Bruno Valdez (footballer, born 2002)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bruno Adriel Valdez | ||
Date of birth | 4 January 2002 | ||
Place of birth | San Rafael, Argentina | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back[1] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Barnechea | ||
Youth career | |||
Huracán | |||
2015–2021 | Estudiantes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2023 | Estudiantes | 7 | (0) |
2023 | → Deportes Recoleta (loan) | 26 | (2) |
2024– | Barnechea | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2017 | Argentina U15 | ||
2019 | Argentina U17 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 February 2024 |
Bruno Adriel Valdez (born 4 January 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Primera B de Chile side Barnechea.[2][3]
Club career
[edit]Valdez signed with the academy of Estudiantes in 2015, penning terms from hometown club Huracán.[1] After progressing through their youth system for the next number of years, he was promoted into their first-team squad in February 2021; making his unofficial bow in a friendly match against Arsenal de Sarandí on 3 February.[4][5] On 14 February, Valdez made his competitive senior debut during a Copa de la Liga Profesional encounter at home to River Plate, after coming off the bench to replace Martín Cauteruccio at the interval.[2][1]
In 2023, he was loaned out to Primera B de Chile side Deportes Recoleta. In 2024, he switched to Barnechea.[6]
International career
[edit]In 2017, Valdez appeared for Argentina at the South American U-15 Championship in Brazil; a competition they won under the guidance of Diego Placente.[1][7][8] In 2019, Valdez was selected on the preliminary squad list by Pablo Aimar for the FIFA U-17 World Cup - though didn't make the final cut.[1][9]
Style of play
[edit]Valdez is primarily a centre-back, though is capable of playing as a midfielder; he also holds experience as an attacking midfielder and as a forward from the early parts of his youth career.[1][4][10]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 15 February 2021.[2]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Estudiantes | 2021[nb 1] | Primera División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
Honours
[edit]- Argentina U15[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "El sanrafaelino Bruno Valdez irá al banco ante River Plate". Info Bravo. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "Argentina - B. Valdez". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Bruno Valdez". World Football. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Bruno Valdez: ¿Quién es el juvenil sorpresa en Estudiantes?". CieloSport. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Bruno Valdez tuvo su debut en la Primera de Estudiantes de La Plata". Diario San Rafael. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ Vera, Pablo (2 February 2024). "Tres de la U y un subcampeón de Primera: un club de la B mueve el mercado con 12 fichajes". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Bruno Valdez en la selección Argentina Sub 15". Sitio Andino. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Ayala y Valdez al Sudamericano Sub 15". Estudiantes. 29 October 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Bruno Valdéz entrenó con la selección argentina Sub 17 de fútbol". El Grito Sagrado. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Conocé a Bruno Valdez: El elegido por Zielinski para ser titular ante Arsenal". Inferiores Platenses. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- Bruno Valdez at Soccerway
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Mendoza Province
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Argentina men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Argentine Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
- Deportes Recoleta footballers
- A.C. Barnechea footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen