Javier Valdivia
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Javier Valdivia Huerta | ||
Date of birth | 4 December 1941 | ||
Place of birth | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1960–1971 | Guadalajara | ? | (69) |
1971–1972 | Club Jalisco | ||
International career | |||
1965–1971 | Mexico | 24 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Javier Valdivia Huerta (born 4 December 1941) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward for C.D. Guadalajara, Club Jalisco on a club level and Mexico internationally.
Career
[edit]Valdivia began playing football with local side Guadalajara in 1960. He made his debut with the Mexico national team in 1965.[1]
He scored 2 goals in the 1970 FIFA World Cup, making him one of six Chivas players to score two goals at a World Cup final.[2]
Career statistics
[edit]International goals
[edit]- Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.[3]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 28 March 1965 | Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | El Salvador | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1965 CONCACAF Championship |
2. | 18 March 1970 | Estadio León, León, Mexico | Peru | 1–1 | 3–3 | Friendly |
3. | 7 June 1970 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | El Salvador | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1970 FIFA World Cup |
4. | 2–0 | |||||
5. | 1 December 1970 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | Australia | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
References
[edit]- ^ "Volante Ferreo... Javier Valdivia Huerta" [Iron Midfielder ... Javier Valdivia Huerta] (in Spanish). LasChivasRayadas.com.mx. 4 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ Dávalos, Juan Antonio (11 June 2006). "Consigue el Tri tercer triunfo consecutivo en debut del Mundial" [The Tricolores get third consecutive victory in opening World Cup match]. El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 June 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ "Valdivia, Javier". National Football Teams. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
External links
[edit]- Javier Valdivia at National-Football-Teams.com
Categories:
- 1941 births
- Living people
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- C.D. Guadalajara footballers
- Mexico men's international footballers
- Footballers from Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Men's association football midfielders
- Mexican men's footballers
- Liga MX players
- CONCACAF Championship–winning players
- CONCACAF Champions Cup–winning players
- 20th-century Mexican sportsmen
- Mexican football midfielder stubs