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Antonio Valencia

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Luis Antonio Valencia Mosquera, known as Antonio Valencia (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈtonjo βaˈlensja]; born 4 August 1985), is an Ecuadorian former professional footballer who played primarily as a right-sided player throughout his career, initially as a right winger, before developing into a right-back. He is regarded as one of the best Ecuadorian footballers of all time. After progressing through the youth system at El Nacional, Valencia became a first team regular and made over 80 appearances for the club. He won the Ecuadorian Serie A with them before signing for La Liga side Villarreal in 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio Valencia is the 2,835th most popular soccer player (down from 2,222nd in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Ecuador (down from 27th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Ecuadorean Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Antonio Valencia ranks 2,835 out of 21,273. Before him are Carlos Gamarra, Félix Loustau, Joe Gomez, Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, Ángel Bargas, and Victor Carlund. After him are Raymond Kaelbel, Heinz Wewers, Jozef Čapkovič, Gino Cappello, Ernst Andersson, and Juan Carlos Villamayor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Antonio Valencia ranks 77. Before him are Emerald Fennell, Burak Yılmaz, Emily Kinney, Talulah Riley, Riccardo Montolivo, and Claudia Kim. After him are Stephen Miller, Ram Charan, Kajal Aggarwal, Álvaro Negredo, Athina Onassis, and Svetlana Kuznetsova.

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In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, Antonio Valencia ranks 32 out of 147. Before him are José Joaquín de Olmedo (1780), Carlos María de la Torre (1873), Vicente Rocafuerte (1783), José de la Mar (1778), Juan Montalvo (1832), and Osvaldo Hurtado (1939). After him are Eugenio Espejo (1747), Enner Valencia (1989), Matilde Hidalgo (1889), Byron Moreno (1969), Vicente Ramón Roca (1792), and Pancho Segura (1921).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ecuador

Among soccer players born in Ecuador, Antonio Valencia ranks 2. Before him are Alberto Spencer (1937). After him are Enner Valencia (1989), Iván Hurtado (1974), Agustín Delgado (1974), Segundo Castillo (1982), Felipe Caicedo (1988), Carlos Tenorio (1979), Álex Aguinaga (1968), Ulises de la Cruz (1974), Iván Kaviedes (1977), and Willian Pacho (2001).

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