José Adolfo Valencia Arrechea (born 18 December 1991) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a

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for Myanmar National League club Yangon United.

Career

Club

Valencia began his career with Santa Fe, also spending time on loan in 2008 with

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. After making ten appearances and scoring five goals for Juventud Soacha, Valencia returned to Santa Fe. In 2009, he was a member of the squad that captured the Copa Colombia. Valencia signed on loan with

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on 15 December 2011. He was signed as Portland's second designated player under the new Young DP rule. On 3 February 2012, the club announced that Valencia would undergo knee surgery and miss 6–12 months. Due to his injury, MLS agreed that Valencia would not count as a designated player in 2012. Portland announced the full transfer of Valencia from Santa Fe on 22 January 2013. That day the club also announced it had signed Valencia to a multi-year contract. On 18 May 2013 Valencia tallied his first goal for Portland in a 2–2 draw at rivals Vancouver Whitecaps FC. On 15 January 2014, Valencia joined Club Olimpo in the

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on a season-long loan deal, although he stayed with Olimpo until June 2014, in process scoring 7 goals. Valencia was transferred from Portland to Rosario Central on 23 August 2014, scoring four goals in 14 appearances during the second half of

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. In Argentina, Valencia played for Rosario Central where he managed to score four times during his 14 games. Next year, he would play for

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on loan. After negotiations for a full contract between Valencia's agent and

broke, Valencia was signed by Manizales' side Once Caldas on 9 August 2016. Back in Colombia, ''El Trencito'' played seven matches and scored two goals for Once Caldas. In 2017, his performance called the attention of Gustavo Costas, head coach of his former club

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, who got his signature for the 2017-I season. Joined Delfín on 6 January 2020. Made eight appearances, including five starts, in the

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as Delfin reached the Round of 16. Delfin finished the 2020 Ecuadorian Serie A season in 10th place in the aggregate table, missing out on qualifying for the

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and

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. Valencia appeared in 19 of Delfin's 30 league matches in 2020, scoring three goals.

Yangon United

On 22 June 2023, he moved to Yangon United.

International

Valencia has represented Colombia at the Under-20 level. He played for Colombia at the

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and scored 1 goal in the competition.

Personal

Valencia is the son of the Colombian international footballer Adolfo Valencia, who played for European teams such as

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and

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, and also in the

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