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#10M🇨🇴 ColombiaSigned
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VALDERRAMA
#10M🇨🇴 ColombiaSigned- Born
- 1961
- Age
- 64
- From
- Santa Marta, Colombia
- Debut
- 1980
- Previously
- Colorado Rapids
El Pibe. The blonde halo, the No.10, the slowed-down playmaker — Valderrama played football at his own tempo and the rest of the world hurried to keep up. South American Footballer of the Year twice, MLS MVP in its inaugural 1996 season, and the only Colombian on Pelé's FIFA 100.
Apps
Goals
Trophies
MVP
International
111
58
5
4
Club career
637
58
5
4
Trophy cabinet
Honors
- South American Footballer of the Year1987, 1993
- Copa América MVP1987
- MLS MVP1996
- FIFA 1002004
- MLS All-Time Best XI2005
Club career
Timeline
- 1980–1984Unión Magdalena
- 1985–1987Deportivo Cali
- 1987–1991Montpellier
- 1993–1995Atlético Junior
- 1995–1998Tampa Bay Mutiny
- 1998–1999Miami Fusion
- 2001–2002Colorado Rapids
Did you know
Three things to drop into conversation
- 01Recorded 26 assists in a single MLS season aged 38 — a record nobody has come within five of since.
- 02Named by Pelé as the only Colombian on FIFA's 125 Top Living Footballers list in 2004.
- 03His afro became so iconic that Colombian fans still show up to matches in blonde wigs in tribute.