Personal information | |||
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Full name | Diego Gabriel Valdez Samudio | ||
Date of birth | 14 November 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Paraguay | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Neftchi | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2012 | Rubio Ñu | ||
2012–2013 | Herreros Bueno | ||
2013–2016 | Deportivo Capiatá | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | Sportivo San Lorenzo | 16 | (1) |
2019–2021 | Atlético San Luis | 3 | (1) |
2020–2021 | → Sol de América (loan) | 51 | (11) |
2022 | Guaraní | 11 | (0) |
2023 | Guaireña | 18 | (3) |
2023– | Neftchi | 19 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Paraguay | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 April 2019 |
Diego Gabriel Valdez Samudio (born 14 November 1993), known as Mudo Valdez (Spanish, the mute), is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Neftchi PFK. [1]
Valdez spent his early career in the lower leagues of Paraguay with Rubio Ñu, Herreros Bueno, and Deportivo Capiatá before moving to Sportivo San Lorenzo in 2016. [2] He made his professional debut with Sportivo San Lorenzo in a 1-0 Paraguayan Primera División win over Club River Plate on 22 January 2019. On 28 September 2023 he joined Neftchi
Valdez made his debut for the Paraguay national football team in a friendly 1–0 loss to Peru on 22 March 2019.
Valdez received the nickname "El Mudo" (Spanish for mute) from his coach, Xavi Roura, for how quiet Valdez was. [3] [4]
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