Joaquín Sánchez is going to be one of the most remembered footballers in the history of sport, but also on television. The Real Betis Balompié striker says goodbye to his great football career, in which he has spent more than 23 years on the pitch.
The person in charge of communicating the news was the Sevillian team itself. Real Betis made it public on their social networks through an emotional video with some phrases from the striker, thus announcing the player's withdrawal, who was no longer going to be among their ranks. ''Life is a constant evolution. The secret is to have the ability to adapt to changes, face each day as a challenge and always put a little bit of art into everything'', declared Joaquín.
Joaquín retires from football, after having won the Copa del Rey in the last edition of the year 2022. A triumph that gave him his last title as a player for his team. But the footballer has not been just an athlete. In all the years of his career, the Sevillian has also managed to carve out a television career, in which he has left great moments to remember.
One of the funniest and most remembered television moments of the soccer player is the anecdote he had in an interview for La Sexta, in 2011, in which the reporter asked him about a hobby. The Sevillian without regard said tennis. An answer that did not go unnoticed by his teammate Julio Baptista, who was also on the pitch and couldn't stop laughing. ''What do you want me to say?'' declared the Sevillian. ''He hasn't played tennis in his life and he says tennis,'' commented Baptista. "I don't even know how to pick up a racket Julio," Joaquín replied.
Joaquín has not left social networks behind either, in which we have been able to see the Sevillian doing dances in the Betis locker room but also commenting on great moments from The Island of Temptations. Some reactions that at the time became very viral due to the grace with which he reacted to what was happening in the Telecinco program.
Commenting on television programs is not the only thing that the athlete has done on social networks. We have also been able to see his dancer side on his personal TikTok account. In it, the player uploads all kinds of content, such as the dance that went viral from the song Despechá by Rosalía and with which we were able to meet the 'Motobetis'. A video that accumulates more than 6 million views.
His great self-confidence, humility and talent to make anyone laugh were enough for Antena 3 to decide to give the soccer player a television space. Joaquín, El Novato was the program with which the Sevillian debuted as a presenter. In the format, the footballer had to put himself in the shoes of each of the guests who attended the program, whom he also interviewed. One of the most popular interviews was that of Ana Milán, in which the two performed one of the most mythical scenes in cinema, the dance from Pulp Fiction.
He also interviewed Mercedes Milá, in which the player showed that he did not have any kind of modesty. ''Are you going to make me drop my pants?'', she would say. And Joaquín was left in his underpants in the middle of the program.
The Sevillian has also broadcast a documentary series on the Atresmedia channel, called La penúltima y me voy. A format in which we were able to get to know the Real Betis footballer more intimately, where the Sevillian told a lot of anecdotes. One of the most famous was his wedding. ''They tell me that I have to go through that again, and it didn't happen, "he declared.
