VALDES: CLUB CAREER IN FOCUS

Victor Valdes spent the best part of his professional football career at La Liga side Barcelona. The Spaniard is regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the history of the club. Hecame through the famous La Masia Academy at Barcelona before his debut for the first-team in 2002. Valdes played 535 matches for the Barcelona first-team winning 21 major trophies in the process including six Spanish La Liga titles and three UEFA Champions League titles.


During the 2006 Champions League final in Paris, Victor Valdes showed his quality as he made some crucial stops to help Barcelona come from behind to see off ten-man Arsenal. The Catalans came from behind to beat Arsenal 2-1 at Stade de France. Thanks to the win, Barcelona were able to win their second Champions League title, while Victor Valdes got the first of his Champions League title. Continue reading “VALDES: CLUB CAREER IN FOCUS”

 VICTOR VALDES: CAREER IN SUMMARY

Spanish shot stopper Victor Valdes spent the majority of his career as a professional footballer with Barcelona in the Spanish La Liga. The Spaniard is widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the history of Catalan outfit Barcelona. He won a lot of trophies during his time at the Nou Camp.


At Barcelona, Victor Valdes played 535 times for the club winning 21 major trophies in the process. His trophy haul includes six Spanish La Liga titles and three Champions League titles. He was part of the Barcelona squad that won the Champions League title by beating ten-man Arsenal 2-1 in Paris despite conceding the first goal of the match to English defender Sol Campbell. Samuel Eto’o and JulianoBelletti scored in the last quarter of the game on the way to a vital win that resulted in the Champions League title. He was also in the Barcelona squad that won the Champions League title two times in three seasons under Pep Guardiola. Continue reading ” VICTOR VALDES: CAREER IN SUMMARY”

VALDES: HOW UNITED SPELL TAINTED NEAR-PERFECT CAREER

Spanish star Victor Valdes had a very good career at Barcelona until he signed for Manchester United in January 2014 while David Moyes was the manager. Victor Valdes had announced a year earlier that he would leave Barcelona on a free transfer in the summer of 2013 and the shot stopper had already reached an agreement to sign for French club AS Monaco until he tore his knee in March 2013. Monaco pulled out of the deal to sign Victor Valdes after he suffered anterior cruciate knee ligaments injury though they eventually paid part of his salary for him to sign for Manchester United at the start of 2014.


Victor Valdes made his Manchester United debut in the colours of the u21s against Liverpoolin a game that ended 2-1 in favour of the Red Devils. He played two times for the Manchester United team at the end of the 2013/14 seasonincluding a start and a clean sheet against Hull City in the final league game of the season. Continue reading “VALDES: HOW UNITED SPELL TAINTED NEAR-PERFECT CAREER”

VALDES: SPAIN NATIONAL TEAM CAREER EXAMINED

Spanish shot stopper Victor Valdes spent the majority of his career at Barcelona where he achieved success and also won trophies. However, he was unable to attain the same level of success with the Spanish national team due to the form of Real Madrid shot stopper Iker Casillas. Victor Valdes was restricted to just 20 appearances for Spain.


Valdes received his first invitation to the Spanish senior team ahead of the international friendly meeting with South American team Uruguay in August 2005. He was unable to make an appearance against the Uruguayans and he was subsequently overlooked by national team coaches. Continue reading “VALDES: SPAIN NATIONAL TEAM CAREER EXAMINED”

USA COACH ADMITS UNFAIR ADVANTAGE

The United States secured a vital 3*0 win against Honduras in a world cup qualifying match. The match was played at a temperature of -2F with some Honduras players suffering from hypothermia during the match. Honduras head coach claimed after the match that conditions were far from normal and still can’t comprehend while authorities allowed the games to go on.

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The U.S coach Gregg Berhalter admitted after the match that it was a tactical move on their part. According to him “They’re all coming from the equator, and it’s going to be really difficult for them to deal with these conditions,’ he said. “They’re going to take a couple of breaths and it’s going to hit them like it never hit them before”. For him, it was fair play since Central American teams had enjoyed the benefit of playing in extremely high temperatures in the past”.
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VALDES: NATIONAL TEAM CAREER PROBED

Barcelona legend Victor Valdes played for several Spanish youth teams at international level before making his debut for the senior team. The former Manchester United and Middlesbrough shot stopper featured eleven times for the Spain u-18 team between 2000 and 2001. He went on to play three times for the Spain u-19 team in 2001. As a matter of fact, Victor Valdes played for both the Spain u-19 team and the Spain u-20 team within the same year. He had a solitary appearance for the u-20 team.

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After turning out for the Spain u-18, u-19 And u-20 teams, Victor Valdes featured eleven times for the u-21 team between 2002 and 2003. However, he had to wait for seven years before his debut for the senior team in 2010.
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VALDES: EURO 2012 FINAL REVIEWED

Barcelona legend Victor Valdes was a member of the Spain squad that won the Euro 2012 tournament in Poland and Ukraine. He was part of the Spanish team that won the tournament for the second successive time.

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Victor Valdes had missed out on the Euro 2008 title win in Austria and Switzerland as Spain celebrated winning a major tournament for the first time in 44 years. They had not won any major trophy at senior national team level since the 1964 European Championship. The wait was finally over when Fernando Torres scored the winning goal to give Spain a 1-0 win over Germany in the Euro 2008 final.
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VALDES: 2011 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL REVIEWED

Barcelona legend Victor Valdes was the starting goalkeeper for the Catalan giants during the 2011 UEFA Champions League final clash with Premier League heavyweights Manchester United at the iconic Wembley Stadium.


Manchester United had already sealed the Premier League title having wrestled it from the hands of rivals Chelsea and they were hoping to add the Champions League title to it. They also had revenge on their minds against Barcelona after they were beaten 2-0 in the 2009 Champions League final for the Catalans to seal an impressive treble. Continue reading “VALDES: 2011 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL REVIEWED”

VALDES: STANDARD LIEGE MAJOR HONOURS UNVEILED

Barcelona legend Victor Valdes spent six months at Standard Liege in the Belgian top flight and he was able to win the Belgian Cup during his short stay at the club. He signed for Standard Liege as a Manchester United loanee.


Victor Valdes joined Standard Liege on loan during the winter transfer window in 2016 after he was frozen out of the Manchester United first team squad by Dutchman Louis Van Gaal. The Dutch tactician had earlier revealed in the summer of 2015 thatVictor Valdes refused to feature for the reserve team. Continue reading “VALDES: STANDARD LIEGE MAJOR HONOURS UNVEILED”

VALDES: BARCELONA MAJOR HONOURS UNVEILED

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Victor Valdes won a lot of major trophies while he was in goal for Barcelona. The retired Spanish international was an important member of the Barcelona squad for several years.

Valdes was able to attain legendary status at Barcelona before he left the club in 2014. The goalkeeper was in the Barcelona first team for over a decade. The 20-cap Spanish international shot stopper came through the famed Barcelona academy known as La Masia before making his debut for the first team in 2002.

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