Personal information | |||
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Full name | Julio César Dely Valdés | ||
Date of birth | March 12, 1967 | ||
Place of birth | Colón, Panama | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Águila (Manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1975–1987 | Atlético Colón | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1988 | Deportivo Paraguayo | 33 | (28) |
1989–1993 | Nacional | 89 | (46) |
1993–1995 | Cagliari | 64 | (21) |
1995–1997 | Paris Saint-Germain | 64 | (23) |
1997–2000 | Real Oviedo | 103 | (39) |
2000–2003 | Málaga | 104 | (38) |
2003 | Nacional | 15 | (8) |
2004–2006 | Árabe Unido | 0 | (0) |
Total | 472 | (203) | |
National team | |||
1991–2005 | Panama | 44 | (18) |
Teams managed | |||
2006 | Panama | ||
2006 | Panama U-17 | ||
2007 | Panama U-20 | ||
2007–2009 | Malaga (assistant) | ||
2010–2013 | Panama | ||
2014 | Árabe Unido | ||
2015 | Águila | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Julio César Dely Valdés (born March 12, 1967) is a Panamanian former footballer who played as a striker. He is a twin brother of Jorge Dely Valdés and younger brother of Armando Dely Valdés.
Born in Colón, Dely Valdés began his professional career in 1987 in Argentina with Deportivo Paraguayo of Argentina (after trying up to get in the Argentinos Juniors' Squad), where he scored 28 goals. He then moved to Club Nacional de Football in Uruguay, where he scored more than 100 goals and won the Uruguayan Championship in 1992.
In Europe, he played for Cagliari in Serie A and Paris Saint-Germain alongside Brazilian players like Raí and Leonardo in the French Premiére Division.
Nicknamed Panagol, he then played in Spain's Primera División with Real Oviedo for three seasons and with Málaga for another three,where he became the most prolific goal scorer in Málaga's history in Primera División, before returning to Nacional.
He finished out his career in 2006 after playing two seasons with Panamanian club Arabe Unido.