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Also known as Jose Enrique Sanchez Diaz, Jose Enrique, José Enrique Sánchez

Spanish association football player

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José Enrique Sánchez Díaz, known professionally as José Enrique, is a Spanish former association football player. Born on January 23, 1986, in Valencia, he played as a full-back. His professional career spanned from 2004 to 2017. During this period, he was a member of several clubs, including Valencia CF, Liverpool F.C., RC Celta de Vigo, and Newcastle United F.C. He competed in the Premier League and represented Spain in international competition.

Standing 184 cm tall and weighing 78 kg, Sánchez Díaz is a native Spanish speaker. His full birth name is José Enrique Sánchez Díaz. The player has since retired from professional soccer.

Synthesized by Vinony from 39 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1871
Died
1917
Works
10

Top works

  • Motivos de Proteo
  • Ariel; liberalismo y jacobinismo
  • Ariel (Colleccion Austral)
  • Ariel
  • Ariel

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
ES
Active from
1975-05-08

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4
Total plays
4

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Key facts

2001
Spain U16
2005
Spain U20
Full name
José Enrique Sánchez Díaz
Date of birth
( 1986-01-23 ) 23 January 1986 (age 40)
Place of birth
Valencia , Spain
Height
1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position
Left-back
0000 2004
Levante
Years
Team
2004 2005
Levante B
2005 2006
Valencia
2006 2007
Villarreal
2007 2011
Newcastle United
2011 2016
Liverpool
2016 2017
Zaragoza
2006 2008
Spain U21

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
_Retired Soccer
Position
Defender
Nationality
Spain

via TheSportsDB

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Sánchez
Gender
male
Citizenship
Spain
Place of birth
Valencia
Languages spoken
Spanish
Native language
Spanish
Member of team
Real Zaragoza
Position played
full-back
Country for sport
Spain
Mass
78
Image
José Enrique.jpg
Height
184
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Commons category
José Enrique Sánchez
date of birth
1986-01-23
second family name in Spanish name
Díaz
birth name
José Enrique Sánchez Díaz
end of work period
2017-00-00
start of work period
2004-00-00
name in native language
José Enrique
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Encyclopedic overview

José Enrique Sánchez Díaz (born 23 January 1986), known as José Enrique, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Starting his career with Levante, José Enrique was signed by their rivals Valencia and made La Liga appearances for Celta Vigo and Villarreal. He then spent nine years in England with Newcastle United and Liverpool, totalling 161 Premier League appearances. With the latter club, he won the Football League Cup and lost the FA Cup final in 2012. He retired through injury in 2017, after a year back in Spain with Real Zaragoza.

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