Personal information | |||
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Full name | Francisco Sanz Durán[1] | ||
Date of birth | 29 November 1972 | ||
Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1984–1991 | Real Madrid | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1995 | Real Madrid B | 41 | (1) |
1993 | → Unión Española (loan) | ||
1995–1996 | Oviedo | 7 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Racing Santander | 0 | (0) |
1997–2000 | Mallorca | 1 | (0) |
Total | 49 | (1) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Francisco Sanz Durán (born 29 November 1972) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Born in Madrid, Sanz played youth football with Real Madrid.[2] A brief loan in Chile with Unión Española notwithstanding,[2] he spent his first seasons as a senior with Real's reserves, making his Segunda División debut on 4 September 1993 in a 3–1 home win against Hércules CF where he came on as a late substitute[3] and scoring his only goal on 2 October in another home fixture that concluded with the same result, against CA Marbella.[4]
In the summer of 1995, Sanz signed with La Liga club Real Oviedo.[5] He played his first match in the competition on 3 September, featuring 77 minutes in the 0–1 loss at Real Zaragoza.[6]
From there onwards, Sanz could hardly ever get a game at his next teams, Racing de Santander[7] and RCD Mallorca.[8] Consequently, he retired at the age of 27,[9] later referring to himself in an interview conducted by daily newspaper El País as a "bad player".[10][2]
After retiring, Sanz worked in the hospitality industry in Madrid.[11] Previous to that, he was the president of Granada CF.[12]
In July 2009, Sanz was ordered by a court of law to pay €229 for assaulting Carlos Tomás Romero in April, when both worked in directorial capacities at Granada.[13]
Sanz's younger brother, Fernando, was also a footballer. Both were sons of Lorenzo Sanz, president of Real Madrid in the late 90s.[14][10]
On 26 March 2020, shortly after his father had died due to coronavirus, Sanz was admitted to the Vithas Nisa Pardo de Aravaca Hospital in Madrid after testing positive.[15]