Carlos Valencia (footballer, born 1989) explained

Carlos Valencia
Fullname:Carlos Alberto Valencia Paredes
Birth Date:1989 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Florida, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Currentclub:Independiente Medellín
Position:Left-back
Youthyears1:2006–2007
Youthclubs1:River Plate
Years1:2007
Years2:2008
Years3:2008–2009
Years4:2009
Years5:2010
Years6:2010
Years7:2010
Years8:2011
Years9:2012
Years10:2012–2013
Years11:2013–2014
Years12:2014–2016
Years13:2016
Years14:2016–2017
Years15:2017
Years16:2017–
Clubs6:Sportivo Luqueño (loan)
Clubs10:Chacarita Juniors
Clubs11:Deportes Copiapó
Clubs12:Independiente Medellín
Clubs13:Millonarios
Clubs14:Chiapas
Clubs15:Atlético Bucaramanga
Clubs16:Independiente Medellín
Caps1:2
Caps2:2
Caps3:1
Caps4:6
Caps5:0
Caps6:16
Caps7:0
Caps8:2
Caps9:2
Caps10:1
Caps11:29
Caps12:41
Caps13:0
Caps14:2
Caps15:4
Caps16:0
Goals1:0
Goals2:0
Goals3:1
Goals4:0
Goals5:0
Goals6:1
Goals7:0
Goals8:0
Goals9:0
Goals10:0
Goals11:3
Goals12:1
Goals13:0
Goals14:0
Goals15:0
Goals16:0
Pcupdate:9 July 2017 (UTC)

Carlos Alberto Valencia Paredes (born 28 April 1989) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a left-back for Independiente Medellín.

Career

Valencia was born in Santa Marta, Colombia. He left Colombia at the age of 15 to go and play in the River Plate youth academy. He was formed for Club Deportivo Independiente San Joaquin. His coach was José Luis Cruz (Tucumano) He initially played as an attacking midfielder, but at the age of 17 when he joined the River 1st team he was used as a left-back, and to take corners and throw ins.

He made his debut on 10 November 2007 in River's 2–1 loss to Huracán and played the full 90 minutes in his debut.[1]

After starting two games at the end of the season for River Plate, several French clubs became interested and he eventually joined Dijon FCO.

In 2009, he returned to Argentina to play for Estudiantes de La Plata. On 17 May 2009 he came on as a substitute against Independiente in the 77th minute and then scored his first goal for the club to finish off a 5–1 win. On 11 August 2009, Valencia was signed by Godoy Cruz[2] and on 22 December 2009 his club released the Colombian left-back.[3] In the summer of 2010 he signed to the Portuguese Liga club Portimonense, but he was loaned to Sportivo Luqueño.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194304/http://www.cariverplate.com.ar/tpl.php?cat=es&url=datos.php&date=10-11-2007 cariverplate.com.ar
  2. Web site: Diario los Andes - Terminó la novela: Carlos Valencia se incorpora hoy . 30 August 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090815090650/http://www.losandes.com.ar/notas/2009/8/12/deportes-439977.asp . 15 August 2009 . dead .
  3. https://espndeportes.espn.com/news/story?id=949498&s=arg&type=story Godoy Cruz: llega Jairo Castillo, se va Valencia - ESPN Deportes