Esteban Andrés Valencia Bascuñán (born 8 January 1972) is a Chilean

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manager and former player who played as a

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. He is the current manager of Chilean club

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Club career

A historical player of Universidad de Chile, in Chile he also played for

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, 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

. 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 * Primera División (5):

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

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 * 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 ...

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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 {{Chile-footy-midfielder-stub