Role Footballer Place of death Colon, Panama Position Forward | Playing position Siblings Julio Dely Valdes Name Armando Valdes | |
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Full name Armando Javier Dely Valdes Date of birth (1964-01-05)January 5, 1964 Date of death August 17, 2004(2004-08-17) (aged 40) Died August 17, 2004, Colon, Panama | ||
Familiares de amilcar henriquez se encuentran en el estadio armando dely valdes
Armando Javier Dely Valdés (5 January 1964 – 17 August 2004) was a Panamanian footballer. He was the elder brother of twins Julio Dely Valdés and Jorge Dely Valdés.
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- Familiares de amilcar henriquez se encuentran en el estadio armando dely valdes
- Estadio armando dely vald s rabe unido vs plaza amador
- Club career
- International career
- Retirement and death
- Club
- References
Estadio armando dely vald s rabe unido vs plaza amador
Club career
He started his playing career with Técnica y Deportes in his homeland. In 1983 he was signed by Argentinos Juniors, he went on to win a number of major titles with the club, they were back-to-back league champions in the Metropolitano 1984 and the Nacional 1985. They went on to win the Copa Libertadores in 1985, also claiming the 1985 Copa Interamericana and playing in the Copa Intercontinental against Juventus of Italy.
Nicknamed Pelé, Dely Valdés left Argentinos Juniors for fellow Argentine team Instituto de Córdoba. He went on to play for San Martín de Tucumán in Argentina, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Beitar Tel Aviv in Israel, Peñarol and Liverpool in Uruguay.
International career
Dely Valdés represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches
His final international was a December 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Guatemala.
Retirement and death
After retiring as player he went on to work as the assistant manager of the Panama national team between 1996 and 2001 and then became the coach of the Panama Under-20 team in 2001. He also managed Plaza Amador and Árabe Unido.
On May 29, 2001, Daly Valdés suffered a heart attack which left him in a coma from which he never recovered, he was left in a permanent vegetative state in which he suffered septicemia and lung infections amongst other complications. He died in the Manuel Amador Guerrero Hospital in Colón in 2004. After his death, the Panamanian Football Federation decided to rename the Árabe Unido football stadium to Estadio Armando Dely Valdés.
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