Valentín Sergio Pachón Mosquero (born 5 February 1977) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a striker.

Club career

Born in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

, Pachón started his career in the fifth division of Spanish football, playing the following season in the fourth level. He then spent a couple of years with

CD Leganés Club Deportivo Leganés, S.A.D. is a football club based in Leganés, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded on 23 June 1928. It holds home games at ...

also in his native region, being instrumental as the team managed to consecutively retain their division two status. In the summer of 2000, Pachón moved to

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, being irregularly used at

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club colo ...

(31 games in his first year and 24 in the 2002–03 campaign, but only seven in the other two seasons combined). He was released in January 2004 and returned to the capital, now with

Getafe CF Getafe Club de Fútbol (), or simply Getafe, is a professional football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. The team competes in La Liga, the highest tier of the Spanish football system. The club's home stadium (owned and op ...

, again proving an essential offensive unit in the club's first ever promotion to the top division; on 19 June, he scored all five goals in the decisive 5–3 away win against

CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1912, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez Lóp ...

,Pachón conduce al Getafe a Primera (Pachón leads Getafe to ''Primera'')

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, 19 June 2004 being mainly used as a substitute in the following three seasons and also helping the side to the 2007 final of the

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

. Pachón stayed in the community subsequently, helping

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas. Rayo was founded on 29 May 1924, and currently compete in La Lig ...

to a level three promotion in his first season. He finished the following year with nine goals – second-best in the squad – as the team overachieved for a final fifth place.

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