Carlos Valderrama (footballer)
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Carlos Valderrama (footballer)

Personal information
Full nameCarlos Alberto Valderrama Palacio
NicknameEl Pibe
Date of birthSeptember 2, 1961(age 49)
Place of birthSanta Marta, Colombia
Height1.77 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionMidfielder

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Carlos Alberto Valderrama Palacio (born September 2, 1961 in Santa Marta, Colombia), also known as El Pibe ("The Kid") is a Colombian former football player. His mass of blond, permed hair made him one of Colombia's most recognisable footballers. Valderrama was a member of the Colombia national football team in the 1990s. Between 1985 and 1998 he represented Colombia in 111 full internationals and scored 11 times, making him the most capped player in the country's history. He was the most famous football player in Colombia in the team of Rene Higuita, Faustino Asprilla, Freddy Rincon, Adolfo Valencia, Leonel Alvarez, Oscar Cordoba, Andrés Escobar and others.

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Carlos Valderrama Believes Colombia Can Qualify For The 2014 World Cup - Peace FM Online Tweet this news
Peace FM Online--Legendary Colombia midfielder -Carlos Valderrama- believes that the 'Cafeteros' can once more reach the World Cup in 2014, ending a long drought in the ... - Date : Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:08:24 GMT+00:00
La firma de moda C&A abrirá su tienda en Cádiz el 20 de octubre - Diario de Cádiz Tweet this news
Diario de Cádiz---Carlos Valderrama-, director de marketing de C&A, señala que la nueva tienda "representa una vez más una fuerte apuesta de C&A por Andalucía, ... - Date : Tue, 05 Oct 2010 03:52:00 GMT+00:00
Juventud Dinámica AC organiza encuentro amistoso de estrellas del futbol - El Golfo Info Tweet this news
El Golfo Info---...- en las oficina de JD para poder disfrutar de los grandes estrellas del futbol como Jorge Campos, -Carlos Valderrama-, Iván Zamorano y Cuauhtémoc Blanco.--- - Date : Sun, 10 Oct 2010 01:01:49 GMT+00:00
Sector empresarial guayanés a la expectativa - Diario El Guayanés (blog) Tweet this news
Diario El Guayanés (blog)---...- en compañía del primer vicepresidente Tomás Guerra; Félix René, segundo vicepresidente y los directores Rafael Valderrama y Juan -Carlos Valderrama-, ... - Date : Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:46:15 GMT+00:00
Mondragón con 39 años vuelve a la seleccion colombiana - Facetas Deportivas Tweet this news
Facetas Deportivas--El estratega colombiano llamará a ex futbolistas de la trayectoria de -Carlos Valderrama-, Faustino Asprilla y Oscar Córdoba para que compartan con quienes ... - Date : Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:48:45 GMT+00:00
Águilas del Zulia empieza a agarrar forma - Diario El Progreso.com Tweet this news
Diario El Progreso.com--Los jardineros, trabajaron movimientos laterales con el coach de Outfielder -Carlos Valderrama-, luego tomaron prácticas de bateo. Por su parte los lanzadores ... - Date : Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:28:42 GMT+00:00
Rob the pup star - The Sun Tweet this news
The Sun---...- people send pictures of themselves with their dogs as wigs." The photos feature in his new book You Know Me. The -CARLOS VALDERRAMA- lookalike is the best.--- - Date : Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:37:41 GMT+00:00
Could This Be the Red Bulls' Championship Season? - New York Times (blog) Tweet this news
New York Times (blog)--Minus the prodigious hairdo, he has the potential to be the league's new -Carlos Valderrama-. Marquez radiates cool confidence, which seems to have become ... - Date : Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:00:14 GMT+00:00
Se Tévez' nye sveis! - TV 2 Tweet this news
TV 2---...- men om Carlos Tévez når opp til størrelser som Diego Maradona, -Carlos Valderrama- og René Higuita i den kategorien er lite trolig. ... - Date : Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:46:03 GMT+00:00
“Pelos históricos": jugadores que también deben fama a su look en cancha - Terra Chile Tweet this news
Terra Chile---Ver galería informativa- El primero que salta a la palestra es sin duda el colombiano -Carlos Valderrama-. El “Pibe” es mundialmente reconocido, ... - Date : Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:03:22 GMT+00:00

