Carlos Valdés (footballer)
Valdés participating in preseason training
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Carlos Enrique Valdés Parra | ||
| Date of birth | 22 May 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Cali, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Atlético Socopó | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005 | Real Cartagena | 33 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | América de Cali | 97 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | Santa Fe | 56 | (1) |
| 2011–2015 | Philadelphia Union | 75 | (3) |
| 2013 | → Santa Fe (loan) | 32 | (4) |
| 2014 | → San Lorenzo (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Nacional (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2015 | Santa Fe | 2 | (0) |
| 2017– | Atlético Socopó | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Colombia U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2008–2015 | Colombia | 17 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:29, 6 June 2015 (UTC) |
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Carlos Enrique Valdés Parra (born 22 May 1985) is a Colombian footballer who currently plays for Venezuelan Primera División club Atlético Socopó.
Valdés began his career in 2005 with Real Cartagena and appeared in 33 league matches. After impressing with Cartagena, Valdés joined storied Colombian club América de Cali the following campaign and was a stalwart in defense for the club for four years, where he appeared in 97 matches and scored 4 goals. In 2009, he joined Independiente Santa Fe and continued to be one of the top defenders in Colombia.
On 20 January 2011, Valdés officially joined Major League Soccer side Philadelphia Union on a one-year loan deal. He made his debut for the Union on 19 March 2011, in the team's season opener for the 2011 MLS season, a 1–0 victory over Houston Dynamo. In Week 7 of the season, Valdés was named to the MLS Team of the Week for his performance against the San Jose Earthquakes. On 5 August 2011, the Union announced that it had secured the full rights to Valdes from his former club, Independiente Santa Fe of the Colombian First Division.
Seeking to increase his national team prospects, Valdés returned to Santa Fe on loan in 2013 and later joined San Lorenzo de Almagro of the Primera Division Argentina on another loan He briefly returned to Philadelphia following the 2014 World Cup before being loaned to Club Nacional de Football of Uruguay in 2015. He and Philadelphia terminated his deal in 2015.
In 2017, after a year-long injury, Valdés is signed by Venezuelan club Atlético Socopó, who is going to play in the first division for the first time.
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