Joel Valencia

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Valencia and the second or maternal family name is Castillo.
Joel Valencia
Personal information
Full name César Joel Valencia Castillo[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-16) 16 November 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Quinindé, Ecuador
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Alcorcón
(on loan from Brentford)
Number 9
Youth career
2005–2013 Zaragoza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Zaragoza B 34 (0)
2011 Zaragoza 1 (0)
2014 → Málaga B (loan) 14 (1)
2014–2015 Logroñés 50 (1)
2016–2017 Koper 26 (1)
2017–2019 Piast Gliwice 59 (9)
2019– Brentford 19 (1)
2020–2021 → Legia Warsaw (loan) 8 (0)
2022– → Alcorcón (loan) 4 (0)
National team
2011 Spain U17 1 (0)
2011 Ecuador U17 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:31, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

César Joel Valencia Castillo (born 16 November 1994) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Segunda División club AD Alcorcón, on loan from Premier League club Brentford. He is a product of the Real Zaragoza academy and later played in Slovenia and Poland, rising to prominence in the latter country with Piast Gliwice. He was capped by Spain and Ecuador at U17 level.

Club career[]

Spain[]

A winger, Valencia joined the Real Zaragoza academy in 2005, at age 11.[2] By 2011, he had progressed into the club's reserve team and was called into the first team squad on three occasions during the 2011–12 season.[3] Valencia made his only senior appearance for the club as a substitute for Pablo Barrera late in a 6–0 La Liga defeat to Real Madrid on 28 August 2011.[4] He spent much of the following three years in the reserve team and on loan at Málaga B,[5][6] before departing La Romareda to join Segunda División B club Logroñés in August 2014.[7][8] He remained with Logroñés until January 2016 and made 54 appearances for the club, scoring one goal.[3][9]

Slovenia and Poland[]

On 29 January 2016, Valencia moved to Slovenia to join PrvaLiga club Koper.[9] He made 28 appearances and scored two goals during 18 months at the Bonifika Stadium,[3] before departing to join Polish Ekstraklasa club Piast Gliwice in August 2017, one a one-year contract, with a three-year option.[10] Valencia was a part of the club's 2018–19 Ekstraklasa-winning team and his exploits were recognised with the Ekstraklasa and Polish Union of Footballers Player of the Year awards and a place in the Polish Union of Footballers Team of the Year.[5][11][12] By the time of his departure in late July 2019,[5] he had made 65 appearances and scored 9 goals for the club.[3]

Brentford[]

On 31 July 2019, Valencia moved to England to join Championship club Brentford on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee,[5] reported to be £1.8 million.[13] Despite making 23 appearances and scoring one goal,[14] he struggled to adapt to the pace of English football during the 2019–20 season and after just one appearance in 2020–21,[15][16][17] he departed on a season-long loan in September 2020.[18] In April 2021, he made an early return to the club for medical assessment.[19] In his absence, Brentford were promoted to the Premier League after victory in the 2021 Championship play-off Final.[20]

Valencia entered the 2021–22 pre-season fully fit and on his return to match play, he scored the only goal of a friendly versus AFC Wimbledon on 17 July 2021.[21] A move away from the Community Stadium did not materialise before the end of the summer transfer window and despite being named in Brentford's 25-man Premier League squad list,[22][23] Valencia was frozen out of the squad and instead made sporadic appearances for the club's B team during the first half of the 2021–22 season.[24][25][26][27][28] In January 2022, he departed the club on loan until the end of the season.[29]

Legia Warsaw (loan)[]

On 16 September 2020, Valencia returned to Poland to join Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.[18] During a season affected by a plethora of injury problems and poor form,[19][30] Valencia made just 12 appearances and scored no goals.[3] After three months without being named in a matchday squad,[3] he made an early departure from the club in April 2021.[19] In his absence, Legia won the Ekstraklasa title with three matches to spare.[31]

AD Alcorcón (loan)[]

On 18 January 2022, Valencia returned to Spain to join Segunda División club AD Alcorcón on loan until the end of the 2021–22 season.[24]

International career[]

Valencia was capped by Spain and Ecuador at U17 level.[5][32] He was a part of Ecuador's 2011 FIFA U17 World Cup squad and made three appearances at the tournament.[3]

Personal life[]

Valencia was born in Quinindé, Esmeraldas, Ecuador and moved to Spain in 2002, at age 8.[2] He has a Spanish passport.[5]

Career statistics[]

