Alex Valencia

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Alex Marcel Lund Valencia
Personal information
Date of birth	September 22, 1979 (1979-09-22) (age 28)
Place of birth	Bergen, Norway
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Right Winger
Club information
Current club	Aarhus Gymnastik Forening
Number	30
Youth clubs
-1998	Åsane IL
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2003 2003-2007 2007-present	Brann IK Start AGF	80 (7) 55 (9) 18 (1)
National team2
2001-present	Norway Norway Futsal	5 (0) 8 (5)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 April 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 21 February 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Alex Marcel Valencia (born 22 September 1979 in Bergen) is a Norwegian footballer of Colombian descent (his father is Norwegian, his mother is Colombian). He currently plays for Danish Superliga side AGF. He usually plays on the right wing.

He has previously played at top-flight level for Norwegian Brann and Start. He is regarded as one of the best Norwegian players in his position and was also selected by TV2 Nettavisen and the big Norwegian newspaper VG as 'Tippeliga Player of the Year 2005'^[1] playing for IK Start. He has played five times for the Norwegian national team and also won 8 caps for the Norwegian Futsal National team.

v • d • e AGF – current squad 1 Rasmussen • 2 Krabbe • 3 Persson • 4 Madsen • 5 Budtz • 6 Lindkvist • 7 Pleidrup • 8 Árnason • 9 Williams • 10 Rafael • 11 Graulund • 15 White • 19 Gjesing • 20 Kristensen • 21 Lucena • 22 Sarr • 23 Vester • 24 Salifu • 25 Povlsen • 27 Kure • 28 Lumb • 30 Valencia • 31 Rask • 33 Hyldgaard • 34 Beck Andersen • 35 Høegh • 36 Blicher • 37 Vibe • Coach: Pedersen

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[edit] External links

• (Danish) AGF profile
• (Danish) Career stats at Netsuperligaen.dk