Valdivia at the 2014 World Cup.
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Full name | Jorge Luis Valdivia Toro | ||||||||
Date of birth | 19 October 1983 | ||||||||
Place of birth | Maracay, Venezuela | ||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||||||||
Club information | |||||||||
Current team
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Al Wahda | ||||||||
Number | 9 | ||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||
1990–2002 | Colo-Colo | ||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
2003–2006 | Colo-Colo | 32 | (14) | ||||||
2003 | → U. de Concepción (loan) | 30 | (7) | ||||||
2004 | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||
2004–2005 | → Servette (loan) | 9 | (2) | ||||||
2006–2008 | Palmeiras | 53 | (11) | ||||||
2008–2010 | Al Ain | 49 | (18) | ||||||
2010–2015 | Palmeiras | 82 | (7) | ||||||
2015– | Al Wahda | 34 | (8) | ||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||
2003 | Chile U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||
2004 | Chile U23 | 7 | (0) | ||||||
2004– | Chile | 75 | (7) | ||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2017 |
Jorge Luis Valdivia Toro (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxorxe ˈlwjs βalˈdjβja], born 19 October 1983) is a Chilean footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for UAE Arabian Gulf League club Al Wahda.
Product of Colo-Colo youth ranks, Valdivia had an impressing loan spell at Universidad de Concepción during his debut season in 2003. Then after another two loan spells in Europe, he definitely joined Colo-Colo in 2005 winning one year later the Torneo Apertura title, before moving to Palmeiras. Since joining Brazilian club, he spent seven years playing for Verdão — interrupted by his spell at Al Ain — and has appeared in more than 100 games, winning one Paulistão in 2008, a Copa do Brasil in 2012 and a Série B title in 2013.
A Chilean international since the age of 20, he was an integral member of the 2015 Copa América winning squad (the first ever achieved by his national team in its history), having previously appeared in two past editions (2007 and 2011) and in the 2010 and 2014 World Cups. During his years active, Valdivia has reached 7 goals in 73 caps.