VÃctor Valdés
Víctor Valdés (2012 )
Víctor Valdés Arribas ( born January 14, 1982 in L' Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia ) is a Spanish football goalkeeper. Valdés went through the youth academy of FC Barcelona and plays since 2002 for the first team of the club.
Career
In July 1992, Valdés was taken at the age of ten years in the youth academy of FC Barcelona. Previously, he had played at Penya Barcelonista Cinc Copes. In September 1992, Victor moved with his family to Tenerife and returned three years later to FC Barcelona back.
In the season 2002/ 03 he played for the first time for the A-Team of FC Barcelona. DC on the opening day of the season he was in the game against Atlético Madrid (2-2 ) in the starting lineup. Then he kept alternating with Roberto Bonano goal of FC Barcelona coach Radomir Antic before it finally declared the first-choice goalkeeper at the end of the season. Also in the 2003/04 season under coach Frank Rijkaard he remained first choice and won the vice-championship with Barça. 2004/ 05 Valdés missed only three of 38 league games and conceded only 25 goals, giving him the Trofeo Zamora earned and FC Barcelona helped for the first title in six years.
In the season 2005/ 06 he was temporarily due to some problem does not entirely uncontroversial, but Barcelona won with the double and was on 17 May 2006 instrumental in the Champions League title of his team, as he in the final against FC Arsenal London two shots of Thierry Henry from close range parried.
On 27 May 2009 Valdés won with his team again the Champions League; in the final against Manchester United, he remained without conceding a goal. This season, he won the Spanish Championship and in addition the Copa del Rey. FC Barcelona secured himself as the first Spanish club Triple. In July 2009, Valdés extended his contract with FC Barcelona until early June 2014., He should according to the Spanish media deserves some seven million euros a year. At the end of the 2009/10 season, in which he played all league games over the full playing time, he won the Spanish Cup and reached the semi-finals with Barca UEFA Champions League.
In the 2010/11 season Valdés won for the third time in a row the Trofeo Zamora for goalies with fewest goals against. His Gegentorquote (16 goals conceded in 32 games ) can only undercut Francisco Liaño (in season 1993/94 ). With Barcelona he also won the Spanish Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
With the conclusion of the 2011/12 season Valdés was awarded the " Golden Zamora " because he had won for the fifth time the Trofeo Zamora. This was previously Antoni Ramallets only managed.
Early 2013 gave Valdés announced that he will not extend his current contract until the summer of 2014. The reason was " to learn about other cultures and other leagues ."
After the FC Barcelona the Clásico at Real Madrid lost in March 2013, 1:2, Valdés looked after the game the red card. Valdés was outraged by a penalty not given. His verbal attacks that were punished with a red card, punished by the Disciplinary Committee of the Spanish Football Federation with four -match suspension. The FC Barcelona lodged a protest.
On March 26, 2014, Valdés took the league match against Celta Vigo on a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and falls until at least September 2014.
National
2001 Víctor played in the Spanish U-18 national team and helped her at the European Championships in Finland, for third place. After that he played from 2001 to 2003 in the U-21 national team.
Since 2001, Víctor Valdés plays regularly for the Catalan football team.
His international debut for Spain he gave on June 3, 2010 from South Korea. Previously he had been called by national coach Vicente del Bosque in the squad for the 2010 World Cup. In this tournament, Spain celebrated for the first time in its history, winning a World Cup. However, Valdés was not used. The Football World Cup 2014 will miss Valdes due to a torn ACL.
Title
- Spanish Championship (6): 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
- Spanish Cup ( 2): 2009, 2012
- Spanish Supercup (5): 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
- UEFA Champions League ( 3): 2006, 2009, 2011
- UEFA Super Cup ( 2): 2009, 2011
- FIFA Club World Cup ( 2): 2009, 2011
- World Cup (1 ): 2010
- European champions (1 ): 2012
- Trofeo Zamora ( 5): 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Private
Valdés is married to Yolanda Cardona the Spanish model, who gave birth to a son in August 2009.
Valdés has a younger brother, Álvaro, and an older brother, Ricardo.