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Antonio Alzamendi		South American Footballer of the Year
1987		Succeeded by
Rubén Paz
Preceded by
Raí		South American Footballer of the Year
1993		Succeeded by
Cafu
Preceded by
none		Major League Soccer MVP Award
1996		Succeeded by
Preki

Senior career
YearsClubAppsGoals
1981 - 1983Unión Magdalena
1984Millonarios
1985 - 1987Deportivo Cali
1988 - 1990Montpellier775
1990 - 1991Real Valladolid171
1992Independiente Medellín
1993 - 1995Atlético Junior824
1996 - 1997Tampa Bay Mutiny431
1998Miami Fusion223
1999 - 2001Tampa Bay Mutiny715
2001 - 2002Colorado Rapids391

National Team
YearsTeamAppsGoals
1985 - 1998Colombia11111

Other recognition :
Club performance League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Colombia League Cup Total
1981 Unión Magdalena
1982
1983
1984 Millonarios
1985 Deportivo Cali
1986
1987
France League Coupe de France Total
1988-89 Montpellier Division 1 24 1
1989-90 18 1
1990-91 35 2
Spain League Copa del Rey Total
1990-91 Real Valladolid La Liga 17 1
Colombia League Cup Total
1992 Independiente Medellín
1993 Atlético Junior 35 4
1994 18 1
1995 29 0
USA League Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Total
1996 Tampa Bay Mutiny Major League Soccer 23 4
1997 20 3
1998 Miami Fusion Major League Soccer 18 2
1999 4 1
1999 Tampa Bay Mutiny Major League Soccer 27 3
2000 32 1
2001 12 1
2001 Colorado Rapids Major League Soccer 12 0
2002 27 1
2003 0 0
Total Colombia
France 77 4
Spain 17 1
USA 175 16
Career Total
1985 2 0
1986 0 0
1987 4 1
1988 6 1
1989 13 2
1990 5 1
1991 9 0
1992 2 0
1993 16 0
1994 11 0
1995 13 1
1996 11 1
1997 11 2
1998 8 2
Total 111 11


Major League Soccer, MLS All-Time Best XI

GoalkeeperTony Meola
DefendersJeff Agoos, Marcelo Balboa, Eddie Pope
MidfieldersLandon Donovan, Marco Etcheverry, Piotr Nowak, Preki, Carlos Valderrama
ForwardsBrian McBride, Jaime Moreno

FIFA 100

UEFABaggio * Ballack * Banks * Baresi * Beckenbauer * Beckham * Bergkamp * Bergomi * Best * Boniek * Boniperti * Breitner * Buffon * Butragueño * Cantona * Ceulemans * Charlton * Cruyff * Dalglish * Dasayev * Davids * Del Piero * Desailly * Deschamps * Emre * Eusébio * Facchetti * Figo * Fontaine * Gullit * Hagi * Henry * Kahn * Keane * Keegan * Klinsmann * Kluivert * Kopa * B. Laudrup * M. Laudrup * Lineker * Luis Enrique * Maier * Maldini * Masopust * Matthäus * Müller * Nedvěd * Neeskens * Nesta * Owen * Papin * Pfaff * Pirès * Platini * Puskás * Raúl * Rensenbrink * Rijkaard * Rivera * Rossi * Rui Costa * Rummenigge * Rüştü * Schmeichel * Seedorf * Seeler * Shearer * Shevchenko * Stoichkov * Šuker * Thuram * Totti * Trésor * Trezeguet * van Basten * R. van de Kerkhof * W. van de Kerkhof * Van der Elst * van Nistelrooy * Vieira * Vieri * Zidane * Zoff
CONMEBOLCarlos Alberto * Batistuta * Cafu * Crespo * Cubillas * di Stéfano * Falcão * Figueroa * Francescoli * Júnior * Kempes * Maradona * Passarella * Pelé * Rivaldo * Rivelino * Roberto Carlos * Romário * Romerito * Ronaldinho * Ronaldo * Djalma Santos * Nílton Santos * Saviola * Sívori * Sócrates * Valderrama * Verón * Zamorano * Zanetti * Zico
CAFDiouf * Milla * Okocha * Abédi Pelé * Weah
CONCACAFAkers * Hamm * Sánchez
AFCHong * Nakata

