Nelson Haedo
Valdez playing for Paraguay
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Nelson Antonio Haedo Valdez | ||
| Date of birth | 28 November 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Caaguazú, Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Cerro Porteño | ||
| Number | 38 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Primero de Mayo | |||
| 1998–2000 | Tembetary | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Tembetary | 22 | (11) |
| 2001–2005 | Werder Bremen II | 51 | (24) |
| 2002–2006 | Werder Bremen | 80 | (21) |
| 2006–2010 | Borussia Dortmund | 113 | (15) |
| 2010–2011 | Hércules | 25 | (8) |
| 2011–2013 | Rubin Kazan | 20 | (3) |
| 2012–2013 | → Valencia (loan) | 28 | (6) |
| 2013–2014 | Al Jazira | 12 | (4) |
| 2014 | → Olympiacos (loan) | 10 | (6) |
| 2014–2015 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Seattle Sounders FC | 31 | (1) |
| 2017– | Cerro Porteño | 13 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003 | Paraguay U20 | 4 | (1) |
| 2004– | Paraguay | 77 | (13) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 July 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 July 2017 |
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Nelson Antonio Haedo Valdez (born 28 November 1983) commonly known as Nelson Valdez or Nelson Haedo in Spanish speaking countries, is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for Cerro Porteño and the Paraguay national team as a striker.
Valdez started his career with Atlético Tembetary, progressing through their youth system to the first-team squad where he made his debut at the age of 16 in Paraguayan División Intermedia in 2000. He finished his career with the club having scored 11 goals in 22 league appearances. In 2001, he was scouted to Germany's Werder Bremen II, where he scored 15 goals in 30 Regionalliga Nord appearances in his second season before joining the club's first-team. In 2003, Valdez was selected for the Paraguay under-20 national team where he scored one goal in four appearances at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. In his second season with Werder Bremen, he claimed the 2003–04 Bundesliga and 2003–04 DFB-Pokal, having scored five goals in 21 league appearances that season. Valdez debuted in the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League on 14 September 2004 and scored his first two Champions League goals in a 2–0 victory against Valencia in December. During his years at Werder Bremen, Valdez had his appearances limited due to competition from teammates Aílton, Angelos Charisteas and both Miroslav Klose and Ivan Klasnić, who were the Bundesliga's top striking duo at the time.
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