 Valencia with the Argentina national team, 1982 | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | José Daniel Valencia | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1955-10-03)3 October 1955 (age 70) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Gimnasia de Jujuy | 5 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1975–1988 | Talleres de Córdoba | 274 | (29) | |||||||||||
| 1986 | →LDU Quito (loan) | 26 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1988 | Guaraní Antonio Franco | ? | (?) | |||||||||||
| 1989 | Rosario Central | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Wilstermann | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Club San José | 78 | (6) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1975–1982 | Argentina | 41 | (5) | |||||||||||
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 September 2007 | ||||||||||||||
José Daniel Valencia (born 3 October 1955) is an Argentine former professionalfootballer who played as anattacking midfielder. He played forArgentina when the team won1978 World Cup.
Valencia started his club career atGimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy but was soon transferred toTalleres de Córdoba, the club at which he would play most of his career.
At Talleres, Valencia suffered the disappointment of finishing runner-up inNacional 1977, finishing third inMetropolitano 1980, and losing the semi-finals on four occasions.
In 1986, he had a spell in Ecuadorian football withLiga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, but only stayed one year before returning to Talleres for a further two seasons.
In 1988, he left Talleres to play for third division clubGuaraní Antonio Franco inMisiones, Argentina. After a short spell in the lower leagues, he made a brief return to the first division withRosario Central in 1989 before moving to Bolivia where he played forClub Jorge Wilstermann and thenClub San José.
At San José, he again experienced the disappointment of being a losing finalist on two occasions; in the 1991Clausura and the 1992 season. He also got his first taste ofCopa Libertadores football, but with little success, as San José finished bottom of their group in both 1992 and 1993.
Valencia retired from club football in 1993 at the age of 37.
The highlight of Valencia's footballing career came in 1978 when he was selected to represent Argentina at theFIFA World Cup tournament. Although he featured in the first game, he was dropped due to a tactical reshuffle by managerCésar Luis Menotti. He was unlucky to miss out on the World Cup final in theMonumental stadium, but he did play a part in helping Argentina win their first World Cup.
Valencia was selected to play for Argentina at1982 World Cup, but the team had a disappointing campaign, eliminated in the second group phase. He retired from international football at the end of the tournament, having represented his country 41 times, scoring five goals.[1]
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