Iván Sánchez Aguayo (born 23 September 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for La Liga club Real Valladolid.

[9] In his first season, he appeared twice for the first team in the 2014–15 Copa del Rey, the first of which was on 5 December when he started in a 4–3 away win against Real Betis, but he only played league football for the reserves.

[18] On 27 August 2020, Sánchez signed as a free agent for English Championship (second-tier) club Birmingham City; he agreed a three-year contract with the option of a fourth.

[19] He made his debut in the starting eleven for Birmingham's opening fixture of the Championship season, at home to Brentford on 12 September; after 37 minutes he took a whipped corner from which Jérémie Bela scored the only goal of the game with a glancing near-post header.

[20] He was named in the Championship Team of the Month for September,[21] and in the first match of October, a draw away to Stoke City, he took the corner from which Harlee Dean headed the opening goal.

[25] Sánchez was a regular in the struggling side under head coach Aitor Karanka, but towards the end of the season was suffering with a hernia, and needed injections to continue.

He made it clear that he wanted to stay,[32] and El Desmarque highlighted "his quality in driving forward, dribbling and shooting with his left foot" and noted that his entry into the game changes his team for the better.

[36] On 13 August 2022, a few weeks short of his 30th birthday, Sánchez made his first appearance in top-flight football when he replaced Gonzalo Plata in the second half of Valladolid's opening match of the season, a 3–0 defeat at home to Villarreal.