Diego Luis Valoyes Ruíz (born 22 September 1996) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Juárez.

Club career

Valoyes began his senior career with

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, after youth spells with Alianza Sport, Fútbol Paz, Los Calamares and

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. He made his debut against

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's Tigres in the

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in March 2015, prior to featuring in pro league football for the first time on 4 September versus

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. Almost a year later, in 2016, Valoyes scored his first goal against the same opponents during a 4–0 victory at the

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. In the following campaign of

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, he netted five times as the club placed eleventh overall. Valoyes left on 28 June 2018 to join Talleres of the

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on loan. The centre-forward featured fifteen times in all competitions for Talleres in 2018–19, prior to departing back to Colombia on 30 June. However, on 4 July, Talleres resigned Valoyes on loan.

International career

He made his debut for

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on 16 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Valoyes, Diego 1996 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Colombian expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Cartagena, Colombia Colombia men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Categoría Primera A players Argentine Primera División players Real Cartagena footballers La Equidad footballers Talleres de Córdoba footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina