Joel Valencia

César Joel Valencia Castillo (born 16 November 1994) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Brentford. He is a product of the Real Zaragoza academy and later played in Slovenia and Poland, rising to prominence in the latter country with Piast Gliwice. He was capped by Spain and Ecuador at U17 level.

Joel Valencia
Personal information
Full name César Joel Valencia Castillo[1]
Date of birth (1994-11-16) 16 November 1994
Place of birth Quinindé, Ecuador
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Brentford
Number 16
Youth career
2005–2013 Zaragoza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Zaragoza B 34 (0)
2011 Zaragoza 1 (0)
2014 → Málaga B (loan) 14 (1)
2014–2015 Logroñés 50 (1)
2016–2017 Koper 26 (1)
2017–2019 Piast Gliwice 59 (9)
2019– Brentford 14 (0)
National team
2011 Spain U17 1 (0)
2011 Ecuador U17 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:39, 14 March 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Spain

A winger, Valencia joined the Real Zaragoza academy in 2005, at age 11.[2] By 2011, he had progressed into the club's reserve team and was called into the first team squad on three occasions during the 2011–12 season.[3] Valencia made his only senior appearance for the club as a substitute for Pablo Barrera late in a 6–0 La Liga defeat to Real Madrid on 28 August 2011.[4] He spent much of the following three years in the reserve team and on loan at Málaga B,[5][6] before departing La Romareda to join Segunda División B club Logroñés in August 2014.[7][8] He remained with Logroñés until January 2016 and made 54 appearances for the club.[3][9]

Slovenia and Poland

On 29 January 2016, Valencia moved to Slovenia to join PrvaLiga club Koper.[9] He made 28 appearances and scored two goals during 18 months at the Bonifika Stadium,[3] before departing to join Polish Ekstraklasa club Piast Gliwice in August 2017, one a one-year contract, with a three-year option.[10] Valencia was a part of the club's 2018–19 Ekstraklasa-winning team and his exploits were recognised with the Ekstraklasa and Polish Union of Footballers Player of the Year awards and a place in the Polish Union of Footballers Team of the Year.[5][11][12] By the time of his departure in late July 2019,[5] he had made 65 appearances and scored 9 goals for the club.[3]

Brentford

On 31 July 2019, Valencia moved to England to join Championship club Brentford on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee,[5] reported to be £1.8 million.[13] He made seven appearances before missing six weeks after suffering a dislocated shoulder on his first league start for the club on 9 November 2019.[3][14]

International career

Valencia was capped by Spain and Ecuador at U17 level.[5][15] He was a part of Ecuador's 2011 FIFA U17 World Cup squad and made three appearances at the tournament.[3]

Personal life

Valencia was born in Quinindé, Esmeraldas, Ecuador and moved to Spain in 2002, at age 8.[2] He has a Spanish passport.[5]

Career statistics
As of match played 7 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Zaragoza 2011–12[4] La Liga 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
Zaragoza B 2011–12[3] Segunda División B Group 3 19 0 — — — — 19 0
2012–13[3] Segunda División B Group 2 14 0 — — — — 14 0
2013–14[16] Tercera División Group 17 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Total 34 0 — — — — 34 0
Málaga B (loan) 2013–14[16] Tercera División Group 9 14 1 — — — 4[lower-alpha 1] 0 18 1
Logroñés 2014–15[3] Segunda División B Group 1 33 1 0 0 — — 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 35 1
2015–16[3] 17 0 2 0 — — — 19 0
Total 50 1 2 0 — — 2 0 54 1
Koper 2015–16[3] Slovenian PrvaLiga 13 1 0 0 — — — 13 1
2016–17[3] 13 0 2 1 — — — 15 1
Total 26 1 2 1 — — — 28 2
Piast Gliwice 2017–18[3] Ekstraklasa 25 3 1 0 — — — 26 3
2018–19[3] 33 6 1 0 — — — 34 6
2019–20[3] 1 0 — — 3[lower-alpha 3] 0 1[lower-alpha 4] 0 5 0
Total 59 9 2 0 — 3 0 1 0 65 9
Brentford 2019–20[17] Championship 14 0 2 0 1 0 — — 17 0
Career totals 198 12 8 1 1 0 3 0 7 0 217 13
  1. Appearances in Tercera División play-offs
  2. Appearances in Segunda División B promotion play-offs
  3. 2 appearances in Champions League, 1 appearance in Europa League
  4. Appearance in Polish SuperCup

Honours
Piast Gliwice

Individual

  • Ekstraklasa Player of the Year: 2018–19[11]
  • Ekstraklasa Midfielder of the Year: 2018–19[11]
  • Polish Union of Footballers Player of the Year: 2018–19[12]
  • Polish Union of Footballers Team of the Year: 2018–19[12]

References
  1. "César Joel Valencia Castillo – Forward – First Team – Brentford FC". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. "Joel Valencia: La nueva 'perla' tricolor : Deportes : La Hora Noticias de Ecuador, sus provincias y el mundo". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  3. Joel Valencia at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  4. "Games played by Joel Valencia in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  5. "Brentford sign Joel Valencia". www.brentfordfc.com. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  6. "El Zaragoza cede al Málaga a Joel Valencia por la deuda que mantiene por Apoño – ElDesmarque Málaga". eldesmarque.com. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  7. "Acuerdo para la rescisión del contrato de Joel Valencia | Real Zaragoza Web Oficial". www.realzaragoza.com. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  8. "Joel Valencia Castillo, nuevo jugador de la UD. Logroñés". Archived from the original on 28 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  9. "Joel Valencia – Brentford". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  10. "Joel Valencia piłkarzem Piasta" (in Polish). 90minut. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  11. "Rozdano nagrody w Ekstraklasie za sezon 2018/19". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  12. "Joel Valencia receives Polish Player of the Year awards". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  13. "Valencia completes £1.8m move to Brentford". West London Sport. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  14. Thomas, Lyall (17 November 2019). "Brentford winger Valencia could be out for three months". West London Sport. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  15. "SOCCER-SPAIN Spanish Under 17". Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  16. "Joel Valencia – Ex-U.D. Logroñés :: Fútbol de Galicia ::". www.lapreferente.com. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  17. "Games played by Joel Valencia in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
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