Carmelo Enrique Valencia Chaverra (; born 13 July 1984) is a former Colombian soccer player who retired in Atlético Junior.
Club career Carmelo Valencia's greatest performance came in the 4–1 victory of Junior de Barranquilla “tu papá” against the #1 club in Copa Libertadores. He also played really well in the two games in which his team Atletico Nacional faced Atletico Huila for the 2007 Apertura National Championship Mustang Cup. He recorded the only goal in the game at Huila. In the second game he opened the score with a goal after the Huila defenders crashed into each other leading the way to Valencia putting Huila's championship hopes out of reach. The game ended 2-1 and the aggregate score was 3–1 in favor of the reigning champion Atletico Nacional. He then helped Nacional defend their title in the second semester finals versus La Equidad by scoring the first goal in a 3–0 defeat of the capital's team. He's now scored a combined three goals in Colombian Mustang Soccer finals.
Valencia gained notoriety for his public admission that he faked a foul which resulted in the sending off of an opponent, Santa Fe's Agustín Julio, during a league match on 25 April 2009. League officials banned Valencia for one match following their review of the play in the wake of his admission.
On 18 January 2010, Valencia signed for K-League club Ulsan Hyundai on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.
Valencia signed a contract with Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda in February 2013.
In February 2015, Valencia transferred to China League One side Beijing Enterprises Group.北控敲定外援第三签 泰达快马瓦伦西亚正式加盟 at sports.sohu.com 2015-02-24 Retrieved 2015-02-25
Personal life Valencia has a wife and a daughter.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionSex ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsReal Cartagena2005Categoría Primera A15400——154Deportivo Pasto2005Categoría Primera A17500——175Atlético Nacional2006Categoría Primera A16200——1622007Categoría Primera A30130041—34142008Categoría Primera A2710041—312 Total73160082—8118Millonarios (loan)2009Categoría Primera A391200——3912Ulsan Hyundai2010K-League20610—42258Newells Old Boys2011–12Argentine Primera División8110——91La Equidad2012Categoría Primera A45174021—5118Tianjin Teda2013Chinese Super League291600——29162014Chinese Super League26711——278 Total552311——5624Beijing Enterprises Group2015China League One301451——35152016China League One10100——101 Total401551——4516La Equidad2017Categoría Primera A371353——4216America de Cali2018Categoría Primera A91—10—101Independiente Santa Fe2018Categoría Primera A1943000—2242019Categoría Primera A16131——192 Total3556100—416Cucuta Deportivo2019Categoría Primera A2510———2510Atlético Junior2020Categoría Primera A1922063212952021Categoría Primera A36810102—47102022Categoría Primera A3645130—445 Total9114811952112021 Career total50914231730863576160
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