31 1 1 5 0 2,162
2024 MLS Cup Playoffs Los Angeles FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
2024 US Open Cup Los Angeles FC 5 0 0 1 0 0
2023 Campeones Cup Los Angeles FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
2023 Leagues Cup Los Angeles FC 3 0 1 0 0 0
2023 MLS Los Angeles FC 34 1 3 7 0 2,608
2023 MLS Cup Playoffs Los Angeles FC 5 0 0 1 0 0
2022 Leagues Cup Los Angeles FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022 MLS Los Angeles FC 33 1 0 5 0 2,679
2022 MLS Cup Playoffs Los Angeles FC 3 0 0 0 0 0
2022 US Open Cup Los Angeles FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
2021 Leagues Cup Sporting Kansas City 1 0 0 0 0 0
2021 MLS Sporting Kansas City 30 1 0 5 0 2,506
2021 MLS Cup Playoffs Sporting Kansas City 2 0 0 0 0 0
2020 MLS Sporting Kansas City 12 0 1 3 0 0
2020 MLS Cup Playoffs Sporting Kansas City 2 1 0 0 0 210
2020 MLS is Back Sporting Kansas City 5 0 0 2 0 0
2019 MLS Sporting Kansas City 32 2 4 7 1 1,255
2019 US Open Cup Sporting Kansas City 1 0 0 0 0 0
2018 MLS Sporting Kansas City 34 4 3 5 0 765
2018 MLS Cup Playoffs Sporting Kansas City 4 1 0 0 0 360
2018 US Open Cup Sporting Kansas City 3 0 0 0 0 0
2017 MLS Sporting Kansas City 33 0 1 6 0 0
2017 MLS Cup Playoffs Sporting Kansas City 1 0 0 1 0 0
2017 US Open Cup Sporting Kansas City 5 0 0 0 0 0
18/19 CONCACAF CL Sporting Kansas City 6 2 0 1 0 270
15/16 2ª División Elche CF 26 1 1 6 0 1,292
15/16 Copa del Rey Elche CF 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 2. Bundesliga TSV 1860 Munich 24 1 0 8 0 1,891
14/15 DFB-Pokal TSV 1860 Munich 2 0 0 1 0 0
13/14 2ª División FC Barcelona B 38 0 2 5 0 0
12/13 2ª División FC Barcelona B 29 0 2 6 0 0
11/12 2ª División FC Barcelona B 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 2ª División FC Barcelona B 24 1 0 5 0 1,648
09/10 2ª B - Grupo III FC Barcelona Atlètic 17 1 0 4 0 1,001
09/10 Ascenso a 2ª FC Barcelona Atlètic 5 0 0 0 0 0
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
07/08 2007-07-01 Cornellà Youth Barça U18 Transfer 0
08/09 2008-07-01 Barça U18 Barça U19 Transfer 0
09/10 2009-07-01 Barça U19 Barça Atlètic Transfer 0
14/15 2014-07-01 Barcelona B 1860 Munich Transfer 500000 €30k
15/16 2015-08-31 1860 Munich Elche CF Loan 500000
15/16 2016-06-30 Elche CF 1860 Munich Return from loan 400000
16/17 2016-08-26 1860 Munich Without Club Transfer 400000
16/17 2017-01-13 Without Club Kansas City Transfer 400000
21/22 2022-01-12 Kansas City LAFC Transfer 800000
24/25 2024-12-31 LAFC Austin Transfer 500000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
16/17 Knee problems 2016-07-09 2016-10-30 114 3
20/21 Back problems 2021-04-01 2021-04-29 29 2
24/25 Muscle injury 2025-04-10 2025-04-17 8 1
Current€400k
Peak€1.25m
Low€200k
Δ since start+€200k
€200k€463k€725k€988k€1.25m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €950k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.25m
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Dániel Sallói 2 1 0
Ryan Hollingshead 2 0 0
Gerso 2 3 0
Johnny Russell 2 4 0
Denis Bouanga 2 2 0
Jesús Murillo 2 0 0
Mateusz Bogusz 2 1 0
Diego Palacios 2 0 0
Sergi Palencia 2 0 0
Aaron Long 2 0 0
Khiry Shelton 2 0 0
Kellyn Acosta 2 0 0
Timothy Tillman 2 2 0
Mahala Opoku 2 1 0
José Cifuentes 2 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
2018 MLS Sporting Kansas City 4 34
18/19 CONCACAF CL Sporting Kansas City 2 6
2019 MLS Sporting Kansas City 2 32

