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Nelson Haedo Valdez

1983 - Today

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Nelson Antonio Haedo Valdez (born 28 November 1983) commonly known as Nelson Valdez or Nelson Haedo in Spanish speaking countries, is a Paraguayan professional football coach and a former player who played as a striker for clubs in Paraguay, Germany, Spain, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Greece, the US and for the Paraguay national team between 2000 and 2021. He is an assistant coach with the German club Werder Bremen II. Valdez started his career with Atlético Tembetary, progressing through their youth system to the first-team squad where he made his debut at the age of 16 in Paraguayan División Intermedia in 2000. He finished his career with the club having scored 11 goals in 22 league appearances. In 2001, he was scouted to Germany's Werder Bremen II, where he scored 15 goals in 30 Regionalliga Nord appearances in his second season before joining the club's first-team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia. Nelson Haedo Valdez is the 5,112th most popular soccer player (down from 4,737th in 2024), the 85th most popular biography from Paraguay (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Paraguayan Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nelson Haedo Valdez ranks 5,111 out of 21,273. Before him are Modesto Denis, Reinhard Häfner, Marcell Jansen, Kiatisuk Senamuang, and Filippo Galli. After him are Shota Iwata, Vadym Yevtushenko, Hipólito Rincón, Marcel Schmelzer, Harald Strøm, Nikolai Manoshin, and Donato Gama da Silva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Nelson Haedo Valdez ranks 145. Before him are Dudu Cearense, Branko Ilić, Clint Dempsey, Yuri Zhirkov, Tatsuya Kamohara, and Michael Krohn-Dehli. After him are Steven Sotloff, Iqbal Masih, Matt Sydal, Leeteuk, Mika Nakashima, and Lisandro López.

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In Paraguay

Among people born in Paraguay, Nelson Haedo Valdez ranks 85 out of 203. Before him are Bernabé Rivera (1900), Ángel Ortiz (1977), Juan Lezcano (1937), Leongino Unzaim (1925), Modesto Denis (1901), and Liberato Marcial Rojas (1870). After him are Albino Jara (1877), Ignacio Achúcarro (1936), Quiterio Olmedo (1907), Diógenes Domínguez (1902), Roberto Fernández (1954), and Diego Florentín (null).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Paraguay

Among soccer players born in Paraguay, Nelson Haedo Valdez ranks 36. Before him are Gilberto Penayo (1933), Bernabé Rivera (1900), Ángel Ortiz (1977), Juan Lezcano (1937), Leongino Unzaim (1925), and Modesto Denis (1901). After him are Ignacio Achúcarro (1936), Quiterio Olmedo (1907), Diógenes Domínguez (1902), Roberto Fernández (1954), Diego Florentín (null), and Saguier Carreras (null).

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