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Manuel Valencia
Personal information
Full name	Manuel de Jesús Valencia Rodríguez
Date of birth	15 August 1977 (age 48)
Place of birth	Florida, Colombia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993	Atlético Huila
1994–2000	Deportivo Cali
2000–2002	Santiago Wanderers
2003	Deportivo Pasto
2004	Huachipato
2005	Osorno
2006–2007	Boyacá Chicó
International career
1996	Colombia
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel de Jesús Valencia Rodríguez (born August 15, 1977) was a Colombian footballer.

He played for several clubs in his country and Chile.

Personal life

Manuel is the father of the footballers Jhojan and Nicolás Anelka Valencia. Nicolás was born in Valparaíso, Chile, when Manuel played for Santiago Wanderers.^[1]^[2]

Honours

Club

Deportivo Cali

Primera A (2): 1995–96, 1998

Santiago Wanderers

Primera División de Chile (1): 2001

References

↑ Mujica, Lucas (20 December 2024). "Infancia en Valparaíso: la historia que une a Chile con Jhojan Valencia, el refuerzo colombiano de la UC". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2025.
↑ @futchile_oficial; (16 January 2025). "Nicolas Anelka Valencia (2001 🇨🇱🇨🇴), es un volante de contención nacido en Valparaíso 🇨🇱" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2025 – via Instagram.

External links

Manuel Valencia at BDFA (in Spanish)

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[1] Mujica, Lucas (20 December 2024). "Infancia en Valparaíso: la historia que une a Chile con Jhojan Valencia, el refuerzo colombiano de la UC". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2025.

[2] @futchile_oficial; (16 January 2025). "Nicolas Anelka Valencia (2001 🇨🇱🇨🇴), es un volante de contención nacido en Valparaíso 🇨🇱" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2025 – via Instagram.

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