{{short description|Ecuadorian footballer (born 1994)}} {{family name hatnote|Valencia|Castillo|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Joel Valencia | image = Joel Valencia, Brentford F.C. footballer, July 2021.jpg | caption = Valencia while with Brentford in July 2021. | full_name = César Joel Valencia Castillo<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021/22 Premier League squads confirmed |url=http://www.premierleague.com/news/2247219 |access-date=11 August 2022 |website=www.premierleague.com |language=en}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|11|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Quinindé, Ecuador | height = 1.64 m<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joel Valencia |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/en/teams/profile/joel-valencia |access-date=1 August 2019 |website=Brentford F.C.}}</ref> | position = Winger | currentclub = Partyzant Leszno | clubnumber = 88 | youthyears1 = 2005–2013 | youthclubs1 = Zaragoza | years1 = 2011–2014 | clubs1 = Zaragoza B | caps1 = 34 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2011 | clubs2 = Zaragoza | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2014 | clubs3 = → Málaga B (loan) | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2014–2015 | clubs4 = Logroñés | caps4 = 50 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2016–2017 | clubs5 = Koper | caps5 = 26 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2017–2019 | clubs6 = Piast Gliwice | caps6 = 59 | goals6 = 9 | years7 = 2019–2023 | clubs7 = Brentford | caps7 = 19 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2020–2021 | clubs8 = → Legia Warsaw (loan) | caps8 = 8 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2022 | clubs9 = → Alcorcón (loan) | caps9 = 18 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2022–2023 | clubs10 = → De Graafschap (loan) | caps10 = 18 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2023–2025 | clubs11 = Zagłębie Sosnowiec | caps11 = 56 | goals11 = 3 | years12 = 2025–2026 | clubs12 = Znicz Pruszków | caps12 = 3 | goals12 = 0 | years13 = 2025–2026 | clubs13 = Znicz Pruszków II | caps13 = 2 | goals13 = 1 | years14 = 2026– | clubs14 = Partyzant Leszno | caps14 = 3 | goals14 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2011 | nationalteam1 = Spain U17 | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2011 | nationalteam2 = Ecuador U17 | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | club-update = 21:56, 4 April 2026 (UTC) }}
'''César Joel Valencia Castillo''' (born 16 November 1994) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a winger for Liga okręgowa club Partyzant Leszno.
Valencia is a product of the Real Zaragoza academy and later played in Slovenia and Poland, rising to prominence in the latter country with Piast Gliwice. Following four years in England with Brentford, during which he predominantly played away on loan, he returned to Poland in 2023, where he played for Zagłębie Sosnowiec and Znicz Pruszków until his retirement from professional football in 2026. Valencia was capped by Spain and Ecuador at U17 level.
== Club career ==
=== Spain === A winger, Valencia joined the Real Zaragoza academy in 2005, at age 11.<ref name="lahora">{{Cite web |title=Joel Valencia: La nueva 'perla' tricolor : Deportes |url=http://lahora.com.ec/index.php/noticias/show/1101143600/-1/Joel_Valencia:_La_nueva_%25E2%2580%2598perla%25E2%2580%2599_tricolor_.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000758/http://lahora.com.ec/index.php/noticias/show/1101143600/-1/Joel_Valencia:_La_nueva_%E2%80%98perla%E2%80%99_tricolor_.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=19 May 2011 |website=La Hora Noticias de Ecuador, sus provincias y el mundo}}</ref> By 2011, he had progressed into the club's reserve team and was called into the first team squad on three occasions during the 2011–12 season.<ref name="Soccerway" /> Valencia made his only senior appearance for the club as a substitute for Pablo Barrera late in a 6–0 La Liga defeat to Real Madrid on 28 August 2011.