Davinson Sánchez Mina (born 12 June 1996) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Colombia national team.
In his first season with the club, he won the Ajax Player of the Year Award and reached the 2017 UEFA Europa League final.
He made his senior debut for Colombia in 2016 and has represented the nation at three editions of the Copa América, as well as at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
[6] Due to his performances for Nacional, foreign clubs including Barcelona, Flamengo, and Ajax showed an interest in signing the player.
[13] Sánchez's Ajax debut on 13 August ended in a 2–2 tie with Roda JC Kerkrade in which he started and played the 90 minutes.
[14] On 18 August 2017, Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur announced that they had agreed a move for Sánchez signing a six-year contract subject to a work permit, for a reported transfer fee of up to £42 million.
[18] In February 2021, Sánchez scored twice, his first goals in two years, in the 2020–21 FA Cup fifth round match against Everton that eventually ended in a 5–4 loss for Tottenham after extra time.
[23] On 6 January 2015, he was included in Carlos Restrepo's 23-man list for the 2015 South American U-20 Championship, where Colombia secured qualification to the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the Olympic play-off for Rio 2016 after finishing runner-up.
[33] On June 2019, he started in three of the four games at the 2019 Copa América, helped the team keep a clean sheet and beat Argentina for the first time in 12 years.