Jorge Sánchez
Mexico
DEF
Age
28
Appearances
0
Tackles won
0
About Jorge Sánchez
Jorge Sánchez takes his place in Mexico's confirmed 26 for the 2026 World Cup, a defender named in Javier Aguirre's final squad. Mexico reach the finals as one of the co-hosts, and the PAOK Thessaloniki defender goes into the tournament aged 28 and valued at around €2 million.
A right-back who has long been a regular in the Mexico defence, Sánchez has 59 senior caps to his name. This season his PAOK campaign across all competitions reads 31 appearances and 1 goal. At 28, he brings tournament experience and a familiar option at full-back to Aguirre's group. Mexico open their Group A campaign against South Africa on 11 June 2026, with South Korea and the Czech Republic to follow in the group.
A right-back who has long been a regular in the Mexico defence, Sánchez has 59 senior caps to his name. This season his PAOK campaign across all competitions reads 31 appearances and 1 goal. At 28, he brings tournament experience and a familiar option at full-back to Aguirre's group. Mexico open their Group A campaign against South Africa on 11 June 2026, with South Korea and the Czech Republic to follow in the group.
World Cup 2026 Stats
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Playing Style
Jorge Sánchez is an energetic, aggressive right-back, noted for his overlapping runs, his physical presence and his defensive tenacity. A regular fixture in Mexico's defence since 2019, he brings that high-energy game down the right for club and country. He is listed at 1.76 m and is right-footed. This season he has played 2,237 minutes of club football for PAOK Thessaloniki across all competitions, a steady run of games in the Greek top flight and in Europe.
World Cup History
The 2026 World Cup will be Jorge Sánchez's second. He was part of Mexico's squad at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where the team went out at the group stage, and Javier Aguirre has named him in the 26 once more for 2026. The defender arrives with 59 senior caps for Mexico. A second World Cup squad underlines how settled he has been in the national-team setup over recent years, a steady presence in the Mexico squad.
National Team
Mexico
Tier 3
£17m
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Goal Rush Impact
Sánchez's value to Mexico is at right-back: an energetic, attack-minded full-back whose overlapping runs and defensive work give Aguirre an option down the right flank. His PAOK season this term brings 31 appearances and a goal across all competitions. On the Goal Rush card Mexico are a Tier 3 side at £17m within the game's £200m card budget. That experienced full-back presence down the right is what Mexico get from him at the finals.
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Sánchez at the 2026 World Cup
Sánchez is a confirmed defender in Javier Aguirre's 26-man Mexico squad for the 2026 World Cup. As co-hosts, Mexico begin their Group A campaign against South Africa on 11 June.
Picking Mexico in Goal Rush
A Tier 3 team, Mexico are set at £17m for the tournament. Sánchez is one of the defenders in Aguirre's 26, a right-back in the Mexico squad for the group stage.
Jorge Sánchez World Cup 2026 FAQs
Mexico are a Tier 3 team at £17m on the Goal Rush card. Sánchez is one of their defenders, named in Javier Aguirre's confirmed 26, so for Goal Rush he is a squad name at that mid-tier team price for the tournament.
Sánchez is a defender for Mexico, a right-back by trade. He plays his club football for PAOK Thessaloniki and is part of Javier Aguirre's national-team squad for the 2026 World Cup, named in Mexico's final 26-man group.
Sánchez was part of Mexico's squad at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, making 2026 his second World Cup in the squad. Javier Aguirre has named him in the 26 again, with Mexico in the finals as co-hosts.
Sánchez plays his club football for PAOK Thessaloniki. He is named among Mexico's defenders in Javier Aguirre's final 26, with the co-hosts opening their Group A campaign against South Africa in mid-June.
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