Diego Valoyes

Diego Luis Valoyes Ruíz (born 22 September 1996) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Juárez.[2]

Diego Valoyes
Valoyes with Colombia in 2022
Personal information
Full name Diego Luis Valoyes Ruíz
Date of birth (1996-09-22) 22 September 1996
Place of birth Cartagena, Colombia[1]
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger[1]
Team information
Current team
Juárez
Number 7
Youth career
Alianza Sport
Fútbol Paz
Los Calamares
Real Cartagena
2013–2015 La Equidad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2020 La Equidad 80 (6)
2018–2020Talleres (loan) 23 (1)
2020–2023 Talleres 90 (22)
2023– Juárez 3 (1)
International career
2021– Colombia 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:18, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Valoyes began his senior career with La Equidad, after youth spells with Alianza Sport, Fútbol Paz, Los Calamares and Real Cartagena.[3] He made his debut against Categoría Primera B's Tigres in the Copa Colombia in March 2015, prior to featuring in pro league football for the first time on 4 September versus Deportivo Pasto.[2][4] Almost a year later, in 2016, Valoyes scored his first goal against the same opponents during a 4–0 victory at the Estadio Metropolitano de Techo.[2] In the following campaign of 2017, he netted five times as the club placed eleventh overall.[2] Valoyes left on 28 June 2018 to join Talleres of the Argentine Primera División on loan.[5]

The centre-forward featured fifteen times in all competitions for Talleres in 2018–19, prior to departing back to Colombia on 30 June.[2] However, on 4 July, Talleres resigned Valoyes on loan.[6][7]

International career

He made his debut for Colombia national football team on 16 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Paraguay.[8]

Career statistics

As of 21 September 2018[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
La Equidad 2015 Categoría Primera A 50100060
2016 2016000261
2017 365402[lower-alpha 1]0425
2018 1802000200
2019 0000000000
Total 7961300020946
Talleres (loan) 2018–19 Primera División 9010302[lower-alpha 2]000150
2019–20 0000000000
Total 9010302020150
Career total 8861403020201096
  1. Appearances in Categoría Primera A play-offs
  2. Appearances in Copa Libertadores

References

  1. "Diego Valoyes". World Football. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. "Colombia - D. Valoyes". Soccerway. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. "Diego Valoyes, la nueva joya de Equidad". El Espectador. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. "Ficha Estadistica de DIEGO VALOYES". BDFA. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  5. "Diego Valoyes fue fichado por Talleres de Córdoba". Antena2. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  6. "La Comisión Directiva del Club informa que se renovó por un año más el vínculo contractual con el delantero Diego Valoyes". Talleres. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  7. "Talleres confirmó que el colombiano Valoyes seguirá un año más en el club". Mundo D - La Voz. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  8. "Colombia v Paraguay game report". FIFA. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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