Octavio Valdez

Octavio Valdez
Personal information
Full name	Octavio Valdez Martínez
Date of birth	7 December 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Santiago Acutzilapan, Mexico
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Toluca U-18 (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–2001	Pachuca
2001–2002	America
2002–2003	Toluca
2003–2005	Pachuca
2005–2008	San Luis
2008–2009	→ Monterrey (loan)
2009–2010	Veracruz
2011	La Piedad
International career
2001–2004	Mexico
Managerial career
2014	Universidad del Fútbol
2015	Alto Rendimiento Tuzo
2016–2019	Pachuca Reserves and Academy
2020–2021	Pachuca (Assistant)
2022	Pachuca (women)
2023–	Toluca Reserves and Academy
Medal record
Representing Mexico
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2008

Octavio Valdez Martínez (born 7 December 1973) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Valdez began his career by debuting on January 11, 1997, with Pachuca, in a 2–1 loss to Necaxa. After four years in Pachuca, he got transferred to Club América. Later he moved to Toluca for two seasons (Aperura 2002), (Clausura 2003). Valdez later returned to Pachuca for two years. In the Aperura 2005 he got transferred to San Luis where he played until 2008.

Honours

Pachuca

Mexican Championship: Invierno 1999, Apertura 2003

America

Toluca

Mexican Championship: Apertura 2002

Mexico

CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2003

External links

Octavio Valdez (Octavio Valdez Martínez) – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)