Antonio Valencia

Ecuadorian association football player

Luis Antonio Valencia Mosquera, known as Antonio Valencia (es;[A] born 4 August 1985), is an Ecuadorian former professional footballer who played primarily as a right-sided player.

Antonio Valencia
Valencia in 2022
Personal information
Full name Luis Antonio Valencia Mosquera[1]
Date of birth (1985-08-04) 4 August 1985 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth Lago Agrio, Ecuador
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3][4]
Position(s) Right winger, right-back
Youth career
1999–2001 Caribe Junior
2001–2003 El Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 El Nacional 88 (12)
2005–2008 Villarreal 2 (0)
2005–2006Recreativo (loan) 12 (0)
2006–2008Wigan Athletic (loan) 37 (1)
2008–2009 Wigan Athletic 47 (6)
2009–2019 Manchester United 241 (17)
2019–2020 LDU Quito 20 (1)
2020–2021 Querétaro 15 (1)
Total 467 (38)
National team
2004–2019 Ecuador 99 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5][6][7][8]
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental[a] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
El Nacional 2003 Ecuadorian Serie A 29 3 29 3
2004 Ecuadorian Serie A 41 5 4 0 45 5
2005 Ecuadorian Serie A 14 4 14 4
Total 84 12 4 0 88 12
Villarreal 2005–06 La Liga 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Recreativo (loan) 2005–06 Segunda División 12 0 0 0 12 0
Wigan Athletic (loan) 2006–07 Premier League 22 1 0 0 0 0 22 1
2007–08 Premier League 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Total 37 1 0 0 0 0 37 1
Wigan Athletic 2007–08 Premier League 16 3 1 0 0 0 17 3
2008–09 Premier League 31 3 1 0 3 0 35 3
Total 47 6 2 0 3 0 52 6
Manchester United 2009–10 Premier League 34 5 1 0 4 0 9 2 1[b] 0 49 7
2010–11 Premier League 10 1 2 0 0 0 7 1 1[b] 1 20 3
2011–12 Premier League 27 4 2 0 3 1 6 1 0 0 38 6
2012–13 Premier League 30 1 6 0 0 0 4 0 40 1
2013–14 Premier League 29 2 1 0 3 0 10 2 1[b] 0 44 4
2014–15 Premier League 32 0 3 0 0 0 35 0
2015–16 Premier League 14 0 3 0 1 0 4 0 22 0
2016–17 Premier League 28 1 1 0 4 0 9 0 1[b] 0 43 1
2017–18 Premier League 31 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 1[c] 0 39 3
2018–19 Premier League 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 0
Total 241 17 22 0 15 1 56 6 5 1 339 25
LDU Quito 2019 Ecuadorian Serie A 10 0 5 0 4 0 6[d] 1 25 1
2020 Ecuadorian Serie A 4 0 0 0 2 0 1[e] 0 7 0
Total 14 0 5 0 6 0 7 1 32 1
Querétaro 2020–21 Liga MX 15 1 15 1
Career total 452 37 29 0 18 1 66 6 12 2 577 46
  1. Includes Copa Libertadores, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Appearance in FA Community Shield
  3. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  4. Appearances in Ecuadorian Serie A Playoffs
  5. Appearances in Supercopa Ecuador

International

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Source:[9]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ecuador 2004 2 0
2005 12 3
2006 8 0
2007 7 1
2008 6 0
2009 6 2
2010 2 0
2011 6 0
2012 6 0
2013 12 2
2014 7 0
2015 4 0
2016 9 2
2017 5 0
2018 1 1
2019 6 0
Total 99 11

International goals

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Ecuador score listed first, score column indicates score after each Valencia goal.[9]
International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 March 2005 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador   Paraguay 1–2 5–2 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 4–2
3 30 March 2005 Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru   Peru 2–1 2–2
4 27 June 2007 Polideportivo Cachamay, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela   Chile 1–0 2–3 2007 Copa América
5 9 September 2009 Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia   Bolivia 2–0 3–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 10 October 2009 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador   Uruguay 1–0 1–2
7 6 February 2013 Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães, Portugal   Portugal 1–0 3–2 Friendly
8 29 May 2013 FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, United States   Germany 1–4 2–4
9 12 June 2016 MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States   Haiti 4–0 4–0 Copa América Centenario
10 6 October 2016 Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador   Chile 1–0 3–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 15 November 2018 Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru   Peru 1–0 2–0 Friendly

Honours

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El Nacional

Manchester United

LDU Quito

Individual

Records

  1. In isolation, Valencia is pronounced es.

References

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  4. Hugman, Barry J. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 418. ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0.
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  9. 9.0 9.1 "Valencia, Antonio". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  10. "From poverty in Ecuador to Old Trafford: the battling career of Antonio Valencia". 30 March 2017.
  11. "Antonio Valencia: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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  13. McNulty, Phil (19 May 2018). "Chelsea 1–0 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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