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
2019 MLS Sporting Kansas City 4 32
2018 MLS Sporting Kansas City 3 34
2023 MLS Los Angeles FC 3 34

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
15/16 2016-06-30 Elche CF 1860 Munich Return from loan €400k
15/16 2015-08-31 1860 Munich Elche CF Loan €500k

Last 50 matches for Austin FC The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

DateCompHomeScoreAwayAvailability
2026-06-28 MLS1 Seattle Sounders Austin FC TIMED
2026-06-14 MLS1 Austin FC New York RB TIMED
2026-06-07 MLS1 Colorado Rapids Austin FC TIMED
2026-05-31 MLS1 San Diego FC Austin FC TIMED
2026-05-28 MLS1 Austin FC Real Salt Lake TIMED
2026-05-24 MLS1 Minnesota United FC Austin FC TIMED
2026-05-17 MLS1 Austin FC Vancouver Whitecaps TIMED
2026-05-14 MLS1 Austin FC Atlanta United FC TIMED
2026-05-10 MLS1 FC Cincinnati Austin FC TIMED
2026-05-03 MLS1 Austin FC 0–3 Minnesota United FC Available
2026-04-26 MLS1 Houston Dynamo 2–0 Austin FC Available
2026-04-19 MLS1 Austin FC 1–0 Los Angeles Galaxy Available
2026-04-12 MLS1 Vancouver Whitecaps 5–1 Austin FC Available
2026-04-05 MLS1 Austin FC 0–0 Portland Timbers Available
2026-03-30 MLS1 St. Louis City SC 0–1 Austin FC Available
2026-03-23 MLS1 Austin FC 2–1 San Diego FC Available
2026-03-15 MLS1 Los Angeles FC 0–1 Austin FC Available
2026-03-08 MLS1 Austin FC 0–1 Colorado Rapids Available
2026-03-01 MLS1 Portland Timbers 1–0 Austin FC Available
2025-10-18 MLS1 San Jose Earthquakes Austin FC TIMED
2025-10-04 MLS1 Austin FC St. Louis City SC TIMED
2025-09-27 MLS1 Real Salt Lake Austin FC TIMED
2025-09-20 MLS1 Austin FC Seattle Sounders TIMED
2025-09-13 MLS1 FC Dallas Austin FC TIMED
2025-09-06 MLS1 Sporting Kansas City Austin FC TIMED
2025-08-30 MLS1 Austin FC San Jose Earthquakes TIMED
2025-08-23 MLS1 CF Montréal Austin FC TIMED
2025-08-16 MLS1 Austin FC FC Dallas TIMED
2025-08-09 MLS1 Austin FC Houston Dynamo TIMED
2025-07-26 MLS1 D.C. United Austin FC TIMED
2025-07-16 MLS1 Los Angeles Galaxy Austin FC TIMED
2025-07-12 MLS1 Austin FC New England Revolution TIMED
2025-07-05 MLS1 Austin FC Los Angeles FC TIMED
2025-06-29 MLS1 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Austin FC Available
2025-06-22 MLS1 Minnesota United FC 0–1 Austin FC Available
2025-06-19 MLS1 Austin FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC Available
2025-06-15 MLS1 Colorado Rapids 2–0 Austin FC Available
2025-06-01 MLS1 Real Salt Lake 5–1 Austin FC Available
2025-05-29 MLS1 Austin FC 0–2 Portland Timbers Available
2025-05-25 MLS1 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Austin FC Available
2025-05-18 MLS1 Austin FC 3–2 Sporting Kansas City Available
2025-05-15 MLS1 Austin FC 1–0 Houston Dynamo Available
2025-05-11 MLS1 FC Dallas 2–1 Austin FC Available
2025-05-04 MLS1 Vancouver Whitecaps 0–0 Austin FC Available
2025-04-27 MLS1 Austin FC 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy Available
2025-04-20 MLS1 Houston Dynamo 0–1 Austin FC Available
2025-04-14 MLS1 St. Louis City SC 1–0 Austin FC INJURED Muscle injury
2025-04-06 MLS1 Austin FC 4–3 San Jose Earthquakes Available
2025-03-30 MLS1 Austin FC 2–1 FC Dallas Available
2025-03-23 MLS1 Orlando City 2–0 Austin FC Available

