Juan Carlos Valenzuela (footballer)

Juan Carlos Valenzuela Hernández (born May 15, 1984) is a Mexican retired footballer.[1]

Juan Carlos Valenzuela
Personal information
Full name Juan Carlos Valenzuela Hernández
Date of birth (1984-05-15) May 15, 1984
Place of birth Guaymas, Mexico
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
– Atlas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Atlas 107 (3)
2008 UAG 33 (1)
2009–2014 América 167 (5)
2015–2019 Atlas 23 (1)
2016–2019 → Tijuana (loan) 95 (1)
2020 Leones Negros 4 (0)
National team
2008–2015 Mexico 23 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Atlas

Valenzuela came up from the Atlas youth system, debuting in Clausura 2003 against future club Tecos UAG.

América

In Clausura 2008 he was acquired by Tecos where his performance arouse the interest of Club América and the Mexico national team. Valenzuela made his debut for América against Chivas in the 2009 InterLiga.

Tijuana

On December 11, 2015 Club Tijuana announced that Valenzuela would be their new signing for the Clausura 2016 in hope of reinforcing their defense. The newly appointed manager, Miguel Herrera chose Valenzuela because of their experience together in his ex team Club America.

International career

Mexico national team

Valenzuela debuted on 24 September 2008 against Chile. He started in the 2009 Gold Cup semi-final and final, winning the championship with Mexico. He made the preliminary list for the 2010 World Cup, getting cut prior to their "farewell" game in Mexico City.

In October 2013, Valenzuela was called up to play the World Cup intercontinental playoff matches against New Zealand by Miguel Herrera.

International goals
Scores and results list Peru's goal tally first.[2]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 June 2015Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru Peru1–11–1Friendly

Honors

Club
América

International
Mexico

References
  1. "Un reto con el que puedo cerrar mi carrera: Juan Carlos Valenzuela". Milenio (in Spanish). 20 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. "Valenzuela, Juan Carlos". National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 May 2017.


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