José Daniel Valencia (born 3 October 1955) is an Argentine former professional

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who played as an

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. He played for

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when the team won

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Club career

Valencia started his club career at

Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy Club Atlético Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy , (usually known as Gimnasia de Jujuy or just GEJ) is an Argentine sports club based in San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy Province. The club was founded in 1931 and is best known for its football team, wh ...

but was soon transferred to

Talleres de Córdoba Club Atlético Talleres (; (lit. Workshops Athletic Club) mostly known simply as Talleres (lit. Workshops) or Talleres de Córdoba ) (Córdoba Workshops) is an Argentine sports club from the city of Córdoba. The institution is mostly known fo ...

, the club at which he would play most of his career. At Talleres, Valencia suffered the disappointment of finishing runner-up in Nacional 1977, finishing third in

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1980, and losing the semi-finals on four occasions. In 1986, he had a spell in Ecuadorian football with

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, but only stayed one year before returning to Talleres for a further two seasons. In 1988, he left Talleres to play for third division club Guaraní Antonio Franco in

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, Argentina. After a short spell in the lower leagues, he made a brief return to the first division with

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in 1989 before moving to Bolivia where he played for Club Jorge Wilstermann and then

Club San José Club Deportivo San José was a football club from Oruro, Bolivia. Founded in 1942, they have won the Bolivian league four times: in 1955, 1995, 2007, and 2018. Their colours are white and blue, and they play at the Estadio Jesús Bermúdez ( ...

. At San José, he again experienced the disappointment of being a losing finalist on two occasions; in the 1991

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and the 1992 season. He also got his first taste of Copa Libertadores football, but with little success, as San José finished bottom of their group in both 1992 and 1993. Valencia retired from club football in 1993 at the age of 37.

International career

The highlight of Valencia's footballing career came in 1978 when he was selected to represent Argentina at the

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tournament. Although he featured in the first game, he was dropped due to a tactical reshuffle by manager

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. He was unlucky to miss out on the World Cup final in the Monumental stadium, but he did play a part in helping Argentina win their first World Cup. Valencia was selected to play for Argentina at

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, but the team had a disappointing campaign, eliminated in the second group phase. He retired from international football at the end of the tournament, having represented his country 41 times, scoring five goals.

Honours

Club

Talleres de Córdoba * Copa Hermandad: 1977 * Liga Cordobesa de Fútbol: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 * Primera División runner-up: 1977 Nacional

International

Argentina Youth * Toulon Tournament: 1975 Argentina *

: 1978

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Valencia, Jose Daniel 1955 births Living people Argentine men's footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players 1982 FIFA World Cup players 1975 Copa América players 1979 Copa América players FIFA World Cup-winning players Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy footballers Talleres de Córdoba footballers Rosario Central footballers C.D. Jorge Wilstermann players Club San José players L.D.U. Quito footballers Footballers from Jujuy Province Argentina men's international footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine Primera División players Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Men's association football midfielders Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Pan American Games medalists in football Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Footballers at the 1975 Pan American Games Club San José managers