Julio César Dely Valdés (born March 12, 1967) is a Panamanian former professional

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who played as a striker. He is a

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brother of Jorge Dely Valdés and younger brother of

Armando Dely Valdés Armando Javier Dely Valdés (5 January 1964 – 17 August 2004) was a Panamanian footballer who played as a forward. He was the elder brother of the twins Julio Dely Valdés and Jorge Dely Valdés. Club career He started his playing career wi ...

Club career

Born in Colón, Dely Valdés began his professional career in 1987 in Argentina with Deportivo Paraguayo of Argentina (after trying up to get in the Argentinos Juniors' Squad), where he scored 28 goals. He then moved to

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in Uruguay, where he scored more than 100 goals and won the Uruguayan Championship in 1992. In

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, he played for

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and

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alongside Brazilian players like

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and Leonardo in the French Première Division. Nicknamed ''Panagol'', he then played in Spain's '' Primera División'' with

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for three seasons and with Málaga for another three, where he became the most prolific goal scorer in Málaga's history in '' Primera División'', before returning to Nacional. He finished out his career in 2006 after playing two seasons with Panamanian club

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International career

Dely Valdés made his debut for

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in a May

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match against Honduras and earned a total of 44 caps, scoring 18 goals. He represented his country in 27

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matches and was a member of the

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team, who finished second in the tournament, losing the final against USA in the penalty shootout. He also played at the

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and

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s. Both he and his twin brother announced their international retirement in November 2004, but they both returned for a final Gold Cup tournament and World Cup qualification matches in 2005. His final international was an October 2005

match against the

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, just as his twin brother Jorge.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dely Valdés goal.''

Managerial career

Dely Valdés became a coach after his playing career ended. He signed with his former team, Málaga, as an assistant manager for head coach Antonio Tapia. He left the club on June 16, 2010, after the arrival of new

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i owner Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Ahmed Al Thani. The entire team and staff was rebuilt, and Dely Valdés did not have a contract. On September 14, 2010, Dely Valdés became head coach of the

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. He became coach after

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chose him over the Colombian Luis Fernando Suarez. He had a contract for 10 months to coach the national team for the

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and the

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. The contract had an option to be extended to include the FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He appointed twin brother Jorge as his assistant. They led Panama to the final round of World Cup qualifying, but ultimately fell short. After failing to qualify for the World Cup, the Dely Valdés brothers did not continue managing Panama. Julio was put in charge at Árabe Unido in August 2014 and was announced as the manager at Águila in El Salvador on December 31, 2014.

Honours

Nacional *

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Paris Saint-Germain *

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: 1995–96 Malaga *

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Individual

* IFFHS CONCACAF Men's Team of All Time: 2021

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dely Valdes, Julio 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Colón, Panama Panamanian twins Twin sportspeople Association football forwards Panamanian footballers Panama international footballers 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup players 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup players 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players Deportivo Paraguayo footballers Club Nacional de Football players Uruguayan Primera División players Cagliari Calcio players Serie A players Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players Ligue 1 players Real Oviedo players Málaga CF players La Liga players C.D. Árabe Unido players Panamanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Argentina Expatriate footballers in Uruguay Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Spain Panamanian football managers Panama national football team managers 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup managers C.D. Águila managers 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup managers