Luis Valdéz (footballer)

{{short description|Mexican footballer (born 1965)}}

{{family name hatnote|Valdéz|Salas|lang=Spanish}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Luis Antonio Valdéz

| image =

| fullname = Luis Antonio Valdéz Salas

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|7|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Aguascalientes, Mexico

| height = {{height|m=1.79}}

| position = Striker

| years1 = 1986–1991

| clubs1 = Chivas

| caps1 = 140

| goals1 = 25

| years2 = 1991–1993

| clubs2 = Monterrey

| caps2 = 54

| goals2 = 11

| years3 = 1993–1995

| clubs3 = León

| caps3 = 46

| goals3 = 14

| totalcaps = 240

| totalgoals = 50

| nationalyears1 = 1989–1994

| nationalteam1 = Mexico

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 2

}}

Luis Antonio Valdéz Salas (born 1 July 1965) is a Mexican former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker. He is nicknamed El cadáver (The corpse).[http://www.goal.com/es-mx/slideshow/6525 Las sopresas Pre-Mundialistas – Estados Unidos 1994: Luis Antonio 'Cadaver' Valdés] Goal.com

Valdéz, who played club football for Chivas, Monterrey and León, represented the Mexico national team at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.