Óscar Valdez
Personal information
Full name Rubén Óscar Valdez Ferrero
Date of birth (1946-06-25) 25 June 1946
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1968 Almirante Brown 44 (10)
1969–1970 Platense 54 (12)
1971–1978 Valencia 163 (42)
1979 Castellón 7 (0)
1979 Kimberley 5 (0)
International career
1972–1974 Spain 9 (5)
Managerial career
1984–1985 Mestalla
1985–1986 Valencia
1986–1987 Gandía
1988–1989 Poli Almería
1990 Paraguay
1992–1993 Valencia B
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rubén Óscar Valdez Ferrero (born 25 June 1946) is a Spanish former professional football player and manager. A striker, he played the majority of his career for Spanish club Valencia C.F. and also represented the Spain national team.

Early life

Valdez was born in Buenos Aires.[1]

Career

Club career

Valdez began his playing career in 1967 with Almirante Brown of the Argentine 2nd division. In 1969, he joined Club Atlético Platense of the Primera División where he played 54 games and scored 12 goals in his time at the club.

In 1971, he was signed by Valencia C.F. of Spain, he won the Spanish league championship with the club in his first season. He played for the club until 1978 making 195 appearances and scoring 51 goals all competitions.[2] Between 1977 and 1978 he played alongside fellow Argentine striker Mario Kempes.

In 1979 Valdez left Valencia to play for CD Castellón but before the end of the year he had returned to Argentina to join Kimberley where he made 5 appearances, including a famous 2-1 victory against River Plate on 9 September 1979.[3] before his retirement at the end of the year.

International career

Valdez was first selected to play for Spain in 1972. He made his debut in a 2-0 home win against Uruguay on 23 May 1972, in which he scored one of the goals. His final international appearance came on 13 February 1974 in a 1-0 defeat to Yugoslavia in Frankfurt in a qualification game for the 1974 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Titles

Legacy

Platense have a filial club in Spain which has adopted the name Peña Calamar Óscar Valdez in his honour.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Profile at Fútbol en La Red (in Spanish)
  2. 1 2 Pena Óscar Valdez at Platense Locura (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Historia del Futbol Marplatense (in Spanish)
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