Personal information | |||
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Full name | Carlos Alberto Valencia Paredes | ||
Date of birth | (1989-04-28) 28 April 1989 (age 35) | ||
Place of birth | Florida, Valle del Cauca, Colombia | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Independiente Medellín | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2007 | River Plate | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007 | River Plate | 2 | (0) |
2008 | Dijon FCO | 2 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Estudiantes de La Plata | 1 | (1) |
2009 | Godoy Cruz | 6 | (0) |
2010 | Rubin Kazan | 0 | (0) |
2010 | → Sportivo Luqueño (loan) | 16 | (1) |
2010 | Portimonense S.C. | 0 | (0) |
2011 | Deportivo Cali | 2 | (0) |
2012 | Atlético Huila | 2 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Chacarita Juniors | 1 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Deportes Copiapó | 29 | (3) |
2014–2016 | Independiente Medellín | 41 | (1) |
2016 | Millonarios | 0 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Chiapas | 2 | (0) |
2017 | Atlético Bucaramanga | 4 | (0) |
2017– | Independiente Medellín | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 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.
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 and on 22 December 2009 his club released the Colombian left-back. In the summer of 2010 he signed to the Portuguese Liga club Portimonense, but he was loaned to Sportivo Luqueño.
References
- cariverplate.com.ar
- "Diario los Andes - Terminó la novela: Carlos Valencia se incorpora hoy". Archived from the original on 15 August 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
- Godoy Cruz: llega Jairo Castillo, se va Valencia - ESPN Deportes
External links
- Carlos Valencia – Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
- River stats on argentinesoccer.com
- Carlos Valencia at Soccerway
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Valle del Cauca Department
- Men's association football defenders
- Colombian men's footballers
- Colombian expatriate men's footballers
- Club Atlético River Plate footballers
- Chacarita Juniors footballers
- Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
- Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba footballers
- FC Rubin Kazan players
- Dijon FCO players
- Sportivo Luqueño players
- Deportivo Cali footballers
- Atlético Huila footballers
- Millonarios F.C. players
- Independiente Medellín footballers
- Deportes Copiapó footballers
- Ligue 2 players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Russia