Valentín Pimentel

Valentín Pimentel
Pimentel with Panama at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Personal information
Full name Valentín Enrique Pimentel Armuelles[1]
Date of birth (1991-05-30) 30 May 1991
Place of birth Santa Ana, Panama City, Panama
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current team
 Plaza Amador
Youth career
Chepo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2013 Vista Alegre
2013–2015 SUNTRACS
2014–2015 → Plaza Amador (loan) 38 (9)
2016–2017 La Equidad 11 (0)
2017– Plaza Amador 0 (0)
National team‡
2015– Panama 23 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 May 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 June 2018

Valentín Enrique Pimentel Armuelles (born 30 May 1991) is a Panamanian footballer that plays for the Panama national football team.

Club career

Born in Santa Ana, Pimentel played for the Chepo youth team[2] and for second division teams Vista Alegre and SUNTRACS[3] before joining Plaza Amador.[4]

International career

He made his debut for Panama in a June 2015 friendly match against Ecuador and he was called up to the Panama team for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup; he played in Panama's opening game.[5]

In May 2018 he was named in Panama's preliminary 35 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[6]

Career statistics

International

As of 28 June 2018[7]
Panama
YearAppsGoals
2015111
201660
201720
201840
Total231

International goals

Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.[8]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.8 October 2015Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Trinidad and Tobago1–21–2Friendly

Personal life

Pimentel studies at Panama University to earn a degree in shipping company management. He has a son with his wife Maria Fernanda Carrillo.

References

  1. 1 2 "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Pimentel y un sueño cumplido – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Pimentel, el marino del gol – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Valentín Pimentel Archived 21 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. – Plaza Amador (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ "Panama vs. Haiti – 8 July 2015 – Soccerway". soccerway.com.
  6. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
  7. ↑ "Valentín Pimentel". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Pimentel, Valentín". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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