Carlos Valderrama
Colombian footballer (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Colombia
- Born
- 2 September 1961
- Position
- Midfielder
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1981–2004
Clubs Millonarios · Deportivo Cali · Montpellier Hérault Sport Club · Real Valladolid · Deportivo Independiente Medellín · Junior de Barranquilla · Tampa Bay Mutiny · Miami Fusion · Colorado Rapids · Deportivo La Coruña Brasil Futebol Clube
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
660
Club league goals
61
International caps
111
International goals
12
League goals / match
0.09
International goals / cap
0.11
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MillonariosClub | 1981–1984 | League | 127 | 5 |
| Colombia men's national football teamNational team | 1985–1998 | Full caps | 111 | 12 |
| Deportivo CaliClub | 1985–1997 | League | 150 | 26 |
| Montpellier Hérault Sport ClubClub | 1988–1991 | League | 77 | 4 |
| Real ValladolidClub | 1991–1992 | League | 17 | 1 |
| Deportivo Independiente MedellínClub | 1992–1993 | League | 10 | 1 |
| Junior de BarranquillaClub | 1993–1995 | League | 82 | 5 |
| Tampa Bay MutinyClub | 1996–2001 | League | 114 | 12 |
| Miami FusionClub | 1998–1999 | League | 44 | 6 |
| Colorado RapidsClub | 2001–2002 | League | 39 | 1 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
No catalog team titles are recorded for this player in the current sources.
Individual accolades
No dated individual awards from the catalog are recorded for this player in the current sources. This may reflect incomplete source data rather than an absence of awards; editors can add sourced entries.
Career timeline
1981
- Joins Millonarios — Until 1984
1984
- Joins Millonarios — Until 1984
1985
- Senior international debut: Colombia men's national football team — Until 1998
- Joins Deportivo Cali — Until 1988
1988
- Joins Montpellier Hérault Sport Club — Until 1991
1991
- Joins Real Valladolid — Until 1992
1992
- Joins Deportivo Independiente Medellín — Until 1993
- Joins Deportivo Independiente Medellín — Until 1992
1993
- Joins Junior de Barranquilla — Until 1995
1996
- Joins Deportivo Cali (loan) — Until 1997
- Joins Tampa Bay Mutiny — Until 1997
1998
- Joins Miami Fusion — Until 1999
- Joins Miami Fusion — Until 1998
1999
- Joins Tampa Bay Mutiny — Until 2001
2001
- Joins Colorado Rapids — Until 2002
2002
- Joins Colorado Rapids — Until 2004
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
21.7
Rank #146
Partially verified4/5 categories with full evidence · 0% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence0.0+0.00 points
- Best window
- 1981–1985
- Individual award points in window
- 0
- Award availability in window
- 0.4
- Team honor points in window
- 0
- Peak index
- 0
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence65.6+16.41 points
- League goals per match
- 0.092 → 12.73
- International goals per cap
- 0.108 → 29.29
- International caps per year
- 7.93 → 90.57
Individual accoladesFull evidence0.0+0.00 points
- Contemporary award points
- 0
- Award availability coverage
- 0.71
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 0
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
Team accomplishmentsLimited evidence0.0+0.00 points
- Team honor points
- 0
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.208
Only 21% of senior club years were in leagues the honor catalog covers.
LongevityFull evidence52.8+5.28 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 24 → 100
- Documented elite seasons
- 0 → 0
- International career length (years)
- 14 → 88.75
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Carlos Valderrama (Q204089)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Pibe Valderrama 2022.jpgCC BY 3.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026