Barcelona Sánchez (furthest left) celebrating with his Barcelona team mates after defeating Santos in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final On 20 July 2011, FC Barcelona confirmed they had agreed to a £25 million fee (including £9 million in certain bonuses) with Udinese for the transfer of Sánchez. He became the first Chilean to play for the club. [17] [18][19] "Sánchez is very young," said manager Pep Guardiola. "He can play in all three attacking positions, he shows intense defensive skills, he's direct and from what I've been told, he's a very nice kid." [18] The transfer was finalised five days later when he passed a medical and signed a five-year contract. [20][21] "I want to learn from players like Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernández—and I want to help the club win more titles," said Sánchez. [20] His debut season for Barcelona was mired with short-term injuries. Sanchez made his debut on 14 August 2011 against arch rivals Real Madrid in the 2012 Supercopa de España first leg away match, and had a thigh injury after a challenge by Marcelo. [22] Barcelona won the tie 5–4 on aggregate. He made his return two weeks later as a substitute in the 2011 UEFA Super Cup, won by Barca 2–0. Alexis then started the opening match of La Liga, at home against Villarreal CF, and scored his first goal in a 5–0 win. A week later, on 10 September 2011, he was stretchered off after 30 minutes following a challenge from Dani Estrada in a La Liga match against Real Sociedad. [23] Sánchez returned on 1 November 2011 in an away match against Viktoria Plzeň. [24] On 10 December 2011, he scored Barcelona's equaliser against Real Madrid in a match they went on to win 1–3. On 14 February 2012, Sánchez scored the first and second UEFA Champions League goals of his career in Barcelona's 3–1 victory against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. On 2 October he scored the first goal for Barcelona in a 0–2 win against S.L. Benfica. [25]

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Sánchez (furthest left) celebrating with his Barcelona team mates after defeating Santos in the 2011 FIFA Club World

Cup Final

On 20 July 2011, FC Barcelona confirmed they had agreed to a £25 million fee (including £9 million in certain bonuses) with Udinese for the transfer of Sánchez. He became the first Chilean to play for the club.[17][18][19] "Sánchez is very young," said manager Pep Guardiola. "He can play in all three attacking positions, he shows intense defensive skills, he's direct and from what I've been told, he's a very nice kid."[18] The transfer was finalised five days later when he passed a medical and signed a five-year contract.[20][21] "I want to learn from players like Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernández—and I want to help the club win more titles," said Sánchez.[20]

His debut season for Barcelona was mired with short-term injuries. Sanchez made his debut on 14 August 2011 against arch rivals Real Madrid in the 2012 Supercopa de España first leg away match, and had a thigh injury after a challenge by Marcelo.[22] Barcelona won the tie 5–4 on aggregate. He made his return two weeks later as a substitute in the 2011 UEFA Super Cup, won by Barca 2–0. Alexis then started the opening match of La Liga, at home against Villarreal CF, and scored his first goal in a 5–0 win. A week later, on 10 September 2011, he was stretchered off after 30 minutes following a challenge from Dani Estrada in a La Liga match against Real Sociedad.[23]Sánchez returned on 1 November 2011 in an away match against Viktoria Plzeň.[24] On 10 December 2011, he scored Barcelona's equaliser against Real Madrid in a match they went on to win 1–3.

On 14 February 2012, Sánchez scored the first and second UEFA Champions League goals of his career in Barcelona's 3–1 victory against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. On 2 October he scored the first goal for Barcelona in a 0–2 win against S.L. Benfica.[25]

On 10 February 2013, Sánchez scored his first goal of the 2012–13 La Liga season in Barça's 6–1 home win against Getafe CF.[26] From February onwards, Sánchez scored in matches against Deportivo de La Coruña, Real Mallorca, Athletic Club, Real Betis, Atlético de Madrid and RCD Espanyol to end the season with eight league goals.[citation needed]Barcelona won the league title, ending the season with 100 points.

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On 26 October 2013, Sánchez scored the winning goal as Barça beat Real Madrid 2–1 at Camp Nou in the first Clásico fixture of the 2013–14 La Liga season.[27] On 5 January 2014, Sánchez scored his first hat-trick for Barcelona in a 4–0 win against Elche CF.[28] He ended the 2013–14 season with a career best 21 goals in all competitions,[29] including 19 in La Liga.[30]