Víctor Valdés
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| Víctor Valdés | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Víctor Valdés Arribas | |
| Date of birth | January 14, 1982 | |
| Place of birth | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain | |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | FC Barcelona | |
| Number | 1 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1992-2000 | FC Barcelona Youth | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2000–2003 2002– |
FC Barcelona B FC Barcelona |
77 (0) 200 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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- This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Valdés and the second is Arribas.
Víctor Valdés Arribas (born January 14, 1982 in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia), raised in Gavà, is a Spanish football goalkeeper, who plays for FC Barcelona of the Spanish La Liga. Before joining the principal team in 2002/03 season, Víctor played for the youth teams and FC Barcelona B.[1] Currently, he has a contract with Barcelona until 2010.[2]
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[edit] Early career
Valdés was born to Águeda Arribas and José Manuel Valdés, and has two brothers, elder Ricard and younger Álvaro. He started his career with Barça's youth team when he joined from Peña Cinco Copas on July 1, 1992. But in September, he moved with his family to Tenerife and had to leave the club, rejoining only three years later. After returning, he made quick progress
[edit] FC Barcelona
The early part of the season saw him play deputy to Argentine international Roberto Bonano. The arrival of Radomir Antic as the new coach saw regular first team opportunities for him.
In the 2003-04 season, he emerged as first-choice goalkeeper, and in the 2004-05 season, he played in almost all of Barcelona's matches helping Barcelona to their first league title in six years. He also won the Zamora Trophy for the best goalkeeper in Spain.
In the 2005-06 season, he helped Barça to the double. He played a big part in Barca's UEFA Champions League 2005-06 title and in the final against Arsenal, he denied Thierry Henry twice from point-blank range. His efforts saw him singled out for praise from Coach Frank Rijkaard. The "Zamora" title however eluded him as Víctor came third after Santiago Cañizares and the winner José Manuel Pinto.
On June 17, 2007, the last round in La Liga, Valdés matched a goalkeeping record of Barcelona legend Andoni Zubizarreta. The record held by Zubi is that he went all season long, all 38 rounds in La Liga without leaving the starting line-up nor getting substituted.[3] It has never been matched, by any Barça goalkeeper, until Valdés. However, despite Barcelona's season-finale 2-0 win over Racing Santander, with Valdes saving a penalty by Ezequiel Garay, Barcelona lost the title on the last day of competition to archrivals Real Madrid.
Valdés set the FC Barcelona club record for not conceding a goal in European competition with a clean sheet against Rangers on November 7, 2007, which saw him re-write the Barça record books after not conceding a goal for 466 minutes.[1]
On April 1, 2008 he made his 250th appearance for Barça.
[edit] All-time club statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe[6] | Total | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Barcelona B | 2000-2001 | ||||||||
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| 2002-2003 | |||||||||
| Total | 77? | 0? | |||||||
| FC Barcelona | 2002-03 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2003-04 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
| 2004-05 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |||
| 2005-06 | 35 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 47 | 0 | |||
| 2006-07 | 38 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |||
| 2007-08 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 52 | 0 | |
| 2008-09 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Total | 203 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 263 | 0 | |
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