37 Facts About Sanchez Watt

Herschel Oulio Sanchez Watt was born on 14 February 1991 and is an English professional footballer who last played as a forward or winger for Wealdstone.

Sanchez Watt has represented England at under-16, under-17 and under-19 levels, and he is eligible to play for Wales and Jamaica through his Welsh mother and Jamaican father.

Sanchez Watt has featured on loan for a number of Football League clubs, including Southend United, two spells at Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday, Crawley Town and Colchester United.

Sanchez Watt signed for Colchester on a permanent basis following his release from Arsenal in the summer of 2013.

Sanchez Watt was born in Hackney, London, to a Welsh mother and a Jamaican father.

Sanchez Watt signed his first professional contract with Arsenal in the summer of 2008 after joining as a scholar in 2007.

Sanchez Watt had got himself onto the end of a rebound after Carlos Vela's shot was saved.

Sanchez Watt became the 85th debut goalscorer for Arsenal, the fifth under Arsene Wenger's reign, behind Thomas Vermaelen, Emmanuel Adebayor, Freddie Ljungberg and Samir Nasri.

Sanchez Watt signed an extended contract with the club in November 2009, and went on to score five goals in ten reserve games for the club during the remainder of the season.

Sanchez Watt eventually left Arsenal without making a Premier League appearance for the club.

On 1 February 2010, Sanchez Watt signed for League One side Southend United for an initial one-month loan.

Sanchez Watt made three further appearances against Tranmere Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons and Charlton Athletic, before returning to Arsenal.

Sanchez Watt made six appearances for the club during his first loan spell, with five of those appearances coming from the bench.

On 3 August 2010, Sanchez Watt rejoined Leeds United on a season-long loan deal.

Sanchez Watt first provided the assist for Luciano Becchio's seventh-minute goal, and then won Leeds a penalty which was converted by Neil Kilkenny.

Sanchez Watt opened the scoring on 17 minutes with his first goal since his Arsenal debut in September 2009.

Sanchez Watt made 12 starts and 13 substitute appearances for the club as they ended their first season back in the Championship in seventh position, just outside the play-offs.

Sanchez Watt stated that Watt was "not physically up to the demands" of League One football.

Sanchez Watt helped the club to automatic promotion from League Two, making 16 appearances across all competitions in addition to scoring his two goals for the club.

On 30 May 2013, Arsenal announced that Sanchez Watt was one of ten young professional players that would be leaving the club when their contracts expire on 30 June.

Sanchez Watt was plagued by a troublesome ankle injury over the first few weeks of the season, and despite using an ice machine in an attempt to heal the issue, he became one of a number of players facing the treatment table as the first-team suffered an injury crisis.

Sanchez Watt was on the verge of a comeback in early October 2013 following a thigh injury that had kept him out of action, but was dealt a further blow with a quad injury that would rule him out for at least a further six weeks.

Sanchez Watt bagged an assist for himself in the process, setting up Craig Eastmond with a simple pass 13 minutes from time to round off the scoring.

Once again, Sanchez Watt suffered a disrupted pre-season for Colchester, having been ruled out over the summer break with a knee injury.

Sanchez Watt went on trial at Bradford City in July 2015.

Sanchez Watt scored the team's third goal in the 73rd minute which sealed the match in the favour of Kerala Blasters.

Sanchez Watt scored his second goal in home match against FC Pune City and was awarded "Hero of the Match" for his attacking play.

On 1 November 2016, Sanchez Watt joined League Two side Crawley Town on a short-term contract.

On 7 November 2017, Sanchez Watt joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Billericay Town on a short-term contract, initially for two games.

On 16 May 2018, following a short-term loan spell at National League South side Hemel Hempstead Town, where he was once almost sent off for telling the referee his name, it was announced that Sanchez Watt would leave Billericay upon the expiry of his contract in June.

On 2 August 2019 Sanchez Watt joined National League South side Wealdstone.

Sanchez Watt made a total of 17 appearances in a season which was cut short by COVID-19, which saw Wealdstone promoted on points per game.

Sanchez Watt departed the club at the end of the season.

Sanchez Watt has represented England at under-16, under-17 and under-19 levels.

Sanchez Watt made his second appearance for the Young Lions on 17 November 2009 as a substitute for Nile Ranger at Glanford Park, Scunthorpe.

Sanchez Watt described Watt as a "street player" who "makes fantastic runs, he is an aggressive striker and he always finds resources to be dangerous".

Sanchez Watt said Watt was involved in the first-team group because "he works hard for the team".