Esteban Andrés Valencia Bascuñán (born 8 January 1972) is a Chilean
football
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manager and former player who played as a
midfielder
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. He is the current manager of Chilean club
Deportes Temuco
Club de Deportes Temuco is a Chile, Chilean Soccer, football club based in Temuco, Araucanía Region. It currently plays in the Primera B de Chile, Chilean Primera División B, holding home games at the new ''Estadio Municipal Germán Becker''.
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.
Club career
A historical player of
Universidad de Chile, in Chile he also played for
Provincial Osorno
Provincial Osorno is a football club based in Osorno, Los Lagos Region, Chile. The club is currently playing at the third tier of the Chilean football system, the Segunda División.
The club were founded on 5 June 1983 and then re-founded on 3 ...
,
Deportes Puerto Montt,
Palestino and
Universidad Católica.
Abroad he played for
Colón in Argentina and
Persegi Bali in Indonesia at the end of his career, where he faced other Chilean players such as
Francisco Rotunno.
International career
Nicknamed "Huevito", Valencia obtained a total number of 48 caps for the
Chile national football team, scoring three goals between 1994 and 2001. He made his full international debut on 30 April 1994.
Following his return from Indonesia in 2008, he represented the
Chile beach soccer team in the
South American Championship, alongside retired professional footballers such as
Rodrigo Cuevas,
Rodrigo Sanhueza, and Carlos Medina, with
Miguel Ángel Gamboa as coach.
Managerial career
After working in the
Universidad de Chile youth system, in 2021 he took the challenge of managing the first team as a caretaker after
Rafael Dudamel was released. Later, he was confirmed until the end of the 2021 season. After this experience, he assumed as Technical Coordinator for the youth system.
In 2024, Valencia assumed as coach for the reserve team of
Deportes Temuco
Club de Deportes Temuco is a Chile, Chilean Soccer, football club based in Temuco, Araucanía Region. It currently plays in the Primera B de Chile, Chilean Primera División B, holding home games at the new ''Estadio Municipal Germán Becker''.
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. On 20 October of the same year, he assumed as interim coach of the first team.
Personal life
He is the father of the professional footballer
Esteban Valencia Reyes.
Honours
Player
;Universidad de Chile
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Primera División (5):
1994
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,
1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
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,
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
,
2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year.
Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
,
2004 Apertura
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Copa Chile (2):
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
,
2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year.
Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Footballers from Santiago, Chile
Chilean men's footballers
Chilean expatriate men's footballers
Chile men's international footballers
1995 Copa América players
1997 Copa América players
1999 Copa América players
Club Universidad de Chile footballers
Provincial Osorno footballers
Club Atlético Colón footballers
Deportes Puerto Montt footballers
Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
Persegi Gianyar players
Chilean Primera División players
Argentine Primera División players
Indonesian Premier Division players
Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
Men's association football midfielders
Chilean football coaches
Chilean football managers
Club Universidad de Chile managers
Deportes Temuco managers
Chilean Primera División managers
Primera B de Chile managers
20th-century Chilean sportsmen
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