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Nelson Haedo Valdez

Nelson Valdez
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Valdez playing for Paraguay
Personal information
Full name Nelson Antonio Haedo Valdez
Date of birth (1983 -11-28) 28 November 1983 (age 33)
Place of birth Caaguazú, Paraguay
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Cerro Porteño
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
National team
2003 Paraguay U20 4 (1)
2004– Paraguay 76 (13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 October 2016.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2016

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 football 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 team mates Aílton Gonçalves da Silva, Angelos Charisteas, and both Miroslav Klose and Ivan Klasnić, who were the Bundesliga's top striking duo at the time.


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