| Adolfo Valencia | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adolfo José Valencia Mosquera | |
| Date of birth | February 6, 1968 | |
| Place of birth | Buenaventura, Colombia | |
| Height | 1. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. 91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1988–1993 1993–1994 1994–1995 1995–1996 1996–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2002 2002 2003 2003–2004 |
Independiente Santa Fe Bayern Munich Atlético Madrid Independiente (ARG) Reggiana América de Cali Independiente Medellin PAOK Thessaloniki FC MetroStars Independiente Santa Fe Zhejiang Lucheng Unión Atlético Maracaibo Zhejiang Lucheng |
26 (11) 24 (6) 23 (4) 27 (10) 48 (21) 7 (1) 21 (12) 16 (2) |
| National team | ||
| 1992–1998 | Colombia | 60 (31) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Adolfo José Valencia Mosquera (born February 6, 1968 in Buenaventura, Colombia) is a soccer striker who has played all over the world. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Buenaventura is a port city and municipality located in the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia ( South America) Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing He is the top goalscorer of the Colombian national team and was a major part of the team during the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cups. The Colombia National Team represents Colombia in international football competitions and is controlled by the Federación Colombiana de Fútbol. The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17 1994 The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th staging of the World Cup was held in France from June 10 to July 12 after 60 years to celebrate the third edition scheduled
Valencia, known as El Tren ("The Train") for his physique, has played for clubs in seven different countries: in his native Colombia (Independiente Santa Fe), Germany (Bayern Munich, where Franz Beckenbauer gave him the Nickname The Defoliator after witnessing several shots way over the goal into the woods during training sessions), Spain (Atlético Madrid), Italy (Reggiana), Greece (PAOK Thessaloniki FC), United States (MetroStars), and Venezuela (Maracaibo). A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another Colombian Professional Football ( Fútbol Profesional Colombiano in Spanish) also known as Mustang Cup ( Copa Mustang) for sponsorship reasons The Bundesliga is the highest level of Germany 's football league system. FC Bayern München is a German Sports club based in Munich, Bavaria (München Bayern Franz Anton Beckenbauer (born September 11, 1945) is a German football coach manager and former player nicknamed der Kaiser The Primera División of the es Liga de Fútbol Profesional ( Professional Football League) commonly known as La Liga or Club Atlético de Madrid is a Spanish football club based in Madrid who play in the Primera División of La Liga. Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located Not to be confused with Reggina Calcio, a Serie A team Associazione Calcio Reggiana 1919 is an Italian football The Super League Greece (Σούπερ Λίγκα Ελλάδα founded in 2006 is the highest professional football league in Greece. PAOK FC (ΠΑΟΚ - Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινουπολιτών - Panthessalonikios Athlitikos Omilos Konstantinoupoliton Major League Soccer ( MLS) is the top-flight professional Soccer league in the United States and Canada with 14 teams 13 in the U Red Bull New York is an American professional soccer organization based in New Jersey that fields a team in Major League Soccer called the Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the Unión Atlético Maracaibo is a Venezuelan football team playing at the top level the Primera División Venezolana.
Valencia scored two goals in the 1994 World Cup, including the last goal in an ill-fated match against the United States that later cost teammate Andrés Escobar his life. The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in the United States from June 17 to July 17 1994 The United States men's national soccer team is the national Soccer team of the United States for men and is controlled by the United States Soccer Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga (March 13 1967 - July 2 1994 was a Colombian soccer player who was shot and killed in Medellín.
In Valencia's first season with the MetroStars, 2000, he set a team record by scoring 16 league goals (21 in all competitions). Red Bull New York is an American professional soccer organization based in New Jersey that fields a team in Major League Soccer called the
Valencia is along with Bernardo Redin Colombia's top goalscorer in the World Cup.