Valentín Pimentel

Valentín Enrique Pimentel Armuelles (born 30 May 1991) is a Panamanian footballer that plays for Deportivo Lara and the Panama national football team.

Valentín Pimentel
Pimentel with Panama at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Personal information
Full name Valentín Enrique Pimentel Armuelles[1]
Date of birth (1991-05-30) 30 May 1991
Place of birth Santa Ana, Panama City, Panama
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current team
 Deportivo Lara
Number 9
Youth career
Chepo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2013 Vista Alegre
2013–2015 SUNTRACS
2014–2015 → Plaza Amador (loan) 38 (9)
2016–2017 La Equidad 12 (0)
2017–2019 Plaza Amador 48 (5)
2019 Costa del Este 33 (9)
2020 Deportivo Lara 3 (1)
National team‡
2015– Panama 28 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:26, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Santa Ana, Pimentel played for the Chepo youth team[2] and for second division teams Vista Alegre and SUNTRACS[3] before joining Plaza Amador.[4]

International career

He made his debut for Panama in a June 2015 friendly match against Ecuador and he was called up to the Panama team for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup; he played in Panama's opening game.[5]

In May 2018 he was named in Panama's preliminary 35 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[6]

Career statistics

International
As of 28 June 2018[7]
Panama
YearAppsGoals
2015111
201660
201720
201840
Total231

International goals
Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.[8]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 October 2015Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Trinidad and Tobago1–21–2Friendly

Personal life

Pimentel studies at Panama University to earn a degree in shipping company management. He has a son with his wife Maria Fernanda Carrillo.

References
  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. Pimentel y un sueño cumplido – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  3. Pimentel, el marino del gol – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  4. Valentín Pimentel Archived 21 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine – Plaza Amador (in Spanish)
  5. "Panama vs. Haiti – 8 July 2015 – Soccerway". soccerway.com.
  6. http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  7. Valentín Pimentel at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. "Pimentel, Valentín". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 May 2017.


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