Luis Vallenilla
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Luis José Vallenilla Pacheco | ||
Date of birth | 13 March 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Caracas, Venezuela | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1998 | Trujillanos | 94 | (2) |
1998–2004 | Caracas | 107 | (1) |
2001–2002 | → Deportivo Táchira (loan) | 22 | (0) |
2004 | Olimpo | 11 | (1) |
2005 | Deportivo Cuenca | 1 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Mineros de Guayana | 32 | (0) |
2006–2007 | UA Maracaibo | 38 | (2) |
2007–2008 | Nea Salamina | 24 | (3) |
2008–2016 | Mineros de Guayana | 212 | (15) |
National team | |||
1996–2008 | Venezuela | 76 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Luis José Vallenilla Pacheco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlujz βaʎeˈniʎa], born 13 March 1974) is a Venezuelan former professional footballer that played as a centre backfor the Venezuela national team from 1996 until 2008, earning 76 appearances and scoring 1 goal.
Club career[]
He began his career with Trujillanos F.C. in his native Venezuela in 1994 and stayed there four years until moving to Caracas F.C., gaining more than 100 appearances over 6 years. He moved to Argentina to play for Club Olimpo for a short time in 2004. In 2006, he moved back to venezuela to play for Mineros de Guayana for a season, then played for UA Maracaibo, then moved to Cyprus in Europe to play for Nea Salamis FC for a year, and finally went back to Mineros de Guayana for 8 years until his retirement in 2016.
International career[]
Vallenilla made 77 caps for the Venezuela national football team, scoring a goal. Vallenilla left the national team when manager César Farías arrived, who didn't select the player for the qualifiers of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
International goals[]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||
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1. | 13 January 2002 | Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela | Cameroon | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly | ||||||||
Correct as of 7 October 2015[1] |
External links[]
- Luis Vallenilla at National-Football-Teams.com
- International statistics
- Luis Vallenilla at Soccerway
References[]
- Living people
- 1974 births
- Sportspeople from Caracas
- Venezuelan footballers
- Trujillanos FC players
- Caracas FC players
- Deportivo Táchira F.C. players
- Olimpo footballers
- C.D. Cuenca footballers
- A.C.C.D. Mineros de Guayana players
- UA Maracaibo players
- Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Venezuelan expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Ecuador
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Venezuela international footballers
- 1997 Copa América players
- 2001 Copa América players
- 2004 Copa América players
- 2007 Copa América players
- Association football defenders