Carlos Alberto Valencia Paredes (born 28 April 1989) is a Colombian
footballer
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who plays as a
left-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
Independiente Medellín
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.
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
Dijon Football Côte d'Or (; literally "Dijon Football Gold Coast"), commonly referred to as Dijon FCO or simply as Dijon, is a French football club based in Dijon. The club was founded in 1998 as a result of a merger between two local clubs in ...
.
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.
Godoy Cruz: llega Jairo Castillo, se va Valencia - ESPN Deportes
/ref> In the summer of 2010 he signed to the Portuguese Liga
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club Portimonense
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, but he was loaned to Sportivo Luqueño
Club Sportivo Luqueño is a Paraguayan football club, based in the city of Luque on the outskirts of the capital Asunción. The club has won two Paraguayan championships.
History
The club was founded in 1921 when three teams from the city of L ...
.
References
External links
Carlos Valencia – Argentine Primera statistics
at Fútbol XXI
River stats on argentinesoccer.com
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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