Leonardo Valencia

Leonardo Felipe Valencia Rossel (American Spanish: [leoˈnaɾðo βaˈlensja]; born 25 April 1991) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean club Colo-Colo.

Leonardo Valencia
Personal information
Full name Leonardo Felipe Valencia Rossel
Date of birth (1991-04-25) 25 April 1991
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 12 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Colo-Colo
Number 10
Youth career
Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Universidad de Chile 0 (0)
2008Deportes Melipilla (loan) 1 (0)
2011Unión La Calera (loan) 1 (0)
2012 Unión La Calera 34 (1)
2013–2017 Palestino 80 (23)
2014Santiago Wanderers (loan) 16 (5)
2015–2016Universidad de Chile (loan) 16 (4)
2017–2019 Botafogo 61 (4)
2020– Colo-Colo 4 (3)
National team
2016– Chile 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 July 2017

Career

Unión La Calera

Palestino

Universidad de Chile (loan)

On 9 July 2015 Valencia returned to Universidad de Chile, this time on a one-year loan deal until the end of the 2015–16 season.[2]

Botafogo

On 11 July 2017 Valencia officially signed with Brazilian Série A club Botafogo a three-year contract.[3][4]

Colo Colo

On 23 December 2019, it was announced that Valencia signed for Chilean club Colo Colo. [5]

International career

Valencia got his first call up to the senior Chile side for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Ecuador and Peru in October 2016.[6]

On 13 June 2017 Valencia scored his first international goal for Chile in a Friendly against Romania at Cluj Arena.

Career statistics

Club

(Correct As of 4 December 2019.)
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Unión La Calera 2011 Primera División 1010
Unión La Calera (loan) 2012 34161402
Total 351610000412
Palestino 2013 Primera División 14060200
2013–14 7171
2014–15 31141034117
2016–17 2883010[lower-alpha 1]0418
Total 80231931000010926
Santiago Wanderers (loan) 2013–14 Primera División 165165
Universidad de Chile (loan) 2015–16 164911[lower-alpha 2]01[lower-alpha 3]0275
Botafogo 2017 Série A 1302[lower-alpha 2]0150
2018 273005[lower-alpha 1]117[lower-alpha 4]1495
2019 211104[lower-alpha 1]02[lower-alpha 5]0281
Total 61410110191926
Total 2083735522120128544
  1. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
  2. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.
  3. Appearance(s) in Supercopa de Chile.
  4. Appearance(s) in Rio de Janeiro State League.
  5. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.

International

As of match played 12 November 2019.[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Chile 201620
201771
Total91

International goals

Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 June 2017Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Romania2–02–3Friendly

Honours

Club

Universidad de Chile
Botafogo
Colo-Colo

International

Chile
  • Confederations Cup (1): Runner-up 2017

Notes

    In isolation, Valencia is pronounced [baˈlensja]

    gollark: Troubling.
    gollark: It's a bit lowres.
    gollark: I am NOT receiving money from pizza companies.
    gollark: It is not, in ANY way, subliminal pizza advertising.
    gollark: However, if you do, I WILL make a tux1 bonk emoji.

    References

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