Carlos Valdés

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Carlos Valdés
Carlos Valdés at Preseason Training for the Philadelphia Union, Jan 2011.jpg
Carlos Valdés (2011)
Personnel
Surname Carlos Enrique Valdés Parra
birthday May 22, 1985
place of birth CaliColombia
size 186 cm
position Defender
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2005 Real Cartagena 33 (0)
2006-2009 America de Cali 97 (4)
2009-2010 Santa Fe CD 54 (1)
2011–2012 Philadelphia Union 65 (3)
2013 Independiente Santa Fe 32 (4)
2013/14 CA San Lorenzo de Almagro 7 (0)
2014 Philadelphia Union 8 (0)
2015 Nacional Montevideo 8 (0)
2015– Independiente Santa Fe 2 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2008– Colombia 4 (1)
1 Only league games are given.
As of September 24, 2016

2 As of March 29, 2011

Carlos Enrique Valdés Parra (born May 22, 1985 in Cali ) is a Colombian football player .

Player career

Beginning in Colombia

In 2005, Valdés began his career as a football player at Real Cartagena . Due to his good performance, América de Cali was to whom he moved in early 2006. In the next four years one of the top performers was in the defense of the team. In 2009 he switched to Santa Fe CD .

Change to the USA

On January 20, 2011 Carlos Valdés moved to Philadelphia Union in the Major League Soccer . He made his debut on March 19, 2011 on the first day of the 2011 season.

In February 2015 he joined the Uruguayan first division club Nacional Montevideo . He signed a one-year contract with the "Bolsos". In the 2014/15 season he ran eight times (no goal) in the Primera División and won the Uruguayan championship with the Montevideans. In July 2015, he moved to Independiente Santa Fe and so far (as of September 24, 2016) has played two top division games (no goal).

National team

For the Colombian national football team , Valdés was on the pitch for the first time in 2008. Before that he played for the U-20s of Colombia, with whom he won the U-20 South American Football Championship in 2005. He was also part of the squad for the subsequent FIFA World Youth Championship .

successes

  • Uruguayan champions: 2014/15

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.philadelphiaunion.com/news/2011/01/union-solidify-defense-colombian-duo
  2. ^ Union shock Dynamo, open season with a road win
  3. Valdés ya es tricolor (Spanish) on ovaciondigital.com.uy on February 6, 2015, accessed on February 7, 2015
  4. ^ Carlos Valdés in the soccerway.com database. Retrieved September 24, 2016.