Valentín Pimentel

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Valentín Pimentel
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Pimentel with Panama at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Personal information
Full name Valentín Enrique Pimentel Armuelles[1]
Date of birth (1991-05-30) 30 May 1991 (age 30)
Place of birth Santa Ana, Panama City, Panama
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current team
 Deportivo Lara
Number 9
Youth career
Chepo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2013 Vista Alegre
2013–2015 SUNTRACS
2014–2015 → Plaza Amador (loan) 38 (9)
2016–2017 La Equidad 12 (0)
2017–2019 Plaza Amador 48 (5)
2019 Costa del Este 33 (9)
2020 Deportivo Lara 3 (1)
National team‡
2015– Panama 28 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:26, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

Valentín Enrique Pimentel Armuelles (born 30 May 1991) is a Panamanian footballer that plays for Deportivo Lara and the Panama national football team.

Club career[]

Born in Santa Ana, Pimentel played for the Chepo youth team[2] and for second division teams Vista Alegre and SUNTRACS[3] before joining Plaza Amador.[4]

International career[]

He made his debut for Panama in a June 2015 friendly match against Ecuador and he was called up to the Panama team for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup; he played in Panama's opening game.[5]

In May 2018 he was named in Panama's preliminary 35 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[6]

Career statistics[]

International[]

As of 28 June 2018[7]
Panama
Year Apps Goals
2015 11 1
2016 6 0
2017 2 0
2018 4 0
Total 23 1

International goals[]

Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.[8]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 October 2015 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama  Trinidad and Tobago 1–2 1–2 Friendly

Personal life[]

Pimentel studies at Panama University to earn a degree in shipping company management. He has a son with his wife Maria Fernanda Carrillo.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. ^ Pimentel y un sueño cumplido – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Pimentel, el marino del gol – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Valentín Pimentel Archived 21 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine – Plaza Amador (in Spanish)
  5. ^ "Panama vs. Haiti – 8 July 2015". Int.soccerway.com.
  6. ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Valentín Pimentel". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Pimentel, Valentín". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

External links[]


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