As of match played 20 February 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Zaragoza 2011–12[4] La Liga 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
Zaragoza B 2011–12[3] Segunda División B Group 3 19 0 — — — — 19 0
2012–13[3] Segunda División B Group 2 14 0 �� — — — 14 0
2013–14[33] Tercera División Group 17 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Total 34 0 — — — — 34 0
Málaga B (loan) 2013–14[33] Tercera División Group 9 14 1 — — — 4[a] 0 18 1
Logroñés 2014–15[3] Segunda División B Group 1 33 1 0 0 — — 2[b] 0 35 1
2015–16[3] 17 0 2 0 — — — 19 0
Total 50 1 2 0 — — 2 0 54 1
Koper 2015–16[3] Slovenian PrvaLiga 13 1 0 0 — — — 13 1
2016–17[3] 13 0 2 1 — — — 15 1
Total 26 1 2 1 — — — 28 2
Piast Gliwice 2017–18[3] Ekstraklasa 25 3 1 0 — — — 26 3
2018–19[3] 33 6 1 0 — — — 34 6
2019–20[3] 1 0 — — 3[c] 0 1[d] 0 5 0
Total 59 9 2 0 — 3 0 1 0 65 9
Brentford 2019–20[14] Championship 19 1 2 0 1 0 — 1[e] 0 23 1
2020–21[17] 0 0 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
Total 19 1 2 0 2 0 — 1 0 24 1
Legia Warsaw (loan) 2020–21[3] Ekstraklasa 8 0 1 0 — 2[f] 0 1[d] 0 12 0
AD Alcorcón (loan) 2021–22[3] Segunda División 4 0 — — — — 4 0
Career totals 215 13 9 1 2 0 5 0 9 0 240 14
  1. ^ Appearances in Tercera División play-offs
  2. ^ Appearances in Segunda División B promotion play-offs
  3. ^ 2 appearances in Champions League, 1 appearance in Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearance in Polish SuperCup
  5. ^ Appearances in Championship play-offs
  6. ^ Appearances in Europa League

Honours[]

Piast Gliwice

Individual

  • Ekstraklasa Player of the Year: 2018–19[11]
  • Ekstraklasa Midfielder of the Year: 2018–19[11]
  • Polish Union of Footballers Player of the Year: 2018–19[12]
  • Polish Union of Footballers Team of the Year: 2018–19[12]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "César Joel Valencia Castillo – Forward – First Team". Brentford FC. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Joel Valencia: La nueva 'perla' tricolor : Deportes : La Hora Noticias de Ecuador, sus provincias y el mundo". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Joel Valencia at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Games played by Joel Valencia in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Brentford sign Joel Valencia". www.brentfordfc.com. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  6. ^ "El Zaragoza cede al Málaga a Joel Valencia por la deuda que mantiene por Apoño". ElDesmarque Málaga. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Acuerdo para la rescisión del contrato de Joel Valencia". Real Zaragoza Web Oficial. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Joel Valencia Castillo, nuevo jugador de la UD. Logroñés". Archived from the original on 28 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Joel Valencia – Brentford". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  10. ^ "Joel Valencia piłkarzem Piasta" (in Polish). 90minut. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  11. ^ a b c "Rozdano nagrody w Ekstraklasie za sezon 2018/19". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  12. ^ a b c "Joel Valencia receives Polish Player of the Year awards". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Valencia completes £1.8m move to Brentford". West London Sport. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Games played by Joel Valencia in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  15. ^ Thomas, Lyall (17 November 2019). "Brentford winger Valencia could be out for three months". West London Sport. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  16. ^ Thomas, Lyall (5 July 2020). "Thomas Frank insists Joel Valencia has a future at Brentford". West London Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  17. ^ a b "Games played by Joel Valencia in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  18. ^ a b "Joel Valencia joins Legia Warsaw on season-long loan". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  19. ^ a b c Gawroński, Piotr (29 April 2021). "Joel Valencia wraca do Anglii". legia.net (in Polish). Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  20. ^ "Bees beat Swans to reach Premier League". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  21. ^ "AFC Wimbledon 0 Brentford 1". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  22. ^ Murtagh, Jake (25 August 2021). "Thomas Frank drops Brentford transfer hint as club set to sanction exits". Football.London. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  23. ^ "2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  24. ^ a b "Joel Valencia joins Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón on loan". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  25. ^ "Match Report and Highlights: Brentford B 3 Barnet 0". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  26. ^ "Brentford B 6 Maximum Performance Academy 0". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  27. ^ "Swansea City XI 2 Brentford B 2". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  28. ^ "Oxford United XI 2 Brentford B 3". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  29. ^ "Joel Valencia joins Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón on loan". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  30. ^ "Joel Valencia: "Quiero intentarlo en Brentford y en la Premier League"". ESPNdeportes.com (in Spanish). 12 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  31. ^ "Loan Round-Up: Halil Dervişoğlu and Arthur Read score at the weekend". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  32. ^ "Spanish Under 17". Soccer-Spain. Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  33. ^ a b "Joel Valencia – Ex-U.D. Logroñés :: Fútbol de Galicia ::". www.lapreferente.com. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

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