Profile Victor Valdes

Personal information

Full name : Víctor Valdés i Arribas

Date of birth : 14 January 1982

Place of birth : L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain

Height : 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Playing position : Goalkeeper

Current club : Barcelona

Number : 1

Youth career :

1992 Barcelona

1992–1995 Tenerife

1995–2000 Barcelona

Senior career :

2000–2003 Barcelona B

2002– Barcelona

National team :

2000–2001 Spain U18

2001 Spain U19

2001 Spain U20

2002–2003 Spain U21

2010– Spain

2004– Catalonia

Early career

Valdés was born to anglela and maria and has pair brothers, elder Ricard and younger Álvaro. He began his career with Barça's youth team as shortly as he stringed from Peña Cinco Copas on 1 July 1992. But in September, he shifted with his family to Tenerife and had to retire the club, rejoining merely three years later. After returning, he prepared quick progress through the youth teams.

Barcelona

The early fraction of the 2002–03 season saw him play deputy to Argentine global Roberto Bonano. The arrival of Radomir Antić as the fresh administrator saw regular first team opportunities for him. In the 2003–04 season, he appeared as first-choice goalkeeper, and in the 2004–05 season, he played in nearly all of Barcelona's suits facilitating Barcelona to their first league name in six years. He also won the Zamora Trophy for the best goalkeeper in Spain. In the 2005–06 season, he facilitated Barça to the double. He played a tall fraction in Barca's 2005–06 name and in the final against Arsenal, he refused Thierry Henry double from point-blank range. His exertions saw him singled out for compliment from Frank Rijkaard. The "Zamora" name however eluded him as Víctor came third afterwards Santiago Cañizares and the winner José Manuel Pinto. On 17 June 2007, the final around in La Liga, Valdés suited a goalkeeping record of Barcelona legend Andoni Zubizarreta. The record held via Zubi is that he went all season lengthy, all 38 circles in La Liga without retiring the beginning line-up nor fetching substituted . It has never been suited, via any Barça goalkeeper, until Valdés.

Valdés set the Barça club record for not conceding a target in European competition with a wash page against Rangers on seven November 2007, which saw him re-write the Barça record novels afterwards not conceding a target for 466 minutes. Unfortunately, Valdés was defeated double via Lyon' captain Juninho through a 45-yard adrift kick and a late punishment at the Stade de Gerland ending his streak. In the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons, however, Barça malfunctioned to win a main trophy. On 1 April 2008, Valdés prepared his 250th arrival for Barça. On 27 May 2009, Barcelona defeat Manchester United 2–0 in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final to accomplish an unheard of Treble of La Liga, Champions League, and Copa del Rey. In the suit, Valdes prepared pair vital saves from undertakes via Cristiano Ronaldo in both halves. In the first half, he saved a long-range adrift kick, and in the second half, he saved the other from Ronaldo, emanating from a tight bend chasing a low traverse from Dimitar Berbatov. On 16 May 2010, Valdés won his fourth name as Barcelona clinched a second consecutive Spanish league name with Josep Guardiola's side ending the season with 99 points.

International career

On twenty May 2010, Valdés was included in Spain's final 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. On three June 2010, Valdés earned his first cap via beginning in a friendly suit between Spain & Korea Republic in Tivoli Neu, Innsbruck, Austria. Coincidently it was ten years to the day since compatriot Iker Casillas prepared his debut for the national team. In July 2010, he won the 2010 World Cup as one of Spain's backup goalkeepers. He won his second cap in Spain 1-1 draw versus Mexico emanating on as a second half sub for Iker Casillas.