nationalcaps birth_date currentclub pcupdate years caps goals image_size nationalyears image name fullname ntupdate birth_place nationalteam height clubnumber nationalgoals clubs position article_title
6 3 11 january 1981 colo-colo 26 may 2012 1998 2005 -- 2008 2008 -- 2010 2010 -- 2012 2011 -- -- 2012 2012 -- 2013 2014 -- 2000 2000 -- 2004 2004 -- 2005 39 119 5 116 56 24 20 31 31 15 8 0 15 10 5 1 4 7 250 2001 2001 -- 2010 jaime valdes.jpg jaime valdés jaime andrés valdés zapata 2013 santiago , chile chile u20 chile 1.75 m ftin 0 on 20 1 0 palestino -lrb- loan -rrb- parma colo-colo bari fiorentina lecce atalanta sporting cp → parma midfielder jaime valdés

jaime valdés

jaime andrés valdés zapata -lrb- born 11 january 1981 -rrb- is a chilean footballer that currently plays for primera división club colo-colo .
he usually plays as central midfielder , but also can operates as an attacking midfielder or winger .
valdés was member of his national under-20 national team in the 2001 fifa world youth championship and has represented three times the senior team between 2001 and 2010 .
product of palestino prolific youth ranks , he has played more than ten years in italy , where netted 38 goals in clubs like bari , lecce , atalanta and parma , of which fiorentina has been the only club where he failed to score .
however after years spending in europe , valdés returned to chile in 2014 and reached the torneo clausura honour , being awarded as the chilean footballer of the year the same season .
he is the chilean with most consecutive years playing in europe with 14 seasons , surpassing even iván zamorano who has a season less .
in september 2014 , he was nominated to play the `` match for the peace '' at rome , which was organizated by the pope francis and javier zanetti 's foundation , where valdés played alongside legends like diego maradona , iván zamorano , paolo maldini , roberto baggio , andriy shevchenko , among others .
