Luis Valenzuela

Luis Gabriel Valenzuela Toledo (born 22 February 1988) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Deportes Melipilla.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valenzuela and the second or maternal family name is Toledo.
Luis Valenzuela
Personal information
Full name Luis Gabriel Valenzuela Toledo
Date of birth (1988-02-22) 22 February 1988
Place of birth Puente Alto, Santiago, Chile
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Deportes Melipilla
Number 10
Youth career
2001–2005 Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Colo-Colo 3 (0)
2007 → Deportes Temuco (loan) 20 (3)
2008 → Santiago Morning (loan) 2 (0)
2009 Deportes Temuco 4 (0)
2010 Curicó Unido 29 (6)
2011–2012 Unión San Felipe 22 (0)
2012 Unión San Felipe B 6 (5)
2012–2014 Deportes Antofagasta 44 (12)
2014–2015 O'Higgins 30 (5)
2015 Cobresal 12 (2)
2016 Deportes Melipilla 14 (7)
2017 Santiago Wanderers 14 (3)
2017–2018 Deportes Antofagasta 10 (2)
2018–2019 Santiago Wanderers 28 (3)
2019–2020 Ñublense 37 (2)
2022– Deportes Melipilla 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 August 2022

Career

He began his career as a youth player as a U-12 in Colo-Colo, the most successful team in Chile, then he was promoted to the adult team in 2006, aged 18, where he made his debut in August 2006 and at the end of the season, won Clausura 2006 Chilean Championship along with his team members Alexis and Humberto Suazo. Also ended up as the runner-up in Copa Sudamericana 2006 under the lead management of Claudio Borghi. He stayed in Colo-Colo until 2007. Then he joined Santiago Morning in 2008. After the contract ended, he signed with Unión Temuco in 2009. In 2010, he played with Curicó Unido a team from the Chilean Primera División B. Beginning the season 2010/2011, he had agreed upon a contract with Unión San Felipe.

On August 2011, ArceSports (the footballer's agent) in association with Soccer Soccer Sport in Brazil, got a pre-contract between Luis Valenzuela and Ceará Sporting Club for a five-year period with this Campeonato Brasileiro Série A team.

On 2014, he is signed for the Chilean club O'Higgins. [1][2]

Personal life

He is well-known by his nickname Larry Valenzuela.[3]

Honours

Club
Colo-Colo

References
  1. "Octavio Rivero y Luis Valenzuela ya se pusieron la camiseta celeste | O'Higgins FC". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
  2. "Luis Valenzuela fue presentado como nuevo jugador de O'Higgins".
  3. Gómez, J. C. (9 November 2014). ""Larry" Valenzuela, el ex albo que encontró su lugar en Rancagua" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.