Yonathan Del Valle
Yonathan Alexander Del Valle Rodríguez (born 28 May 1990) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Turkish club Bandırmaspor.[1]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name |
Yonathan Alexander Del Valle Rodríguez | ||
| Date of birth | May 28, 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Valencia, Venezuela | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bandırmaspor | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Maracaibo | 11 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Deportivo Táchira | 47 | (5) |
| 2011–2013 | Auxerre | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | → Rio Ave (loan) | 23 | (2) |
| 2013–2014 | → Paços de Ferreira (loan) | 16 | (3) |
| 2014–2017 | Rio Ave | 28 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | → Kasımpaşa (loan) | 33 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | → Bursaspor (loan) | 21 | (1) |
| 2017–2019 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 58 | (15) |
| 2019–2020 | Giresunspor | 32 | (7) |
| 2020– | Bandırmaspor | 11 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 2009 | Venezuela U20 | 11 | (6) |
| 2009– | Venezuela | 13 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:02, 31 January 2021 (UTC). | |||
Club career
His first professional team was Carabobo FC, in which he didn't play too much due to his young age. Then he moved to Unión Atlético Maracaibo from which he exit after personal problems with the team. He signed with Deportivo Táchira on 2008, having more action and gaining more recognition to the point of being signed by Club Atlético Huracán from Argentina only to be sent back after no official matches with the team because the foreign spots in the team were already full.
In August 2011 Del Valle signed with AJ Auxerre, becoming the first Venezuelan player in Ligue 1.
Following relegation in the 2011-12 season, he moved from Auxerre on loan to the Portuguese Primeira Liga side Rio Ave on 12 July 2012.
International career
On 25 September 2009 he became the first Venezuelan to score a goal in a FIFA competition, having scored against Nigeria in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Three days later he managed a hat-trick against Tahiti in the Venezuelan 8–0 victory.
Club statistics
- Accurate as of 28 May 2013.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Maracaibo | 2007–08 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Deportivo Táchira | 2008–09 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |||
| 2010–11 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |||
| Total | 47 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 48 | 6 | |||
| Auxerre | 2011–12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rio Ave | 2012–13 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| Total | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | |
| Career totals | 81 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 94 | 8 | |
Honours
External links
- AJ Auxerre profile (aja.fr) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-09-27)
- Yonathan Del Valle at National-Football-Teams.com
- Yonathan Del Valle at Soccerway
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