Valentín Pimentel
Panamanian footballer (born 1991)
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Valentín Enrique Pimentel Armuelles (born 30 May 1991) is a Panamanian footballer who plays for Universitario and the Panama national football team.
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Pimentel with Panama at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Valentín Enrique Pimentel Armuelles[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 May 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Ana, Panama City, Panama | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Universitario | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chepo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | SUNTRACS | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Plaza Amador (loan) | 38 | (9) |
| 2016–2017 | La Equidad | 12 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Plaza Amador | 48 | (5) |
| 2019 | Costa del Este | 33 | (9) |
| 2020 | Deportivo Lara | 3 | (1) |
| 2020-2021 | Costa del Este | 9 | (2) |
| 2021–2024 | Sporting San Miguelito | 80 | (14) |
| 2025 | Herrera | 22 | (3) |
| 2026– | Universitario | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2019 | Panama | 28 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:48, 5 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:26, 19 November 2019 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Born in Santa Ana, Pimentel played for the Chepo youth team[2] and for second division teams Vista Alegre and SUNTRACS[3] before joining Plaza Amador.[4]
International career
He made his debut for Panama in a June 2015 friendly match against Ecuador and he was called up to the Panama team for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup; he played in Panama's opening game.[5]
In May 2018 he was named in Panama's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [6]
Personal life
Pimentel studies at Panama University to earn a degree in shipping company management. He has a son with his wife Maria Fernanda Carrillo.
Career statistics
International
- As of 28 June 2018[7]
| Panama | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2015 | 11 | 1 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 23 | 1 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.[8]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 8 October 2015 | Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama |  Trinidad and Tobago | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
Honours
Panama
- CONCACAF Gold Cup third place: 2015[9]
