{{short description|Chilean footballer (born 1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{for-multi|the Chilean politician (1920–2011)|Luis Valenzuela Blanquier|the Chilean politician (fl. 1940s)|Luis Valenzuela Valenzuela}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Luis Valenzuela | image = | caption = | fullname = Luis Gabriel Valenzuela Toledo | height = {{height|m=1.76|precision=0}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1988|2|22}} | birth_place = Puente Alto, Santiago, Chile | currentclub = Santiago Morning | clubnumber = 10 | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = 2001–2005 | youthclubs1 = Colo-Colo | years1 = 2006–2008 | clubs1 = Colo-Colo | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2007 | clubs2 = → Deportivo Temuco (loan) | caps2 = 20 | goals2 = 3 | years3 = 2008 | clubs3 = → Santiago Morning (loan) | caps3 = 2 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2009 | clubs4 = Deportes Temuco | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 0 <!--Tercera A--> | years5 = 2010 | clubs5 = Curicó Unido | caps5 = 29 | goals5 = 6 | years6 = 2011–2012 | clubs6 = Unión San Felipe | caps6 = 22 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2012 | clubs7 = Unión San Felipe B | caps7 = 6 | goals7 = 5 <!--Segunda Div. Profesional--> | years8 = 2012–2014 | clubs8 = Deportes Antofagasta | caps8 = 44 | goals8 = 12 | years9 = 2014–2015 | clubs9 = O'Higgins | caps9 = 30 | goals9 = 5 | years10 = 2015 | clubs10 = Cobresal | caps10 = 12 | goals10 = 2 | years11 = 2016 | clubs11 = Deportes Melipilla | caps11 = 14 | goals11 = 7 | years12 = 2017 | clubs12 = Santiago Wanderers | caps12 = 14 | goals12 = 3 | years13 = 2017–2018 | clubs13 = Deportes Antofagasta | caps13 = 10 | goals13 = 2 | years14 = 2018–2019 | clubs14 = Santiago Wanderers | caps14 = 28 | goals14 = 3 | years15 = 2019–2021 | clubs15 = Ñublense | caps15 = 37 | goals15 = 2 | years16 = 2022 | clubs16 = Deportes Melipilla | caps16 = 5 | goals16 = 0 | years17 = 2024 | clubs17 = Santiago City | caps17 = – | goals17 = – | years18 = 2025 | clubs18 = Deportes Rengo | caps18 = 16 | goals18 = 0 | years19 = 2026– | clubs19 = Santiago Morning | caps19 = 0 | goals19 = 0 <!-- | totalcaps = 280 | totalgoals = 50 --> | pcupdate = 25 January 2026 }} '''Luis Gabriel Valenzuela Toledo'''{{Family name footnote|Valenzuela|Toledo|lang=Spanish}} (born 22 February 1988) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Santiago Morning.
==Career== He began his career as a youth player as a U-12 in Colo-Colo, the most successful team in Chile, then he was promoted to the adult team in 2006, aged 18, where he made his debut in August 2006 and at the end of the season, won Clausura 2006 Chilean Championship along with his team members Alexis and Humberto Suazo. Also ended up as the runner-up in Copa Sudamericana 2006 under the lead management of Claudio Borghi. He stayed in Colo-Colo until 2007. Then he joined Santiago Morning in 2008. After the contract ended, he signed with Deportes Temuco in 2009. In 2010, he played with Curicó Unido a team from the Chilean Primera División B. Beginning the season 2010/2011, he had agreed upon a contract with Unión San Felipe.
In August 2011, ArceSports (the footballer's agent) in association with Soccer Soccer Sport in Brazil, got a pre-contract between Luis Valenzuela and Ceará Sporting Club for a five-year period with this Campeonato Brasileiro Série A team.
In 2014, he signed with Chilean club O'Higgins. <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/2014/06/19/rivero-y-valenzuela-ya-se-pusieron-la-camiseta-celeste/ |title=Octavio Rivero y Luis Valenzuela ya se pusieron la camiseta celeste | O'Higgins FC |access-date=2015-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701053508/http://www.ohigginsfc.cl/2014/06/19/rivero-y-valenzuela-ya-se-pusieron-la-camiseta-celeste/ |archive-date=2014-07-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/ohiggins/luis-valenzuela-fue-presentado-como-nuevo-jugador-de-oa-higgins/2014-06-06/142248.html | title=Luis Valenzuela fue presentado como nuevo jugador de O'Higgins }}</ref>
In 2024, he signed with Santiago City in the Chilean Tercera A.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Suárez |first1=Cristóbal |last2=Larraín |first2=Benjamín |title=Sebastián Toro deja el retiro y vuelve al fútbol chileno: este es su nuevo equipo |url=https://www.encancha.cl/futbol-chileno/2024/04/05/sebastian-toro-deja-el-retiro-y-vuelve-al-futbol-chileno-este-es-su-nuevo-equipo/ |access-date=5 April 2024 |work=En Cancha |date=5 April 2024 |language=es |quote=Mauro Maureira, José Echave y Luis Larry Valenzuela son aquellos que firmaron con el cuadro Ciudadano esta temporada.}}</ref><ref>{{cite instagram |user=sancityfc |postid=C5ZGiqsgyxj |title=ꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴄɪᴏɴ ᴅᴇ ꜱᴀɴᴛɪᴀɢᴏ ᴄɪᴛʏ |access-date=5 April 2024 |date=5 April 2024 |language=es}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is well-known by his nickname '''Larry Valenzuela'''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gómez |first1=J. C. |title="Larry" Valenzuela, el ex albo que encontró su lugar en Rancagua |url=https://www.latercera.com/noticia/larry-valenzuela-el-ex-albo-que-encontro-su-lugar-en-rancagua/ |publisher=La Tercera |access-date=3 August 2022 |language=es |date=9 November 2014}}</ref>
==Honours== ; Colo-Colo *Primera División de Chile (1): 2006 Clausura *Copa Sudamericana (1): Runner-up 2006
==References== {{notelist}}{{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{BDFA|LUIS-GABRIEL-VALENZUELA-49305}} *[https://www.memoriawanderers.cl/jugadores/luis-valenzuela/ Luis Valenzuela] at MemoriaWanderers.cl {{in lang|es}} *{{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20120331030638/http://www.dalealbo.cl/conociendo-a-luis-valenzuela-volante-de-colo-colo/ Dale Albo interview in Colo-Colo] *{{in lang|es|en}} [http://www.arcesportschile.tk ArceSports Official site (footballer's agent)]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Valenzuela, Luis}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Santiago, Chile Category:Chilean men's footballers Category:21st-century Chilean sportsmen Category:Colo-Colo footballers Category:Deportes Temuco footballers Category:Santiago Morning footballers Category:Curicó Unido footballers Category:Unión San Felipe footballers Category:C.D. Antofagasta footballers Category:O'Higgins F.C. footballers Category:C.D. Cobresal footballers Category:Deportes Melipilla footballers Category:Santiago Wanderers footballers Category:Ñublense footballers Category:Santiago City FC footballers Category:Deportes Rengo footballers Category:Chilean Primera División players Category:Primera B de Chile players Category:Tercera División de Chile players Category:Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Category:People from Puente Alto Category:Men's association football midfielders