Manu Sánchez

Sánchez's 2026/27 season, read from the numbers

In 2026/27, Manu Sánchez was used in rotation for Levante in the La Liga: 7 appearances and 521 minutes, averaging 74 minutes per outing. His standout number is tackles — 26, 10th of 905 defenders and inside the top 1%.

Per 90 minutes that is 4.5 tackles per 90, 1.0 interceptions per 90 and 51% of his duels won — the rate profile behind Sánchez's totals. Sánchez played 262 passes at 83% accuracy — 45.3 per 90, which is the volume that decides whether a side builds through him or around him.

The profile is lopsided rather than complete: measured against defenders, Sánchez sits in the top 1% for tackling volume but only the top 34% for shot conversion. Set against Sánchez's own record, 2026/27 reads differently: he is playing far less than he once did — 521 minutes against 2818 at his peak.

Our records cover 8 seasons of Sánchez's career, 2019/20 to 2026/27, across 5 clubs — Atletico Madrid, Osasuna, Celta Vigo, Alaves and others. In that time he has played 286 matches across 3 competitions, 18,682 minutes in all. His best season on our records was 2020/21, when he averaged 6.90 across 19 appearances.

Treat these rates carefully. At 521 minutes — roughly 6 full matches — Sánchez is 379 short of our 900-minute qualifying floor, so he does not appear on the ranking boards: on a sample this size two good afternoons move a per-90 number further than a month of steady form.

How these scores are built, and the minutes and rating floors a player must clear to appear on our boards, are set out in our methodology.