Bruno Amílcar Valdez Rojas (born 6 October 1992) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Paraguayan Primera División club Cerro Porteño[2] and the Paraguay national team.
 Valdez with América in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bruno Amílcar Valdez Rojas[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 October 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cerro Porteño | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2010 | Sol de América | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2014 | Sol de América | 100 | (5) |
| 2014–2016 | Cerro Porteño | 60 | (4) |
| 2016–2022 | América | 183 | (22) |
| 2023–2024 | Boca Juniors | 10 | (0) |
| 2024– | Cerro Porteño | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015– | Paraguay | 31 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 Feb 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019 (UTC) | |||
A right-footed defender, he can play as a centre-back and right-back.
Club career
editValdez made his professional debut with Sol de America but in July 2014 it was sold to Cerro Porteño.[3] In 2015, Valdez helped Cerro to win the Apertura championship.[4]
In June 2016, Valdez was sold to Club América of Mexico.
On 16 January 2023, Valdez signed a 3-year contract with Boca Juniors.
International career
editIn May 2015, Valdez was called up to the provisional 30-man roster for the Paraguay national football team to play at the 2015 Copa América.[5] On 28 May, he was included in the 23-man final squad for the tournament by coach Ramón Díaz. On 6 June, he made his international debut as a substitute in a pre-tournament friendly against Honduras at the Estadio Manuel Ferreira in Asunción.[6]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 15 April 2018[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sol de America | 2011 | Primera División | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | 34 | 2 | – | – | – | 34 | 2 | |||||
| 2013 | 42 | 1 | – | – | – | 42 | 1 | |||||
| 2014 | 18 | 2 | – | – | – | 18 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 97 | 5 | – | – | – | 97 | 5 | |||||
| Cerro Porteño | 2014 | Primera División | 16 | 2 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 22 | 2 | ||
| 2015 | 35 | 2 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 37 | 2 | ||||
| 2016 | 9 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 60 | 4 | – | 14 | 0 | – | 74 | 4 | ||||
| América | 2016-17 | Liga MX | 30 | 4 | 8 | 1 | – | 3 | 0 | 41 | 5 | |
| 2017-18 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
| Total | 61 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 218 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 255 | 15 | ||
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Paraguay's goal tally first.[8]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 23 March 2017 | Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay |  Ecuador |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
editCerro Porteño
América
Boca Juniors
References
edit- ^ a b "Bruno Valdez". ClubAmérica.com.mx. Club América. 19 August 2016.
- ^ Bruno Valdez rompió el silencio tras su salida de Boca on TyC, 5 Feb 2024
- ^ [1] (in Spanish)
- ^ "Bruno Valdez se deleita con su primer título en Primera". D10. 26 May 2015.
- ^ [2] (in Spanish)
- ^ "Paraguay empató 2-2 con Honduras en amistoso previo a la Copa América". América deportes. 6 June 2015.
- ^ "Paraguay - B. Valdez - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "Valdez, Bruno". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
External links
edit- Bruno Valdez at Fichajes.com (in Spanish)
- Bruno Valdez at Soccerway
- Bruno Valdez at Cerro.com.py at the Wayback Machine (archived May 23, 2015)
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