René Valenzuela

René Valenzuela
Personal information
Full name	Eduardo René Valenzuela Becker
Date of birth	April 20, 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Concepcion, Chile
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre Back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1977	Deportes Concepción
1978–1979	O'Higgins
1980–1987	Universidad Católica
1987–1988	Ángeles de Puebla
1988–1989	Union Española
International career
1979–1988	Chile
Managerial career
	Universidad Católica (youth)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eduardo René Valenzuela Becker (born April 20, 1955), known as René Valenzuela, is a Chilean former footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Valenzuela represented his native country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, wearing the number three jersey.^[1] He played for several clubs in Chile, including Universidad Católica. For Chile he played 46 matches between 1979 and 1985.^[2]

Following his retirement, he has worked as coach at youth level in academies such as Universidad Catolica Academy in Rancagua,^[3] just like another former players such as Juan José Ribera, Carlos Verdugo, Luciano Saavedra, Ian Mac-Niven, among others.^[4]

Universidad Católica

Unión Española

^ "René Valenzuela".
^ "René Valenzuela". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
^ ""Lucha por tus sueños": los recuerdos de la niñez de Alexis" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ "ESCUELAS DE FÚTBOL UC" (PDF). Cruzados: Memoria Anual 2016 (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: 41. 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2023.