José Daniel Valencia
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Daniel Valencia | ||
| Date of birth | 3 October 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1974 | Gimnasia de Jujuy | 5 | (1) |
| 1975–1988 | Talleres de Córdoba | 274 | (29) |
| 1986 | → LDU Quito (loan) | 26 | (1) |
| 1988 | Guaraní Antonio Franco | ? | (?) |
| 1989 | Rosario Central | 0 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Wilstermann | 26 | (0) |
| 1991–1993 | Club San José | 78 | (6) |
| National team | |||
| 1975–1982 | Argentina | 41 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 September 2007. |
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José Daniel Valencia (born 3 October 1955 in San Salvador, Jujuy Province) is a retired Argentine footballer, who played as an attacking midfielder. He is perhaps most famous for having been part of the 1978 World Cup winning squad.
Valencia started his club career at Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy, but soon earned a transfer to Talleres de Córdoba, the club at which he would play most of his career.
At Talleres Valencia suffered the disappointment of finishing runners up in Nacional 1977, finishing 3rd in Metropolitano 1980, and being losing semi-finalists on 4 occasions.
In 1986, he made had a spell in Ecuadorian football with Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, but he only stayed 1 year before returning to Talleres for a further 2 seasons.
In 1988, he left Talleres to play for 3rd division Guaraní Antonio Franco in Misiones, after a short spell in the lower leagues he made a brief return to the Primera 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 2 occasions, in the 1991 Clausura and the 1992 season. He also got his first taste of Copa Libertadores football, but with very little success, San José finished bottom of their group in both 1992 and 1993.
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