<ref name="Soccerbase1112" /> He spent much of the following three years in the reserve team and on loan at Málaga B,<ref name="SignsBrentford">{{Cite web |date=31 July 2019 |title=Brentford sign Joel Valencia |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2019/july/joel-valencia-joins-brentford/ |access-date=31 July 2019 |website=www.brentfordfc.com |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 January 2014 |title=El Zaragoza cede al Málaga a Joel Valencia por la deuda que mantiene por Apoño |url=https://eldesmarque.com/malaga/malaga-cf/malaga-noticias/34088-joel-valencia |access-date=31 July 2019 |website=ElDesmarque Málaga}}</ref> before departing La Romareda to join Segunda División B club Logroñés in August 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Acuerdo para la rescisión del contrato de Joel Valencia |url=https://www.realzaragoza.com/noticias/acuerdo-para-la-rescisi-n-del-contrato-de-joel-valencia |access-date=28 August 2014 |website=Real Zaragoza Web Oficial}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Joel Valencia Castillo, nuevo jugador de la UD. Logroñés |url=http://uniondeportivalogroñes.com/index.php/9-noticias-portada-abajo/755-joel-valencia-castillo-nuevo-jugador-de-la-ud-logrones |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140828192833/http://xn--uniondeportivalogroes-ubc.com/index.php/9-noticias-portada-abajo/755-joel-valencia-castillo-nuevo-jugador-de-la-ud-logrones |archive-date=28 August 2014 |access-date=27 August 2014}}</ref> He remained with Logroñés until January 2016 and made 54 appearances for the club, scoring one goal.<ref name="Soccerway" />
=== Slovenia and Poland === On 27 January 2016, Valencia moved to Slovenia to join PrvaLiga club Koper.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 January 2016 |title=Jefthon Ferreira de Sena, Joel Valencia, Jacobo Sanz Ovejero (Gk), Ruben Belima, Albert Riera so nove okrepitve našega FC Kopra |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=974519062623224 |access-date=12 May 2025 |website=Facebook}}</ref> He made 28 appearances and scored two goals during 18 months at the Bonifika Stadium,<ref name="Soccerway" /> before departing to join Polish Ekstraklasa club Piast Gliwice in August 2017, one a one-year contract, with a three-year option.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 July 2017 |title=Joel Valencia piłkarzem Piasta |url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/279/news2793270-Joel-Valencia-pilkarzem-Piasta.html |access-date=22 July 2017 |publisher=90minut |language=Polish}}</ref> Valencia was a part of the club's 2018–19 Ekstraklasa-winning team and his exploits were recognised with the Ekstraklasa and Polish Union of Footballers Player of the Year awards and a place in the Polish Union of Footballers Team of the Year.<ref name="SignsBrentford" /><ref name="EkstraklasiePOTY">{{Cite web |title=Rozdano nagrody w Ekstraklasie za sezon 2018/19 |url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/296/news2961599-Rozdano-nagrody-w-Ekstraklasie-za-sezon-2018-19.html |access-date=31 July 2019 |website=www.90minut.pl}}</ref><ref name="PZPPOTY">{{Cite web |title=Joel Valencia receives Polish Player of the Year awards |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2019/september/joel-valencia-receives-polish-awards/ |access-date=3 September 2019 |website=www.brentfordfc.com |language=en-gb}}</ref> By the time of his departure in late July 2019,<ref name="SignsBrentford" /> he had made 65 appearances and scored 9 goals for the club.<ref name="Soccerway" />
=== Brentford === On 31 July 2019, Valencia moved to England to join Championship club Brentford on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee,<ref name="SignsBrentford" /> reported to be £1.8 million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 July 2019 |title=Valencia completes £1.8m move to Brentford |url=https://www.westlondonsport.com/brentford/football-brentford-valencia-move-done-310719 |access-date=1 August 2019 |website=West London Sport}}</ref> Despite making 23 appearances and scoring one goal,<ref name="Soccerbase1920" /> he struggled to adapt to the pace of English football during the 2019–20 season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Lyall |date=17 November 2019 |title=Brentford winger Valencia could be out for three months |url=https://www.westlondonsport.com/brentford/brentford-winger-valencia-could-be-out-for-three-months |access-date=17 November 2019 |website=West London Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Lyall |date=5 July 2020 |title=Thomas Frank insists Joel Valencia has a future at Brentford |url=https://www.westlondonsport.com/brentford/brentford-wls-joel-valencia-future |access-date=8 August 2020 |website=West London Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> Valencia's 24th and final Brentford appearance came as a late substitute in the opening match of the 2020–21 season.<ref name="Soccerbase2021" />
