Armando Dely Valdes

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Armando Dely Valdés

Full name	Armando Javier Dely Valdés
Date of birth	5 January 1964
Place of birth	Colón, Panama, Panama
Date of death	16 August 2004
Place of death	Colón, Panama, Panama
Nickname	Pelé Panameño
Position	ST and CAM
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
?? 1985-?? ?? ?? ?? ??	CD Árabe Unido Argentinos Juniors Instituto de Cordoba Penarol Liverpool Beitar Tel Aviv	?? (??) ?? (??) ?? (??) ?? (??) ?? (??) ?? (??)
National team
1986-1995	Panama	?? (??)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Armando Javier Dely Valdés (* 5 January, 1964 - † 16 August 2004) was a Panamanian football player. He was the elder brother of twins Julio Dely Valdes and Jorge Dely Valdés.

Nicknamed "el Pelé Panameño", he played for CD Árabe Unido in his homeland. Other teams he played for include Argentinos Juniors and Instituto de Cordoba in Argentina, Penarol and Liverpool in Uruguay and Beitar Tel Aviv in Israel.

He died of a pulmonary infection in the Manuel Amador Guerrero Hospital in Colón. After his death, the Panamanian Football Federation decided to rename the Árabe Unido football stadium to Estádio Armando Dely Valdés.