Vicente Sanchez

Deportivo Toluca's Vicente Sanchez, seen here in 2007, is set to join German club Schalke 04.
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Deportivo Toluca's Vicente Sanchez, seen here in 2007, is set to join German club Schalke 04.

Deportivo Toluca's Uruguay international striker Vicente Sanchez is set to join German club Schalke 04, Mexican sports daily Record reported on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old has agreed a deal worth four-million dollars which includes a clause which allows him to return to the Mexican first division side if things don't work out in the German club.

The newspaper said that Sanchez will undergo a medical at Gelsenkirchen before signing the two-year contract.

"It's a dream come true for me to play in Europe.I'm happy to be joining a big club but sad to be leaving a team like Toluca where I've played for seven years," Sanchez was quoted as saying.

Sanchez has scored 85 goals in the Mexican championship since arriving in Toluca in 2001 from Uruguayan side Nacional.

Deportivo Toluca's Uruguay international striker Vicente Sanchez is set to join German club Schalke 04, Mexican sports daily Record reported on Tuesday. . . . more . . .

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Deportivo Toluca's Uruguay international striker Vicente Sanchez is set to join German club Schalke 04, Mexican sports daily Record reported on Tuesday.

The 28-year-old has agreed a deal worth four-million dollars which includes a clause which allows him to return to the Mexican first division side if things don't work out in the German club.

The newspaper said that Sanchez will undergo a medical at Gelsenkirchen before signing the two-year contract.

"It's a dream come true for me to play in Europe.I'm happy to be joining a big club but sad to be leaving a team like Toluca where I've played for seven years," Sanchez was quoted as saying.

Sanchez has scored 85 goals in the Mexican championship since arriving in Toluca in 2001 from Uruguayan side Nacional.

Vicente Sanchez

Uruguay's Sanchez set for Schalke 04 move (Jan 15, 2008)

Deportivo Toluca's Uruguay international striker Vicente Sanchez is set to join German club Schalke 04, Mexican sports daily Record reported on Tuesday. . . . more . . .

Gio too was booked in the 92nd minute after a challenge on Schalke's Vicente Sanchez.

Toluca striker Vicente Sanchez had tormented America up to that point.He threatened goalie Guillermo Ochoa early and often and converted in the 14th minute to put Toluca ahead.

"It was a good game, but all of a sudden we let too many things slip in the first half," Sanchez said.

Vicente Sanchez
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Vicente Sanchez

Canadian Press
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SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (AP) - Striker Vicente Sanchez poked in a loose ball early in the second half and a struggling Uruguay kept alive its hopes of reaching the Copa America quarter-finals with a 1-0 victory over Bolivia on Saturday.

Diego Forlan deflected a cross in front of the goal and Sanchez slid to toe the ball under Bolivian keeper Sergio Galarza in the 58th minute.
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Galarza thwarted one chance in first-half injury time, charging off his line to disrupt a charging Sanchez.