Yvandro Borges Sanches

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Yvandro Borges Sanches
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-05-24) 24 May 2004 (age 22)
Place of birth Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Heracles Almelo
Number 21
Youth career
2016–2020 RCFU Luxembourg
2020–2023 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2025 Borussia Mönchengladbach II 23 (2)
2022–2025 Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 (0)
2024NEC Nijmegen (loan) 8 (0)
2025– Heracles Almelo 0 (0)
International career
2018 Luxembourg U15 2 (6)
2020 Luxembourg U16 1 (0)
2021 Luxembourg U21 1 (0)
2021– Luxembourg 28 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 September 2025

Yvandro Borges Sanches (born 24 May 2004) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Dutch Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo and the Luxembourg national team.[2]

Club career

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Born in Luxembourg to Cape Verdean parents, Borges Sanches arrived in Borussia Mönchengladbach on the summer 2020, from the Luxembourgian club of Racing-Union. Progressing through the youth ranks of Borussia Mönchengladbach, he also played his first senior game in the summer 2021, during a friendly against Bayern Munich.[3]

In the early 2021–22 season, he was part of the under-19 team, regularly scoring for the Borussen youth.[4][5]

In January 2024, Borges Sanches joined Eredivisie club NEC Nijmegen on loan until the end of the season.[6]

On 7 August 2025, Borges Sanches returned to the Netherlands and signed a three-season contract with Heracles Almelo.[7]

International career

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Already a youth international with Luxembourg, Yvandro Borges Sanches made his debut with the under-21 in June 2021.[3]

Called to the national senior team by Luc Holtz for the first time in August 2021,[8] he made his international debut for the Luxembourg national team on 4 September 2021, coming on as a late substitute in the European Championship qualifying 4–1 defeat against Serbia.[3][9] On 7 September 2021, he made his debut in the starting lineup against Qatar. In that game he scored his first international goal in the 31st minute for Luxembourg.[10]

Career statistics

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Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.[11]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 September 2021 Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 1–0 1–1 Friendly
2. 20 June 2023 Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
3. 8 September 2023 Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 2–0 3–1

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