Javier Sánchez de Felipe (born 14 March 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for and captains La Liga club Real Valladolid.
[3] He made his senior debut with the reserve team in the Segunda División B, his first match occurring on 10 October 2015 in a 1–0 home win against Arenas Club de Getxo when he was still a junior.
[3] Sánchez's maiden competitive appearance with Real Madrid took place on 31 October 2018 which also marked new coach Santiago Solari's debut, and the former featured the entire 4–0 victory at UD Melilla for that season's Copa del Rey.
[7] His first La Liga game was on the 11th, when he replaced fellow youth graduate Sergio Reguilón at the end of the first half of an eventual 4–2 defeat of RC Celta de Vigo at Balaídos.
[11][12] After winning promotion from the Segunda División as runners-up,[13] Sánchez scored his first goal in the top flight on 5 November 2022, opening the 2–1 home defeat of Elche CF.