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Diego Valoyes

Diego Valoyes
Valoyes with Colombia in 2022
Personal information
Full name Diego Luis Valoyes Ruíz
Date of birth (1996-09-22) 22 September 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Cartagena, Colombia[1]
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)[2]
Position(s) Right winger[1]
Team information
Current team
Juárez
Number 7
Youth career
Alianza Sport
Fútbol Paz
Los Calamares
Real Cartagena
2013–2015 La Equidad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2020 La Equidad 80 (6)
2018–2020Talleres (loan) 23 (1)
2020–2023 Talleres 90 (22)
2023– Juárez 5 (1)
International career
2021– Colombia 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:11, 25 August 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:18, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Diego Luis Valoyes Ruíz (born 22 September 1996) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Liga MX club Juárez.[2]

Club career

Valoyes began his senior career with La Equidad, after youth spells with Alianza Sport, Fútbol Paz, Los Calamares and Real Cartagena.[3] He made his debut against Categoría Primera B's Tigres in the Copa Colombia in March 2015, prior to featuring in pro league football for the first time on 4 September versus Deportivo Pasto.[2][4] Almost a year later, in 2016, Valoyes scored his first goal against the same opponents during a 4–0 victory at the Estadio Metropolitano de Techo.[2] In the following campaign of 2017, he netted five times as the club placed eleventh overall.[2] Valoyes left on 28 June 2018 to join Talleres of the Argentine Primera División on loan.[5]

The centre-forward featured fifteen times in all competitions for Talleres in 2018–19, prior to departing back to Colombia on 30 June.[2] However, on 4 July, Talleres resigned Valoyes on loan.[6][7]

International career

He made his debut for Colombia national football team on 16 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Paraguay.[8]

Career statistics

As of 21 September 2018[2]
Club statistics
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
La Equidad 2015 Categoría Primera A 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
2016 20 1 6 0 0 0 26 1
2017 36 5 4 0 2[a] 0 42 5
2018 18 0 2 0 0 0 20 0
2019 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 79 6 13 0 0 0 2 0 94 6
Talleres (loan) 2018–19 Primera División 9 0 1 0 3 0 2[b] 0 0 0 15 0
2019–20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 9 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 15 0
Career total 88 6 14 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 109 6
  1. ^ Appearances in Categoría Primera A play-offs
  2. ^ Appearances in Copa Libertadores

References

  1. ^ a b "Diego Valoyes". World Football. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Colombia - D. Valoyes". Soccerway. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Diego Valoyes, la nueva joya de Equidad". El Espectador. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Ficha Estadistica de DIEGO VALOYES". BDFA. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Diego Valoyes fue fichado por Talleres de Córdoba". Antena2. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  6. ^ "La Comisión Directiva del Club informa que se renovó por un año más el vínculo contractual con el delantero Diego Valoyes". Talleres. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Talleres confirmó que el colombiano Valoyes seguirá un año más en el club". Mundo D - La Voz. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Colombia v Paraguay game report". FIFA. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.