Valencia played much of the remaining three years of his contract away on loan and Brentford's promotion to the Premier League at the end of the 2020–21 season pushed him further down the pecking order.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fosu and Valencia to leave Brentford as contracts expire |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/en/news/article/first-team-tariqe-fosu-joel-valencia-brentford-contracts-expire-retained-list |access-date=2 June 2023 |website=www.brentfordfc.com |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Bees beat Swans to reach Premier League |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57215919 |access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref> He played for Polish Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw, Spanish Segunda División club AD Alcorcón and Dutch Eerste Divisie club De Graafschap.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Valencia leaves on loan |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/en/news/article/valencia-leaves-on-loan |access-date=31 August 2022 |website=www.brentfordfc.com |language=en-gb}}</ref> Valencia suffered a plethora of injury problems and made a combined 51 appearances for the three clubs.<ref name="Soccerway" /><ref name="Gawroński">{{Cite web |last=Gawroński |first=Piotr |date=29 April 2021 |title=Joel Valencia wraca do Anglii |url=https://legia.net/news/joel-valencia-wraca-do-anglii/81103 |access-date=1 May 2021 |website=legia.net |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 June 2021 |title=Joel Valencia: "Quiero intentarlo en Brentford y en la Premier League" |url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/inglaterra/nota/_/id/8768638/joel-valencia-entrevista-brentford-premier-league-ecuatoriano-polonia |access-date=24 June 2021 |website=ESPNdeportes.com |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=De Graafschap moet Joel Valencia aantal weken missen |url=https://www.gelderlander.nl/de-graafschap/de-graafschap-moet-joel-valencia-aantal-weken-missen~a4c8252a/ |access-date=14 January 2023 |website=de Gelderlander |language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 March 2023 |title=Joel Valencia staat waarschijnlijk tot het einde van het seizoen buitenspel |url=https://www.degraafschap.nl/nieuws/joel-valencia-staat-waarschijnlijk-tot-het-einde-van-het-seizoen-buitenspel |access-date=9 April 2023 |website=De Graafschap |language=nl}}</ref>
=== Return to Poland === On 14 July 2023, Valencia returned to Poland to sign a two-year contract with I liga club Zagłębie Sosnowiec on a free transfer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 July 2023 |title=Joel Valencia dołącza do Zagłębia Sosnowiec. Witamy w naszym klubie! |url=https://zaglebie.eu/wpisy/joel-valencia-dolacza-do-zaglebia-sosnowiec-witamy-w-naszym-klubie/ |publisher=Zagłębie Sosnowiec |language=pl}}</ref> He made 26 appearances and scored one goal during the 2023–24 season,<ref name="Soccerway" /> which culminated in relegation to the II liga.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tables – I Liga – Poland – Results, fixtures, tables and news |url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/poland/i-liga/20232024/regular-season/r77388/tables/ |access-date=28 May 2024 |website=Soccerway}}</ref> Valencia made 32 appearances and scored two goals during a mid-table 2024–25 season.<ref name="Soccerway" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Betclic II liga 2024/2025 |url=http://www.90minut.pl/liga/1/liga13484.html |access-date=8 June 2025 |website=www.90minut.pl}}</ref> He suffered a lung contusion during the final match of the season, on which he underwent surgery.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1930897275259085260 |user=zaglebie_eu |title=Podczas sobotniego meczu, Joel Valencia doznał poważnego stłuczenia płuca. Zawodnik jest już po zabiegu operacyjnym, a czas jego rekonwalescencji zajmie około 2–3 miesiące. Joel, szybkiego powrotu do zdrowia! |language=pl |trans-title=During Saturday's match, Joel Valencia suffered a serious lung contusion. The player has already undergone surgery and his recovery time will take around 2–3 months. Joel, get well soon!}}</ref> Valencia was released when his contract expired and he made 58 appearances and scored one goal during his two seasons with the club.<ref name="Soccerway" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 June 2025 |title=Zagłębie Sosnowiec robi rewolucję. Siedmiu zawodników opuszcza zespół, w tym Kamil Biliński i Joel Valencia |url=https://dziennikzachodni.pl/zaglebie-sosnowiec-robi-rewolucje-siedmiu-zawodnikow-opuszcza-zespol-w-tym-kamil-bilinski-i-joel-valencia/ar/c2p2-27702713 |access-date=21 June 2025 |website=Dziennik Zachodni |language=pl-PL}}</ref>
