- Carlos Valencia
Football player infobox
playername= Carlos Alberto Valencia
fullname = Carlos Alberto Valencia Paredes
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1989|4|28
cityofbirth =Florida, Valle del Cauca
countryofbirth =Colombia
currentclub =Dijon FCO
clubnumber =
nationalnumber =
height = height|meter=1.77
position = Defender
youthyears =2006 –2007
youthclubs = River Plate
years = 2007
2008 - present
clubs = River PlateDijon FCO
caps(goals) = 1 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 11 November 2007
ntupdate =Carlos Alberto Valencia (born
April 28 ,1989 inSanta Marta is aColombia n left wing back who plays forDijon FCO inFrance .He made his debut November 10, 2007 in River's 2-1 loss to Huracán and played the full 90 minutes in his debut. [ [http://www.cariverplate.com.ar/tpl.php?cat=es&url=datos.php&date=10-11-2007 cariverplate.com.ar] ]
After starting two games at the end of the season for River Plate, many french clubs became interested like Lyon and after not playing a single minute or being called to any of the River Plate friendlies he joined
Dijon FCO in an his first attempt in Europe.When Carlos left Colombia at the age of 15 to go play for River he was an Attacking Midfielder, at the age of 17 when he joined the River 1st Team he was put at Left Back, and takes corners and throw ins.
References
External links
* [http://www.argentinesoccer.com/squad.cfm?championship=ap07&team=riv River stats on argentinesoccer.com (Apertura 2007)]
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