Enner Valencia | Ecuador Football Player
Enner Valencia or Enner Remberto Valencia Lastra (Full name) was born on 4 November 1989 in Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
He hails from Esmeraldas Province and is of Afro-Ecuadorian descent. Valencia is indeed, the god of Ecuadorian Football.
Enner is an Ecuadorian professional football player who plays as a forward wearing jersey number 13. He represents the Super Lig club Fenerbahce and captains the Ecuador National Team in Qatar. He appeared mostly in the side’s Super Lig matches in 2020/2021 in total he played in 34 matches overall.
Enner has netted 13 Super Lig goals (11 matches) this season which is the 10th-highest tally in the Lig competition in 2022/2023 (End of contract 31.05.2023) and places him at 1st in the Fenerbahce squad’s Top Scorers list.
Valencia joined Fenerbahce in June 2020 from Tigres UANL, for whom he made a total of 95 league appearances scoring 21 goals and providing seven assists.
He is now the leading goal scorer in the ongoing FIFA Qatar 2022 with two goals.
He stunned the world with two goals in the first half of their debut game at the Al Bayt Stadium. The Qatari fans roared and then gradually disappeared before the match could come to an end.
Career Details
He comes from a poor family and his life was full of struggles. He came through all the hurdles to reach this level.
Enner was passionate about football and to practice daily he used rags (cloth) as a ball. He would use anything to practice even a bottle would be sufficient for him to practice so much was his enthusiasm. he occasionally used to bunk school to play.
In this manner, he improved and developed skills to reach this level.
His parents supported him in spite of all the struggles and today they are enjoying a lavish or luxurious life.
His career began in Caribe Junior’s youth system and he was then transferred to Emelec. He played for Emelec from 2008 to 2013.
