The new reinforcement of América has the opportunity to leave a mark on the club like other Chilean players
In the 105 years of life of the America club dozens of Chilean footballers have worn the cream blue shirt and several of them have left a historical mark on the institution’s pages.
Figures like Carlos Reinoso, Osvaldo castro, Roberto Hodge, Miguel Angel Gamboa, Ivan Zamorano Y Ricardo Rojas They have become historical members of the institution and have made the name of Chile very high in Mexican soccer.
In 2022, Diego Valdes will have the opportunity to continue the successful tradition of Chilean players in the America club, and for that, he must play a stellar role in the offensive of the team led by the Argentine Santiago Solari, who is excited about the scoring power of the midfielder from his position of attachment and hopes that he will be of great help on the field of play.
“I am very excited to get here, I think we all know the importance of the club, I am very excited that we are doing well as a group and now I find out with my people who work and with my representative that they let me know that there is an option to come here, I took it in the best way, obviously, I’m happy to be here.
“I believe that I will represent this team in the best way, I am going to prepare for that and I have to be 100% in order to also give myself to the maximum on the court and I will try to give my teammates confidence in myself,” he said.
Diego Valdes He emerged in the Audax Italiano in Chile and scored 21 goals in 120 games played. The Andean midfielder arrived in Mexico with the late Monarcas Morelia In 2016, he immediately became a crucial element for the Michoacan team, a squad in which he played 98 official games in which he scored 13 goals and generated 14 assists, although he could never lift a league title with the Morelianos.
His good numbers in Morelia caught the attention of Santos that took him to the lagoon in 2019. With the warriors, Valdés reached a hundred games with 23 goals scored and 17 assists, statistics that have opened the doors of the America, where he will have the responsibility of orchestrating the Americanist attack together with Álvaro Fidalgo.
The performances of Diego Valdes in MX League They have made him a regular on the Chilean team’s radar, despite the fact that ‘La Roja’ has many elements shining in Europe, Valdés was a U-20 World Cup player in 2013 and has played 19 games with the senior team since his debut in the 2015, he is also in the fight together with his teammates to get a ticket to the Qatar World Cup 2022.
If Valdés shines with America, could become the new guide of the Chile selectionAlthough it is not easy to succeed in the most demanding club in Mexican soccer and several of his compatriots are witnesses of it.
“I was talking about it with a medium here in Chile and they asked me more or less similar questions, I told them that the America club It is bigger than the big clubs here in South America, it is bigger in terms of fans, in terms of media impact. Although here the clubs have a history that is also part of their growth and greatness, but what surrounds Club América in all the rest is much greater, I believe that it is one of the great teams of the continent, but rather the most big “, indicated Ricardo Rojas, former player of the Eagles.
Diego Valdes You have one of the most important opportunities of your career with your arrival at America, a good role with the azulcremas can catapult him into the Chilean team for the next World Cup and shine in the history of this institution as several Chileans who have landed in the Nido de Coapa have done.
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