.jpg) Valdés participating in preseason training | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Enrique Valdés Parra | ||
| Date of birth | (1985-05-22)22 May 1985 (age 40) | ||
| Place of birth | Cali, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005 | Real Cartagena | 33 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | América de Cali | 97 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | Santa Fe | 56 | (1) |
| 2011–2015 | Philadelphia Union | 75 | (3) |
| 2013 | →Santa Fe (loan) | 32 | (4) |
| 2014 | →San Lorenzo (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2015 | →Nacional (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Santa Fe | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Colombia U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2008–2015 | Colombia | 17 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Carlos Enrique Valdés Parra (born 22 May 1985) is a Colombian former professionalfootballer who played as adefender.
Valdés began his career in 2005 withReal Cartagena and appeared in 33 league matches. After impressing with Cartagena, Valdés joined storied Colombian clubAmérica de Cali the following campaign and was a stalwart in defense for the club for four years, where he appeared in 97 matches and scored 4 goals. In 2009, he joinedIndependiente Santa Fe and continued to be one of the top defenders in Colombia.
On 20 January 2011, Valdés officially joinedMajor League Soccer sidePhiladelphia Union[1] on a one-year loan deal. He made his debut for the Union on 19 March 2011, in the team's season opener for the 2011 MLS season, a 1–0 victory overHouston Dynamo.[2] In Week 7 of the season, Valdés was named to the MLS Team of the Week for his performance against theSan Jose Earthquakes.[3] On 5 August 2011, the Union announced that it had secured the full rights to Valdes from his former club,Independiente Santa Fe of the Colombian First Division.[4]
Seeking to increase his national team prospects, Valdés returned to Santa Fe on loan in 2013 and later joinedSan Lorenzo de Almagro of thePrimera Division Argentina on another loan[5] He briefly returned to Philadelphia following the2014 World Cup before being loaned toClub Nacional de Football of Uruguay in 2015. He and Philadelphia terminated his deal in 2015.[6]
In 2017, after a year-long injury, Valdés is signed by Venezuelan clubAtlético Socopó, who is going to play in the first division for the first time.
Valdés played with theColombia U-20 squad at the 2005South American Youth Championship, which Colombia hosted and won. He then competed at the2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in theNetherlands, helping Colombia to the Round of 16 before losing to the eventual champions,Argentina. In 2008, he made his debut for the Colombian senior national team.
The 13 May 2014 was included by coachJose Pekerman in the preliminary list of 30 players for the World Cup of 2014.13 14 Finally, he was selected in the final 23-man roster on 2 June.
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Cartagena | 2005 | Categoría Primera A | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| América de Cali | 2006 | Categoría Primera A | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2007 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2008 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 1 | ||
| 2009 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 2 | ||
| Total | 97 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 107 | 4 | ||
| Santa Fe | 2009 | Categoría Primera A | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 2010 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Total | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 1 | ||
| Philadelphia Union | 2011 | Major League Soccer | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| 2012 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
| Total | 65 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 3 | ||
| Santa Fe (loan) | 2013 | Categoría Primera A | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 43 | 5 |
| San Lorenzo (loan) | 2014 | Primera División | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Career total | 288 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 326 | 12 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 2 | |
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Final | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 30 May 2010 | Stadium mk,Milton Keynes, England |  Nigeria | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 22 March 2013 | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez,Barranquilla,Colombia |  Bolivia | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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