Valentín Nicolás Viola (born 28 August 1991) is an Argentine football player.[1]

Valentín Viola
Personal information
Full name Valentín Nicolás Viola
Date of birth (1991-08-28) August 28, 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Moreno, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward, Winger
Youth career
–2010 Racing Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Racing Club 46 (6)
2012–2016 Sporting 18 (1)
2013–2016 Sporting B 8 (2)
2013–2014Racing Club (loan) 30 (1)
2014–2015Karabükspor (loan) 21 (3)
2016–2019 Apollon Limassol 0 (0)
2016Mouscron (loan) 23 (2)
2017Independiente Medellín 19 (4)
2018San Lorenzo (loan) 1 (0)
2019 San Martín Tucumán 4 (0)
2019–2020 Nueva Chicago 14 (2)
2020–2021 Agropecuario 6 (0)
2021–2022 Barracas Central 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:07, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

Career

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Racing Club

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Valentín came through the Racing Club youth development system, and made his debut for Racing's first team in a friendly match against El Porvenir in January 2010. His first official match occurred on 3 September 2010 during Apertura 2010, in a match against Colón; he scored his first official goal on 7 May 2011 in the 2–1 win against Arsenal de Sarandí, when he came on as a substitute in the 80th minute, replacing Gabriel Hauche, and scored one minute later. Valentín had already scored for Racing first team, when he scored a header against Godoy Cruz at Copa Ciudad de Mendonza on 27 January 2011.

Sporting

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On late July 2012, despite interest from other clubs, such as Parma, Atlético Madrid and Benfica,[2] he was transferred to Sporting.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Valentín Viola dejó de ser jugador de San Martín, lv12.com.ar, 24 April 2019
  2. ^ "Racing fear losing Viola". O Jogo (in Portuguese). 2012-07-11.
  3. ^ "Agreement for Viola". A Bola (in Portuguese). 2012-07-27.
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