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Adolfo Valencia

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Adolfo José Valencia Mosquera (born 6 February 1968) is a Colombian retired footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed El tren (train) due to his powerful physique, he played in seven countries – having one-year spells in Germany and Spain's top flight – and represented Colombia at two World Cups. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Adolfo Valencia is the 4,080th most popular soccer player (down from 3,807th in 2024), the 100th most popular biography from Colombia (up from 110th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Colombian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Adolfo Valencia ranks 4,080 out of 21,273. Before him are Harry Lundahl, Ivan Jurić, Héctor Salva, Aaron Ramsey, Otávio Edmilson da Silva Monteiro, and Halil Altıntop. After him are Raúl Vicente Amarilla, Enzo Robotti, Franco Tancredi, Thomas Nordahl, Jenő Dalnoki, and José Luis González Dávila.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Adolfo Valencia ranks 263. Before him are Ken Akamatsu, Yasmine Pahlavi, Jamie Hewlett, Sergei Lukyanenko, Ishtar, and Zacarias Moussaoui. After him are Jorge Larrionda, André Cruz, Ellen Allien, Donizete Oliveira, Rachel Griffiths, and Nick Anderson.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Adolfo Valencia ranks 100 out of 356. Before him are José Manuel Marroquín (1827), José Hilario López (1798), Gabriel París Gordillo (1910), Francisco Zuluaga (1929), Jorge Luis Pinto (1952), and Joe Arroyo (1955). After him are Maluma (1994), Hernán Darío Gómez (1956), Rodrigo Valdez (1946), Enrique Olaya Herrera (1880), Belisario Porras Barahona (1856), and Karol G (1991).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Colombia

Among soccer players born in Colombia, Adolfo Valencia ranks 22. Before him are Marco Coll (1935), Efraín Sánchez (1926), Reinaldo Rueda (1957), Juan Carlos Osorio (1961), Alessandro Frigerio (1914), and Francisco Zuluaga (1929). After him are Hernán Darío Gómez (1956), Fredy Guarín (1986), Ever Palacios (1969), Marino Klinger (1936), Luis Fernando Suárez (1959), and Óscar Córdoba (1970).

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