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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Jorge Luis Valdivia Toro | |
| Date of birth | October 19, 1983 | |
| Place of birth | Maracaibo, Venezuela | |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | |
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| Current club | Al Ain FC | |
| Number | 10 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Colo-Colo | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2003–2006 2003 2004 2004–2005 2006-2008 2008- |
Colo-Colo → U. de Concepción (Loan) → Rayo Vallecano (Loan) → Servette (Loan) Palmeiras Al Ain FC |
32 (13) 46 (7) 5 (0) 9 (2) 90 (21) 1 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2004-present | Chile | 26 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Jorge Luis Valdivia Toro (born October 19, 1983 in Maracaibo, Venezuela) is a Chilean international football player, who currently plays for Al-Ain FC as an attacking midfielder.
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Career
Nicknamed 'El Mago' (The Magician), Valdivia previously played for Universidad de Concepción, Rayo Vallecano in Spain, Colo-Colo in Chile and Servette FC in Switzerland. After winning the 2006 Apertura tournament with Colo-Colo, Valdivia was sold to Palmeiras for a transfer fee of $3.5 million and will make $400,000 annually.
He quickly became a fan favourite at Palmeiras due to his great skills, and he was considered the team's most important player and of the best players in the Brazilian Série A during the year 2007.
He had an excellent São Paulo State Championship in 2008 and was a key part of the winning Palmeiras side. He was elected the Most Valuable Player of this competition. He was linked with a move to Europe, namely with Hertha Berlin. He has a similar playing style to Tomas Rosicky and his dribbling has been compared to that of Lionel Messi. He also possesses an accurate shot.
After the Copa América 2007, Valdivia was banned from the Chilean national team for 20 matches, after a scandal in which he, along with 5 other players, allegedly showed up drunk to the team's hotel after their match against Mexico. They lost the following match against Brazil 6-1.
On August 15th, Goal.com announced that Jorge Valdivia is moving to Al Ain in the UAE league. Al Ain will pay up to 8 million € to Palmeiras.
On August 17th , Valdivia has put pen to paper when he signed a 4 year contract for € 17 million that should keep him with Al-Ain FC till 2012 .By signing this contract he is the most expensive player in the Gulf.
Honours
Club
Contract
- 17th August 2008 to 15th July 2012
External links
- (Portuguese) magovaldivia.com
- (Portuguese) palmeiras.globo.com
- (Portuguese) CBF
- (English) Guardian Stats Centre
- (Portuguese) zerozero.pt
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