Bruno Valdez

Bruno Amílcar Valdez Rojas (born 6 October 1992) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays for Liga MX club América and the Paraguay national team.

Bruno Valdez
Personal information
Full name Bruno Amílcar Valdez Rojas[1]
Date of birth (1992-10-06) 6 October 1992
Place of birth Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 América
Number 18
Youth career
2008–2010 Sol de América
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Sol de América 100 (5)
2014–2016 Cerro Porteño 60 (4)
2016– América 141 (20)
National team‡
2015– Paraguay 30 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

A right-footed defender, he can play as a centre-back and right-back.

Club career

Valdez made his professional debut with Sol de America but in July 2014 it was sold to Cerro Porteño.[2] In 2015, Valdez helped Cerro to win the Apertura championship.[3]

In June 2016, Valdez was sold to Club América of Mexico.

International career

In May 2015, Valdez was called up to the provisional 30-man roster for the Paraguay national football team to play at the 2015 Copa América.[4] On 28 May, he was included in the 23-man final squad for the tournament by coach Ramón Díaz. On 6 June, he made his international debut as a substitute in a pre-tournament friendly against Honduras at the Estadio Manuel Ferreira in Asunción.[5]

Career statistics

Club
As of 15 April 2018[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sol de America 2011 Primera División 3 0 – – – 3 0
2012 34 2 – – – 34 2
2013 42 1 – – – 42 1
2014 18 2 – – – 18 2
Total 97 5 – – – 97 5
Cerro Porteño 2014 Primera División 16 2 – 6 0 – 22 2
2015 35 2 – 2 0 – 37 2
2016 9 0 – 6 0 – 15 0
Total 60 4 – 14 0 – 74 4
América 2016-17 Liga MX 30 4 8 1 – 3 0 41 5
2017-18 31 2 5 0 6 0 1 0 43 1
Total 61 6 13 1 6 0 4 0 84 6
Career total 218 14 13 1 20 0 4 0 255 15

International goals
Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.[7]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.23 March 2017Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay Ecuador1–02–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club
Cerro Porteño
América

References
  1. "Bruno Valdez". ClubAmérica.com.mx. Club América.
  2. (in Spanish)
  3. "Bruno Valdez se deleita con su primer título en Primera". D10. 26 May 2015.
  4. (in Spanish)
  5. "Paraguay empató 2-2 con Honduras en amistoso previo a la Copa América". América deportes. 6 June 2015.
  6. "Paraguay - B. Valdez - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  7. "Valdez, Bruno". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 March 2017.


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