In September 2025, Valencia began training with I liga club Znicz Pruszków.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 September 2025 |title=Valencia trenuje z klubem z 1. Ligi |url=https://pilkanozna.pl/valencia-trenuje-z-klubem-z-1-ligi/ |access-date=27 September 2025 |website=PiłkaNożna.pl |language=pl-PL}}</ref> He was announced as the club's player on 3 October and signed an undisclosed-length contract on a free transfer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 October 2025 |title=Joel Valencia zawodnikiem Znicza Pruszków |url=https://zniczpruszkow.com.pl/joel-valencia-zawodnikiem-znicza-pruszkow/ |access-date=4 October 2025 |website=Znicz Pruszków |language=pl-PL}}</ref> Valencia made just three appearances prior to the termination of his contract by mutual consent on 14 January 2026.<ref name="Soccerway" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rozgrywki |url=https://www.laczynaspilka.pl/rozgrywki/zawodnik/3526e494-9643-4b4b-905e-f51b0ea05bd3?season=e9d66181-d03e-4bb3-b889-4da848f4831d&leagueId=59d6af33-6ef4-4da6-9af6-6a4b792cb344&tab=tab-matches |access-date=4 April 2026 |website=www.laczynaspilka.pl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=2011464649968124156 |user=znicz_pruszkow |title=Joel Valencia nie jest już zawodnikiem Znicza Pruszków. Kontrakt z 31-letnim piłkarzem został rozwiązany za porozumieniem stron. |language=pl}}</ref> In March 2026, Valencia announced his retirement from professional football and transferred to Liga okręgowa club Partyzant Leszno.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oficjalnie. Koniec kariery byłej gwiazdy Ekstraklasy |url=https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/pilka-nozna/1237516/oficjalnie-koniec-kariery-bylej-gwiazdy-ekstraklasy |website=sportowefakty.wp.pl |access-date=2 March 2026 |language=pl |date=2 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=3 March 2026 |title=Była gwiazda Ekstraklasy odnalazła się 20 km od Warszawy. Ma 31 lat |url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/pilka-nozna/byla-gwiazda-ekstraklasy-odnalazla-sie-20-km-od-warszawy-ma-31-lat/b9g811s |access-date=3 March 2026 |website=przegladsportowy.onet.pl |language=pl}}</ref>
== International career == Valencia was capped by Spain and Ecuador at U17 level.<ref name="SignsBrentford" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Spanish Under 17 |url=http://www.soccer-spain.com/ssdocs/archive2010/u17international/u17int05.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831075935/http://www.soccer-spain.com/ssdocs/archive2010/u17international/u17int05.php |archive-date=31 August 2013 |access-date=2 January 2020 |website=Soccer-Spain}}</ref> He was a part of Ecuador's 2011 FIFA U17 World Cup squad and made three appearances at the tournament.<ref name="Soccerway" />
== Personal life == Valencia was born in Quinindé, Esmeraldas, Ecuador and moved to Spain in 2002, at age 8.<ref name="lahora" /> He has a Spanish passport.<ref name="SignsBrentford" /> Valencia's partner, actress Paulina Chapko, gave birth to their child in July 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 July 2022 |title=Gwiazda "Na wspólnej" urodziła! Siostra znanej aktorki i jej partner piłkarz zostali rodzicami |url=https://jastrzabpost.pl/newsy/paulina-chapko-urodzila-plec-i-imie-dziecka_1218011.html |access-date=23 July 2022 |website=Jastrząb Post |language=pl-PL}}</ref>
== Career statistics == {{Updated|match played 3 April 2026}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |National cup{{efn|Includes Copa del Rey, Slovenian Cup, Polish Cup, FA Cup, KNVB Cup}} ! colspan="2" |League cup{{efn|Includes EFL Cup}} ! colspan="2" |Europe ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |Zaragoza |2011–12<ref name="Soccerbase1112">{{Soccerbase season|id=61853|season=2011|accessdate=31 July 2019}}</ref> |La Liga |1 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |1 |0 |- | rowspan="4" |Zaragoza B |2011–12<ref name="Soccerway">{{Soccerway|193488|accessdate=31 July 2019}}</ref> |Segunda División B Group 3 |19 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |19 |0 |- |2012–13<ref name="Soccerway" /> |Segunda División B Group 2 |14 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |14 |0 |- |2013–14<ref name="lapreferente">{{Cite web |title=Joel Valencia – Ex-U.D. Logroñés :: Fútbol de Galicia :: |url=https://www.lapreferente.com/J85938/joel-valencia.html |access-date=31 July 2019 |website=www.lapreferente.com}}</ref> |Tercera División Group 17 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |1 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !34 !0 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !34 !0 |- |Málaga B (loan) |2013–14<ref name="lapreferente" /> |Tercera División Group 9 |14 |1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |4<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearances in Tercera División play-offs</ref> |0 |18 |1 |- | rowspan="3" |Logroñés |2014–15<ref name="Soccerway" /> |Segunda División B Group 1 |33 |1 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |2<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearances in Segunda División B promotion play-offs</ref> |0 |35 |1 |- |2015–16<ref name="Soccerway" /> |Segunda División B Group 1 |17 |0 