Valentín Larralde (born 15 November 2000) is an Argentine professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for
Defensa y Justicia
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Career
Larralde spent his embryonic years with a local team in
El Pato, which preceded a two-year stint with
Independiente and subsequently
Gimnasia y Esgrima.
In 2018, Larralde joined
Defensa y Justicia
Club Social y Deportivo Defensa y Justicia, commonly known as Defensa y Justicia, is an Argentine football club from Florencio Varela, Buenos Aires, established in 1935. .
2020 saw the central midfielder move into
Hernán Crespo
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A prolific striker, Crespo scored over 300 goals in a career spanning ...
's first-team.
He was initially an unused substitute for
Copa Libertadores
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group stage wins over
Delfín and
Olimpia, before making his senior debut in the away match with Delfín on 1 October 2020; coming on for the final ten minutes of a three-goal defeat.
Larralde signed his first professional contract a week later.
In June 2021, Larralde was loaned out to
Arsenal Sarandí for the rest of 2021. After returning from the spell, he was loaned out again, this time to
San Martín de Tucumán
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until the end of 2022.
In 2023, he was loaned to Chilean side
O'Higgins.
Career statistics
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2000 births
Living people
Footballers from Berazategui Partido
Argentine people of Basque descent
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Argentine Primera División players
Defensa y Justicia footballers
Arsenal de Sarandí footballers
San Martín de Tucumán footballers
O'Higgins F.C. footballers
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy footballers
Club Atlético Aldosivi footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Primera Nacional players
Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
Copa Sudamericana–winning players
21st-century Argentine sportsmen