English full name: luis antonio valencia mosquera.

Nationality: Ecuador

Date of birth:1August 4, 985 Place of birth: Lago Agrio, an oil city in northeastern Ecuador.

Height 18 1cm Weight: 78kg

Current club: Manchester United

Club number: 25 On-court position: left/right halfback

occupation

Number of appearances for the club during the season (goals)

2003-2005 Ecuador National Team 84 (20)

Villarreal 2 (0)

Virva leased 14 (1) in 2005-2006.

2006-2008 Wigan Competitive Lease 37 (1)

2008- 2009 Wigan Athletic 46 (6)

Manchester United 43 (6)

20 10-20 1 1 Manchester United 1 1 (1)

Valencia is a strong, fast winger with a strong ability to break the bottom line. He started his professional football career with Ecuador's powerful national club. In 2005, he landed in La Liga by Villarreal, but in the following season, he spent most of his time on loan to Virva Club to accumulate experience.

In 2006-2007, Valencia was loaned to Wigan Athletic, a weak team in the Premier League, for two seasons. On August 9, 2006, Valencia officially represented the team in Wigan 1-2 defeat to Newcastle, and in June 2006 1 Manchester City, Valencia scored on behalf of the team. Valencia performed well during the loan period, Wigan Athletic decided to formally acquire him, and formally signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with him on June 5438+1October 65438+August 2008.

In the 2008-2009 season, Valencia participated in all the competitions attended by Wigan Athletic and performed well. He once brought the team into the top eight. In the winter transfer market, Manchester United, Real Madrid and other clubs once wanted to sign him, but in the end there was no following. After the end of this season, Valencia, who has grown into a first-class winger in the Premier League, is not satisfied with staying at Wigan Athletic, which aims at relegation. He has made it clear that he wants to leave the team and pursue greater challenges. The main interested clubs are Manchester United, Real Madrid, Bayern and other giants.

On June 30th, 2009, Manchester United officially announced the signing of winger antonio valencia from Wigan Athletic at a transfer fee of170,000. The 23-year-old Ecuador international signed a four-year contract with the Red Devils. Sir Alex alex ferguson is delighted with the successful acquisition of Valencia from Real Madrid. "Valencia is a player who has surprised us for some time. In the past two years, he played for Wigan in the Premier League. I am sure that his speed and strength will make an important contribution to the team. " Valencia, whose dream has come true, is also very excited about joining Manchester United. "Joining Manchester United is a dream come true for me. I enjoyed my time at Wigan, but I am very excited to have the opportunity to meet the challenge of the biggest club in the football world. " "It will be an incredible experience to play in front of 76,000 fans and become teammates with Rooney, Ferdinand and Ryan Giggs. I can't wait to welcome the beginning of my Manchester United career! "

National team career

Valencia made her national team debut in the 2005 World Cup qualifier against Paraguay. He scored twice in Ecuador's 5-2 win. In the 2006 World Cup in Germany, he also played in the knockout match between Ecuador and England on 16, which was won by Beckham's free kick. His wonderful performance in the World Cup made him selected for the FIFA Dream Team, and the players selected for this team were considered as the best players in all positions in the 2006 World Cup. There is also an anecdote about the World Cup in Valencia, Germany. FIFA once judged six candidates to compete for the "Gillette-Best Newcomer in the World Cup" award according to the players' performance in the group stage. Originally, Cristiano Ronaldo was far ahead, but after Cristiano Ronaldo cheated in the 1/4 final and forced the referee to send Rooney off the court, the anger of English fans was ignited, and then someone called on everyone to go to FIFA official website to vote for the least famous Valencia. In this way, hundreds of thousands of netizens who may not even know Valencia voted for this Ecuadorian boy, making him the first in the netizen selection. However, FIFA finally quietly changed the way of awarding prizes and awarded the prize to Podolski.