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |19 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !50 !1 !2 !0 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !2 !0 !54 !1 |- | rowspan="3" |Koper |2015–16<ref name="Soccerway" /> |Slovenian PrvaLiga |13 |1 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |13 |1 |- |2016–17<ref name="Soccerway" /> |Slovenian PrvaLiga |13 |0 |2 |1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |15 |1 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !26 !1 !2 !1 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !28 !2 |- | rowspan="4" |Piast Gliwice |2017–18<ref name="Soccerway" /> |Ekstraklasa |25 |3 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |26 |3 |- |2018–19<ref name="Soccerway" /> |Ekstraklasa |33 |6 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |34 |6 |- |2019–20<ref name="Soccerway" /> |Ekstraklasa |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |3<ref group="lower-alpha">Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League</ref> |0 |1<ref name="PSC" group="lower-alpha">Appearance in Polish Super Cup</ref> |0 |5 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !59 !9 !2 !0 ! colspan="2" |— !3 !0 !1 !0 !65 !9 |- | rowspan="3" |Brentford |2019–20<ref name="Soccerbase1920">{{Soccerbase season|id=61853|season=2019|accessdate=31 July 2019}}</ref> |Championship |19 |1 |2 |0 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— |1<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearances in Championship play-offs</ref> |0 |23 |1 |- |2020–21<ref name="Soccerbase2021">{{Soccerbase season|id=61853|season=2020|accessdate=6 September 2020}}</ref> |Championship |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |1 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !19 !1 !2 !0 !2 !0 ! colspan="2" |— !1 !0 !24 !1 |- |Legia Warsaw (loan) |2020–21<ref name="Soccerway" /> |Ekstraklasa |8 |0 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— |2<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearances in Europa League</ref> |0 |1<ref name="PSC" group="lower-alpha" /> |0 |12 |0 |- |AD Alcorcón (loan) |2021–22<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=61853|season=2021|access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref> |Segunda División |18 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |18 |0 |- |De Graafschap (loan) |2022–23<ref name="Soccerway" /> |Eerste Divisie |18 |0 |3 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |21 |0 |- | rowspan="3" |Zagłębie Sosnowiec |2023–24<ref name="Soccerway" /> |I liga |25 |1 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |26 |1 |- |2024–25<ref name="Soccerway" /> |II liga |31 |2 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |32 |2 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !56 !3 !2 !0 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !58 !3 |- |Znicz Pruszków |2025–26<ref name="Soccerway" /> |I liga |3 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |3 |0 |- |Znicz Pruszków II |2025–26<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rozgrywki |url=https://www.laczynaspilka.pl/rozgrywki/zawodnik/3526e494-9643-4b4b-905e-f51b0ea05bd3?season=e9d66181-d03e-4bb3-b889-4da848f4831d&leagueId=a0583713-115c-4aa5-90f2-140f6eaece15&tab=tab-matches |access-date=4 April 2026 |website=www.laczynaspilka.pl}}</ref> |V liga Masovia Group 2 |2 |1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |2 |1 |- |Partyzant Leszno |2025–26<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rozgrywki |url=https://www.laczynaspilka.pl/rozgrywki/zawodnik/3526e494-9643-4b4b-905e-f51b0ea05bd3?season=e9d66181-d03e-4bb3-b889-4da848f4831d&leagueId=c5afdf4b-b449-4ef3-acf5-dded47fc5f58&tab=tab-matches |access-date=4 April 2026 |website=www.laczynaspilka.pl}}</ref> |Liga okręgowa Warsaw Group 2 |3 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |3 |0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !311 !17 !14 !1 !2 !0 !5 !0 !9 !0 !341 !18 |} <references group="lower-alpha" responsive="1"></references>
== Honours == '''Piast Gliwice''' * Ekstraklasa: 2018–19<ref name="SignsBrentford" />
'''Individual''' * Ekstraklasa Player of the Year: 2018–19<ref name="EkstraklasiePOTY" /> * Ekstraklasa Midfielder of the Year: 2018–19<ref name="EkstraklasiePOTY" /> * Polish Union of Footballers Player of the Year: 2018–19<ref name="PZPPOTY" /> * Polish Union of Footballers Team of the Year: 2018–19<ref name="PZPPOTY" />
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{BDFutbol|13752}} * {{Soccerway|joel-valencia/193488}} * {{90minut|33576}} * [https://www.lapreferente.com/index.php?comp=9213&IDjugador=85938 Joel Valencia] at lapreferente.com * {{Soccerbase|61853}} * {{UEFA player|id=250131417}} * {{FIFA player|id=336527}}
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