Carmelo Valencia

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Carmelo Valencia

| image =

| fullname = Carmelo Enrique Valencia Chaverra

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|7|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tutunendo, Chocó, Colombia

| height = {{height|m=1.75}}{{cite web|url=https://app.juniorfc.co/carmelo-valencia |title=Carmelo Valencia |language=es |publisher=Atlético Junior |access-date=3 October 2022}}

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Atlético Junior

| clubnumber = 19

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2003–2004

| clubs1 = Atlético Nacional

| years2 = 2005

| clubs2 = Real Cartagena

| years3 = 2005

| clubs3 = Deportivo Pasto

| years4 = 2006–2008

| clubs4 = Atlético Nacional

| years5 = 2009

| clubs5 = Millonarios

| years6 = 2010

| clubs6 = Ulsan Hyundai

| years7 = 2011–2012

| clubs7 = Newells Old Boys

| years8 = 2012

| clubs8 = La Equidad

| years9 = 2013–2014

| clubs9 = Tianjin Teda

| years10 = 2015–2016

| clubs10 = Beijing Enterprises Group

| years11 = 2017–2018

| clubs11 = La Equidad

| years12 = 2018

| clubs12 = America de Cali

| years13 = 2018–2019

| clubs13 = Independiente Santa Fe

| years14 = 2019

| clubs14 = Cucuta Deportivo

| years15 = 2020–2022

| clubs15 = Atlético Junior

| caps1 = 12

| goals1 = 1

| caps2 = 15

| goals2 = 4

| caps3 = 17

| goals3 = 5

| caps4 = 73

| goals4 = 16

| caps5 = 39

| goals5 = 12

| caps6 = 20

| goals6 = 6

| caps7 = 8

| goals7 = 1

| caps8 = 45

| goals8 = 17

| caps9 = 55

| goals9 = 23

| caps10 = 40

| goals10 = 15

| caps11 = 37

| goals11 = 13

| caps12 = 9

| goals12 = 1

| caps13 = 35

| goals13 = 5

| caps14 = 25

| goals14 = 10

| caps15 = 91

| goals15 = 14

| totalcaps = 521

| totalgoals = 143

| nationalyears1 = 2007–2008

| nationalteam1 = Colombia

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 7 October 2022

}}

Carmelo Enrique Valencia Chaverra ({{IPA|es-419|kaɾˈmelo βaˈlensja|lang}};{{efn|In isolation, Valencia is pronounced {{IPA|es|baˈlensja|}}.}} born 13 July 1984) is a former Colombian soccer player who retired in Atlético Junior.

Club career

Carmelo Valencia's greatest performance came in the 4-1 victory of Junior de Barranquilla “tu papá” against the #1 club in Copa Libertadores. He also played really well in the two games in which his team Atletico Nacional faced Atletico Huila for the 2007 Apertura National Championship Mustang Cup. He recorded the only goal in the game at Huila. In the second game he opened the score with a goal after the Huila defenders crashed into each other leading the way to Valencia putting Huila's championship hopes out of reach. The game ended 2-1 and the aggregate score was 3-1 in favor of the reigning champion Atletico Nacional. He then helped Nacional defend their title in the second semester finals versus La Equidad by scoring the first goal in a 3-0 defeat of the capital's team. He's now scored a combined three goals in Colombian Mustang Soccer finals.

Valencia gained notoriety for his public admission that he faked a foul which resulted in the sending off of an opponent, Santa Fe's Agustín Julio, during a league match on 25 April 2009. League officials banned Valencia for one match following their review of the play in the wake of his admission.{{cite news|work=Reuters|title="Cunning" Colombian player banned after admitting dive|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLT92785220090429|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721184651/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKLT92785220090429|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 July 2012|date=2009-04-29|accessdate=2010-09-13}}

On 18 January 2010, Valencia signed for K-League club Ulsan Hyundai on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.{{cite news|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sports/2010/05/136_59225.html |title=Ulsan Tigers Sign Valencia |publisher=The Korea Times |access-date=2010-01-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001195846/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/sports/2010/05/136_59225.html |archive-date=2012-10-01 }}

Valencia signed a contract with Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda in February 2013.{{cite news |url=http://sports.163.com/13/0218/10/8O04TJ8V00051C89.html |title=泰达第四外援已敲定哥伦比亚联赛MVP+金靴加盟 |publisher=163.com |accessdate=2013-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109050725/http://sports.163.com/13/0218/10/8O04TJ8V00051C89.html |archive-date=2013-11-09 |url-status=dead }}

In February 2015, Valencia transferred to China League One side Beijing Enterprises Group.[http://sports.sohu.com/20150224/n409135416.shtml 北控敲定外援第三签泰达快马瓦伦西亚正式加盟] at sports.sohu.com 2015-02-24 Retrieved 2015-02-25

Personal life

Valencia has a wife and a daughter.

Career statistics

{{updated|7 October 2022}}.{{Soccerway|carmelo-enrique-valencia/22450}}

rowspan="2"\|Sex Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|National Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Real Cartagena \|2005 \|Categoría Primera A	15	4	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	15	4
Deportivo Pasto \|2005 \|Categoría Primera A	17	5	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	17	5
rowspan=4\|Atlético Nacional \|2006 \|rowspan=3\|Categoría Primera A	16	2	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	16	2
2007	30	13	0	0	4	1	colspan="2"\|—	34	14
2008	27	1	0	0	4	1	colspan="2"\|—	31	2
colspan=2 \| Total !73	16	0	0	8	2	colspan="2"\|—	81	18
Millonarios (loan) \|2009 \|Categoría Primera A	39	12	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	39	12
Ulsan Hyundai \|2010 \|K-League	20	6	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	4	2	25	8
Newells Old Boys \|2011–12 \|Argentine Primera División	8	1	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	9	1
La Equidad \|2012 \|Categoría Primera A	45	17	4	0	2	1	colspan="2"\|—	51	18
rowspan=3\|Tianjin Teda \|2013 \|rowspan=2\|Chinese Super League	29	16	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	29	16
2014	26	7	1	1	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	27	8
colspan=2 \| Total !55	23	1	1	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	56	24
rowspan=3\|Beijing Enterprises Group \|2015 \|rowspan=2\|China League One	30	14	5	1	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	35	15
2016	10	1	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	10	1
colspan=2 \| Total !40	15	5	1	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	45	16
La Equidad \|2017 \|Categoría Primera A	37	13	5	3	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	42	16
America de Cali \|2018 \|Categoría Primera A	9	1	colspan="2"\|—	1	0	colspan="2"\|—	10	1
rowspan=3\|Independiente Santa Fe \|2018 \|rowspan=2\|Categoría Primera A	19	4	3	0	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	22	4
2019	16	1	3	1	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	19	2
colspan=2 \| Total !35	5	6	1	0	0	colspan="2"\|—	41	6
Cucuta Deportivo \|2019 \|Categoría Primera A	25	10	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	colspan="2"\|—	25	10
rowspan=4\|Atlético Junior \|2020 \|rowspan=3\|Categoría Primera A \|19	2	2	0	6	3	2	1	29	5
2021 \|36	8	1	0	10	2	colspan="2"\|—	47	10
2022 \|36	4	5	1	3	0	colspan="2"\|—	44	5
colspan=2 \| Total !91	14	8	1	19	5	2	1	120	21
colspan=3 \| Career total !509\|\|142\|\|31\|\|7\|\|30\|\|8\|\|6\|\|3\|\|576\|\|160