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José Daniel Valencia
	Valencia with the Argentina national team, 1982
Personal information
Full name	José Daniel Valencia
Date of birth	3 October 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1973–1974	Gimnasia de Jujuy
1975–1988	Talleres de Córdoba
1986	→ LDU Quito (loan)
1988	Guaraní Antonio Franco
1989	Rosario Central
1989–1990	Wilstermann
1991–1993	Club San José
International career
1975–1982	Argentina
Medal record
Representing Argentina
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 September 2007

José Daniel Valencia (born 3 October 1955) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He played for Argentina when the team won 1978 World Cup.

Club career

Valencia started his club career at Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy but was soon transferred to Talleres de Córdoba, the club at which he would play most of his career.

At Talleres, Valencia suffered the disappointment of finishing runner-up in Nacional 1977, finishing third in Metropolitano 1980, and losing the semi-finals on four occasions.

In 1986, he had a spell in Ecuadorian football with Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, but only stayed one year before returning to Talleres for a further two seasons.

In 1988, he left Talleres to play for third division club Guaraní Antonio Franco in Misiones, Argentina. After a short spell in the lower leagues, he made a brief return to the first division with Rosario Central in 1989 before moving to Bolivia where he played for Club Jorge Wilstermann and then Club San José.

At San José, he again experienced the disappointment of being a losing finalist on two occasions; in the 1991 Clausura and the 1992 season. He also got his first taste of Copa Libertadores football, but with little success, as San José finished bottom of their group in both 1992 and 1993.

Valencia retired from club football in 1993 at the age of 37.

International career

The highlight of Valencia's footballing career came in 1978 when he was selected to represent Argentina at the FIFA World Cup tournament. Although he featured in the first game, he was dropped due to a tactical reshuffle by manager César Luis Menotti. He was unlucky to miss out on the World Cup final in the Monumental stadium, but he did play a part in helping Argentina win their first World Cup.

Valencia was selected to play for Argentina at 1982 World Cup, but the team had a disappointing campaign, eliminated in the second group phase. He retired from international football at the end of the tournament, having represented his country 41 times, scoring five goals.^[1]

Honours

Club

Talleres de Córdoba

Copa Hermandad: 1977
Liga Cordobesa de Fútbol: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
Primera División runner-up: 1977 Nacional

International

Argentina Youth

Toulon Tournament: 1975

Argentina

FIFA World Cup: 1978

References

^ "Argentina —- Record International Players —- José Daniel Valencia". Prepared and maintained by Roberto Mamrud for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 2 February 2017. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2017.