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) | Right back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1998 | 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) |
International career | |||
1996–2007 | Venezuela | 76 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Luis José Vallenilla Pacheco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlujs βaʎeˈniʎa], born 13 March 1974) is a Venezuelan former professional footballer that played as a right back for the Venezuela national team from 1996 until 2007, 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
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Pages with Spanish IPA
- Pages using national squad without sport or team link
- Living people
- 1974 births
- Footballers from Caracas
- Venezuelan men's footballers
- Trujillanos FC players
- Caracas FC players
- Deportivo Táchira F.C. players
- Club 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 men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ecuador
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Venezuela men's international footballers
- 1997 Copa América players
- 2001 Copa América players
- 2004 Copa América players
- 2007 Copa América players
- Men's association football defenders