Jorge Valdivia

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Personal information
Jorge Valdivia
Full name	Jorge Luis Valdivia Toro
Date of birth	October 19, 1983 (1983-10-19) (age 24)
Place of birth	Maracaibo, Venezuela
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Palmeiras
Number	10
Youth clubs
	Colo-Colo
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003–2006 2003 2004 2004–2005 2006–present	Colo-Colo → U. de Concepción (loan) → Rayo Vallecano (loan) → Servette (loan) Palmeiras	32 (13) 46 0(7) 05 0(0) 09 0(2) 68 (19)
National team²
2004-present	Chile	24 0(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 March 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 05 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Jorge Luis Valdivia Toro (born October 19, 1983 in Maracaibo, Venezuela) is a Chilean international football player, who currently plays for Palmeiras in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A as an attacking midfielder.

Nicknamed 'El Mago' (The Magician), he previously played for Universidad de Concepción,Rayo Vallecano in Spain Colo-Colo in Chile and Servette FC in Switzerland. After winning the 2006 Apertura tournament with Colo-Colo, Valdivia was sold to Palmeiras for a transfer fee of $3.5 million and will make $400,000 annually.

He quickly became a fan favourite at Palmeiras due to his great skills, and he is now considered the team's most important player and of the best players in the Brazilian Série A.

He had an excellent 2008 Torneo Paulista and was a key part of the winning Palmeiras side. He has been linked with a move to Europe but many feel that this is just paper talk. He has a similar playing style to Tomas Rosicky and his dribbling has been compared to that of Lionel Messi. He also possesses an accurate shot.

After the Copa América 2007, Valdivia was banned from the Chilean national team for 20 matches, after a scandal in which he, along with 5 other players, arrived drunk to the team's hotel after their match against México.

1 Honours
- 1.1 Colo-Colo
- 1.2 Palmeiras
2 Contract
3 External links

[edit] Honours

[edit] Colo-Colo

Chilean League: Apertura: 2006

[edit] Palmeiras

São Paulo State Championship: 2008

[edit] Contract

4th March 2008 to 31st December 2009

[edit] External links

(Portuguese) palmeiras.globo.com
(Portuguese) CBF
(English) Guardian Stats Centre
(Portuguese) zerozero.pt

v • d • e Chile squad - Copa América 2007

1 Bravo • 2 Ormeño • 3 Rocco • 4 Fuentes • 5 Riffo • 6 Cabión • 7 Tello • 8 Suazo • 9 Navia • 10 Valdivia • 11 González • 12 Peric • 13 Vargas • 14 Fernández • 15 Contreras • 16 Iturra • 17 Sanhueza • 18 Meléndez • 19 Jara • 20 Fierro • 21 Villanueva • 22 Lorca • Coach: Acosta