{{Short description|Ecuadorean footballer}} {{Family name hatnote|Valencia|Cortez|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Stalin Valencia |image = |caption = |full_name = Stalin Evander Valencia Cortez<ref name="FIFA">{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce89/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Ecuador (ECU) |publisher=FIFA |page=5 |date=22 May 2023 |access-date=30 May 2023}}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|10|10|df=y}}<ref name="FIFA"/> |birth_place = |height = 1.80 m<ref name="FIFA"/> |position = Defender |currentclub = Emelec |clubnumber = 51 |youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2017 |youthclubs1 = Independiente del Valle |youthyears2 = 2017–2018 |youthclubs2 = Clan Juvenil |youthyears3 = 2018–2020 |youthclubs3 = Norte América |years1 = 2020–2022 |clubs1 = LDU Quito |caps1 = 1 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2022–2024 |clubs2 = Pumas Tabasco |caps2 = 15 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 2024–2026 |clubs3 = Once Caldas |caps3 = 17 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 2025 |clubs4 = → Fortaleza (loan) |caps4 = 11 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 2026– |clubs5 = Emelec |caps5 = 2 |goals5 = 0 |nationalyears1 = 2023– |nationalteam1 = Ecuador U-20 |nationalcaps1 = 2 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |club-update = 22:22, 14 March 2026 (UTC) |nationalteam-update = }}
'''Stalin Evander Valencia Cortez''' (born 10 October 2003) is an Ecuadorean footballer who plays for Ecuadorian Serie A club Emelec and the Ecuador national under-20 football team as a defender.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/stalin-valencia/686012/|title=Stalin Valencia|website=Soccerway|accessdate=May 20, 2023}}</ref>
==Club career== Valencia trained as a youth player at Independiente del Valle, C.D. Clan Juvenil and C.S. Norte América before settling at LDU Quito in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Enrique|last=Pacheco|date=June 17, 2022|title=PUMAS;Stalin Valencia the Ecuadorean pearl who will come as a replacement|url=https://www.soyfutbol.com/ligas/Pumas-Stalin-Valencia-la-perla-ecuatoriana-que-llegaria-de-refuerzo-20220616-0076.html|website=Soyfutbol|accessdate=May 20, 2023}}</ref> Valencia made his debut in the Ecuadorian Serie A on 21 December 2020 appearing as a substitute for Quito against C.D. Técnico Universitario.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=May 20, 2023|date=December 21, 2020|title=QUITO VS. TECNICO UNIVERSITARIO 1-2|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2020/12/21/ecuador/primera-a/liga-deportiva-universitaria-de-quito/tecnico-universitario/3197527/|website=Soccerway}}</ref>
In 2022 a percentage of his registration was bought by Mexican side Club Universidad Nacional and he joined their subsidiary team Pumas Tabasco in Mexico second division.<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 16, 2022|title= WHO IS STALIN VALENCIA, THE PLAYER WHO WILL REACH PUMAS|website=Futboltotal|url=https://www.futboltotal.com.mx/futbol-mexicano/liga-mx/quien-es-stalin-valencia-el-jugador-que-llegara-a-pumas/2022/06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=January 20, 2023|accessdate=May 20, 2023|title=STALIN VALENCIA NO HA LOGRADO LA ADAPTACIÓN PLENA EN PUMAS TABASCO|website=One football|url=https://onefootball.com/id/berita/stalin-valencia-no-ha-logrado-la-adaptacion-plena-en-pumas-tabasco-36629628}}</ref> Valencia made his debut in the Liga de Expansión MX for Pumas Tabasco on 25 July 2022 against Atlético Morelia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/matches/2022/07/25/mexico/liga-de-ascenso/club-atletico-monarcas-morelia/pumas-tabasco/3799519/|title=ATLETICO MORELIA VS. PUMAS TABASCO 1-1|date=July 25, 2022|accessdate=May 20, 2023|website=Soccerway}}</ref>
==International career== Valencia was included in the Ecuador national under-20 football team for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Argentina in May 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/ecuador-u-20-team-roster|website=Foxsports|title=Ecuador U-20 squad|accessdate=May 20, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/nota/_/id/11921565/el-gran-momento-de-las-selecciones-juveniles-de-ecuador?platform=amp|date=April 18, 2023|website=espn.com|accessdate=May 20, 2023|title= The great moment of the Youth Teams of Ecuador}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Valencia, Stalin}} Category:2003 births Category:Living people Category:Ecuadorian men's footballers Category:Ecuador men's youth international footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:L.D.U. Quito footballers Category:Pumas Tabasco players Category:Once Caldas footballers Category:Fortaleza F.C. footballers Category:C.S. Emelec footballers Category:Categoría Primera A players Category:Ecuadorian Serie A players Category:Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Category:Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Category:Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Category:Liga de Expansión MX players Category:21st-century Ecuadorian sportsmen