Leonardo Valencia
 Valencia with Colo-Colo in 2020 | |||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Leonardo Felipe Valencia Rossel | ||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 April 1991 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | Deportes Limache | ||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||
| Universidad de Chile | |||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Universidad de Chile | 0 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2008 | → Deportes Melipilla (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2011 | → Unión La Calera (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||
| 2012 | Unión La Calera | 34 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2013–2017 | Palestino | 80 | (23) | ||||||||
| 2014 | → Santiago Wanderers (loan) | 16 | (5) | ||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Universidad de Chile (loan) | 16 | (4) | ||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Botafogo | 61 | (4) | ||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Colo-Colo | 31 | (6) | ||||||||
| 2021–2022 | → Deportes La Serena (loan) | 30 | (11) | ||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Cobresal | 51 | (15) | ||||||||
| 2025 | Audax Italiano | 26 | (15) | ||||||||
| 2026 | Deportes Concepción | 18 | (1) | ||||||||
| 2026– | Deportes Limache | 0 | (0) | ||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||
| 2016– | Chile | 9 | (1) | ||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 July 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 July 2017 | |||||||||||
Leonardo Felipe Valencia Rossel (Latin American Spanish: [leoˈnaɾðo βaˈlensja]; born 25 April 1991) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Deportes Limache.
Career
Palestino
Universidad de Chile (loan)
On 9 July 2015 Valencia returned to Universidad de Chile, this time on a one-year loan deal until the end of the 2015–16 season.[2]
Botafogo
On 11 July 2017 Valencia officially signed with Brazilian Série A club Botafogo a three-year contract.[3][4]
Colo Colo
On 23 December 2019, it was announced that Valencia signed for Chilean club Colo Colo. [5]
Audax Italiano
Valencia signed with Audax Italiano for the 2025 season.[6][7]
Deportes Concepción
On 24 December 2025, Valencia agreed a deal with Deportes Concepción.[8]
Deportes Limache
On 15 July 2026, Valencia signed with Deportes Limache on an unofficial swap for Joaquín Montecinos.[9][10]
International career
Valencia got his first call up to the senior Chile side for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Ecuador and Peru in October 2016.[11]
On 13 June 2017 Valencia scored his first international goal for Chile in a Friendly against Romania at Cluj Arena.
Career statistics
Club
- (Correct As of 4 December 2019.)
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Unión La Calera(loan) | 2011 | Primera División | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Unión La Calera | 2012 | 34 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 40 | 2 | |||
| Total | 35 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | ||
| Palestino | 2013 | Primera División | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 2014–15 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 3 | – | – | 41 | 17 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 10[a] | 0 | – | 41 | 8 | |||
| Total | 80 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 26 | ||
| Santiago Wanderers (loan) | 2013–14 | Primera División | 16 | 5 | – | – | – | 16 | 5 | |||
| Universidad de Chile (loan) | 2015–16 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 27 | 5 | |
| Botafogo | 2017 | Série A | 13 | 0 | – | 2[b] | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2018 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5[a] | 1 | 17[d] | 1 | 49 | 5 | ||
| 2019 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| Total | 61 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 92 | 6 | ||
| Total | 208 | 37 | 35 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 285 | 44 | ||
- 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
- 1 2 Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Supercopa de Chile.
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Rio de Janeiro State League.
- ↑ Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.
International
- As of match played 12 November 2019.[12]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 9 | 1 | |
International goals
- Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 June 2017 | Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca, Romania |  Romania | 2–0 | 2–3 | Friendly |
Honours
- Universidad de Chile
- Copa Chile (1): 2015
- Supercopa de Chile (1): 2015
- Botafogo
- Colo-Colo
- Copa Chile (1): 2019
- Chile
- Confederations Cup (1): Runner-up 2017
- China Cup (1): 2017
Notes
In isolation, Valencia is pronounced [baˈlensja]
References
- ↑ Profile at ANFP
- ↑ "Universidad de Chile presentó a Renato González, Leonardo Valencia y Patricio Rubio". alairelibre.cl. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ↑ "Agora é oficial! Valencia assina contrato de três anos com o Botafogo". Globoesporte.com.br. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ↑ "Chileno Leo Valencia acerta com o Botafogo e é esperado no domingo". Lance.com.br. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ↑ "Colo Colo confirmó oficialmente a Leonardo Valencia como su cuarto refuerzo".
- ↑ Sánchez, Francisco (17 December 2024). "Audax rompe el mercado y ficha a un ex '10′ de Colo Colo". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ↑ Madariaga, Carlos (9 December 2025). "El segundo máximo artillero del fútbol chileno queda libre: interesa en dos clubes de Santiago". ADN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 December 2025.
- ↑ Vrsalovic, Milan (25 December 2025). "Regalo de Navidad lila: Deportes Concepción sacude el mercado con el fichaje de Leo Valencia". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 December 2025.
- ↑ Pavez, Felipe (15 July 2026). ""Vamos con todo": Deportes Limache remece el mercado con fichaje de Leo Valencia". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2026.
- ↑ Martínez, Nelson (10 July 2026). "Leo Valencia, uno de ellos: avisan el trueque del año entre figuras de Limache y Concepción". www.msn.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2026.
- ↑ "Jugadores convocados del fútbol local para los duelos ante Ecuador y Perú". anfp.cl. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ "Valencia, Leonardo". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
External links
- Leonardo Valencia at National-Football-Teams.com
- Leonardo Valencia at Soccerway
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