South American Footballer of the Year

1971: Tostão * 1972: Cubillas * 1973: Pelé * 1974: Figueroa * 1975: Figueroa * 1976: Figueroa * 1977: Zico * 1978: Kempes * 1979: Maradona * 1980: Maradona * 1981: Zico * 1982: Zico * 1983: Sócrates * 1984: Francescoli * 1985: Romerito * 1986: Alzamendi * 1987: Valderrama * 1988: Paz * 1989: Bebeto * 1990: Amarilla * 1991: Ruggeri * 1992: Raí * 1993: Valderrama * 1994: Cafu * 1995: Francescoli * 1996: Chilavert * 1997: Salas * 1998: Palermo * 1999: Saviola * 2000: Romário * 2001: Riquelme * 2002: Cardozo * 2003: Tévez * 2004: Tévez * 2005: Tévez * 2006: Fernández * 2007: Cabañas * 2008: Verón * 2009: Verón

MLS All-Star Game MVP

1996: Valderrama * 1997: Valderrama * 1998: McBride * 1999: Preki * 2000: Diallo * 2001: Donovan * 2002: Etcheverry * 2003: Ruiz * 2004: Guevara * 2005: Twellman * 2006: De Rosario * 2007: Ángel * 2008: Blanco * 2009: Howard

Major League Soccer MVP

1996 Valderrama (Tampa Bay Mutiny) * 1997 Preki (Kansas City Wizards) * 1998 Etcheverry (D.C. United) * 1999 Kreis (Dallas Burn) * 2000 Meola (Kansas City Wizards) * 2001 Pineda Chacón (Miami Fusion) * 2002 Ruiz (Los Angeles Galaxy) * 2003 Preki (Kansas City Wizards) * 2004 Guevara (MetroStars) * 2005 Twellman (New England Revolution) * 2006 Gómez (D.C. United) * 2007 Emilio (D.C. United) * 2008 Barros Schelotto (Columbus Crew) * 2009 Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy)

Colombia squad 1990 FIFA World Cup

Higuita, Escobar, Gildardo Gómez, Herrera, Villa, Pérez, Estrada, Gabriel Gómez, Guerrero, Valderrama, Redín, Niño, Hoyos, Álvarez, Perea, Iguarán, Cassiani, Cabrera, Rincón, Fajardo, Mendoza, Hernández
Coach : Maturana

Colombia squad 1994 FIFA World Cup

Córdoba, Escobar, Mendoza, Herrera, Gaviria, Gómez, de Ávila, Lozano, Valenciano, Valderrama, Valencia, Mondragón, Ortiz, Álvarez, Perea, Aristizábal, Serna, Cortés, Rincón, Pérez, Asprilla, Pazo
Coach : Maturana

Colombia squad 1995 Copa América

Higuita, Santa, Mendoza, Fernández, Bermúdez, Gaviria, Guerrero, Lozano, Arboleda, Valderrama, Asprilla, Calero, Cabrera, Álvarez, Mosquera, Aristizábal, León, Cardona, Rincón, Quiñonez, Cassiani, Córdoba
Coach : Gómez

Colombia squad 1998 FIFA World Cup

O. Córdoba, I. Córdoba, Palacios, Santa, Bermúdez, Serna, de Ávila, Lozano, Valencia, Valderrama, Asprilla, Calero, Cabrera, Bolaño, Aristizábal, Moreno, Estrada, Pérez, Rincón, Ricard, Preciado, Mondragón
Coach : Gómez



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