Kako Sanz
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Sanz Sainz
Date of birth (1993-06-05) 5 June 1993
Place of birth Tudela, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Real Sociedad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2018 Real Sociedad B 169 (6)
2018–2020 Numancia 32 (0)
2020 → Castellón (loan) 7 (0)
2020–2021 Atlético Baleares 6 (0)
2021 Inter Turku 22 (1)
2022 Linares 10 (0)
2022–2023 Osasuna B 22 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023

Alejandro "Kako" Sanz Sainz (born 5 June 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder.

Club career

Sanz was born in Tudela, Navarre, and represented Real Sociedad as a youth. In July 2012 he was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B,[1] and made his senior debut on 26 August of that year by coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–0 away draw against Racing de Santander B.

Sanz scored his first senior goal on 9 February 2013, netting the winner in a 2–1 home defeat of CD Izarra.[2] He subsequently became a regular starter for Sanse, being a team captain in the process.

On 16 July 2018, free agent Sanz signed a one-year deal with Segunda División side CD Numancia.[3] He made his professional debut on 18 August, replacing Pape Maly Diamanka late into a 3–3 away draw against Córdoba CF.

On 10 June 2019, Sanz extended his contract with the Soria outfit until 2022.[4] The following 18 January, he was loaned to CD Castellón in the third division for six months,[5] and helped the latter side achieve promotion to the second division.

On 24 September 2020, Sanz signed for CD Atlético Baleares in division three.[6] The following 27 January, he moved abroad and signed for FC Inter Turku in Finland.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Un Sanse con cuatro caras nuevas echa a andar hoy" [A Sanse with four new faces start running today] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "El Sanse logra tres puntos de gran importancia" [Sanse get three points of great importance] (in Spanish). El Diario Vasco. 9 February 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Alejandro Sanz, séptimo refuerzo del C.D. Numancia" [Alejandro Sanz, seventh addition of C.D. Numancia] (in Spanish). CD Numancia. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Kako signs contract extension with Numancia". CD Numancia. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Kako se va cedido al Castellón" [Kako goes out on loan to Castellón] (in Spanish). Marca. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "El Atlético Baleares refuerza su medular con Alejandro Sanz 'Kako'" [Atlético Baleares bolster their midfield with Alejandro Sanz 'Kako'] (in Spanish). Última Hora. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "FC Inter vahvisti keskikenttäänsä".
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