Jorge Valdivia

Jorge Valdivia

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Luis Valdivia Toro
Height	5'8 (173 cm)
Position(s)	Attacking Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Palmeiras
Number	10
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 July 2006

Jorge Luis Valdivia Toro (born October 19 1983 in Maracaibo, Venezuela) is a Chilean international football player, who currently plays for Palmeiras in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A as an attacking midfielder. He previously played for Universidad de Concepción,Rayo Vallecano in Spain Colo-Colo in Chile and Servette FC in Switzerland. After winning the 2006 Apertura tournament with Colo-Colo, Valdivia was sold to Palmeiras for a transfer fee of $3.5 million and will make $400,000 annually. He quickly became a fan favourite at Palmeiras due to his great skills, and he is now considered the team's most important player and of the best players in the Brazilian Série A.

After the Copa América 2007, Valdivia was banned from the Chilean national team for 20 matches, after a scandal in which he, along with 5 other players, arrived drunk to the team's hotel after their match against México.

Honours

Colo-Colo

• Chilean League: Apertura: 2006