 Sanchez became known when in 1971 he played the National Games in Antigua Guatemala.In 1973 he was selected as a youth in the I Afro Latin American Games that were played in Mexico, and that same year he closed his youth participation in the I Central American Sports Games that were held in Ciudad de Guatemala.In 1974 he played in the ¨B¨ category at Laboratorios Jimenez, which was looking for his promotion to the Major League, but it was a year later when Escuintla's fans cheered him as a goal scorer, playing with the Aces of the Minar Tiquisate, was present in the rival goals with the amount of 24 goals, product of his imagination and creativity.