Teams faced most often by Ilie Sánchez's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Portland Timbers 11 3 6 2 10 7 +3 27%
Real Salt Lake 11 3 4 4 19 16 +3 27%
Houston Dynamo 9 4 3 2 18 15 +3 44%
Los Angeles Galaxy 8 3 3 2 14 12 +2 38%
FC Dallas 8 3 2 3 16 11 +5 38%
Seattle Sounders 8 3 3 2 7 7 0 38%
Colorado Rapids 8 5 1 2 14 8 +6 63%
New York RB 7 0 2 5 7 13 -6 0%
Vancouver Whitecaps 7 5 1 1 19 8 +11 71%
San Jose Earthquakes 7 5 0 2 15 12 +3 71%
Impact de Montréal 6 5 0 1 16 7 +9 83%
Chicago Fire 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 50%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
09/10 Senior debut season
09/10 First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
22/23 8 0 2 0 0 0
2025 26 1,551 5 0 0 0.29
2024 46 2,162 6 0 0 0.25
2023 43 2,608 8 0 0 0.28
2022 39 2,679 5 1 0 0.2
2021 33 2,506 5 0 0 0.18
2020 19 210 5 0 0 2.14
2019 33 1,255 7 0 1 0.57
2018 41 1,125 5 0 0 0.4
2017 39 0 7 0 0 0
18/19 6 270 1 0 0 0.33
15/16 27 1,292 6 0 0 0.42
14/15 26 1,891 9 1 0 0.48
13/14 38 0 5 0 0 0
12/13 29 0 6 0 0 0
10/11 24 1,648 5 1 0 0.33
09/10 22 1,001 4 0 0 0.36

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

MLS
262 apps
11 G
13 A
2ª División
118 apps
2 G
5 A
CONCACAF CL
14 apps
2 G
2 A
MLS Cup Playoffs
20 apps
2 G
0 A
US Open Cup
19 apps
1 G
0 A
2. Bundesliga
24 apps
1 G
0 A
2ª B - Grupo III
17 apps
1 G
0 A
Leagues Cup
12 apps
0 G
2 A
MLS is Back
5 apps
0 G
0 A
Ascenso a 2ª
5 apps
0 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Ilie Sánchez

Who is Ilie Sánchez?

Ilie Sánchez is a Spain professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfield for Austin FC.

How old is Ilie Sánchez?

Ilie Sánchez is 35 years old. He was born on November 21, 1990 in Barcelona.

What position does Ilie Sánchez play?

Ilie Sánchez plays as a defensive midfield (Midfield - Defensive Midfield).

What club does Ilie Sánchez play for?

Ilie Sánchez currently plays for Austin FC.

How many career goals has Ilie Sánchez scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Ilie Sánchez has scored 20 goals in 500 appearances.

What is Ilie Sánchez's market value?

Ilie Sánchez's most recent reported market value is €400k.