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{{short description|Panamanian footballer (born 1967)}}
{{family name hatnote|Dely|Valdés|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name     =Jorge Dely Valdés
|image=
|fullname= Jorge Luis Dely Valdés
|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1967|3|12}}
|birth_place = [[Colón, Panama|Colón]], [[Panama]]
|death_date=
|height= 1.82 m
|currentclub  = 
|clubnumber = 
|position= [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
|youthyears1= 1975–1986
|youthclubs1= Atlético Colón
|years1= 1986–1988 |clubs1 = [[Central Norte]]                      |caps1=|goals1=
|years2= 1988–1989 |clubs2 = [[Deportivo Paraguayo]]
|years3= 1989–1990 |clubs3 = [[Club El Porvenir|Porvenir]]
|years4= 1991      |clubs4 = [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]]
|years5= 1992      |clubs5 = [[Unión Española]]                     |caps5=30|goals5=13
|years6= 1993–1994 |clubs6 = [[Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo|Toshiba]] |caps6=47|goals6=53
|years7= 1995      |clubs7 = [[Cerezo Osaka]]                       |caps7=31|goals7=19
|years8= 1996      |clubs8 = [[Sagan Tosu|Tosu Futures]]            |caps8=25|goals8=24
|years9= 1997–1998 |clubs9 = [[Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo|Consadole Sapporo]]|caps9=60|goals9=61
|years10= 1999–2000|clubs10= [[Colorado Rapids]]                    |caps10=52|goals10=17
|years11= 2001–2002|clubs11= [[Omiya Ardija]]                       |caps11=50|goals11=34
|years12= 2003     |clubs12= [[Kawasaki Frontale]]                  |caps12=18|goals12=3
|years13= 2003–2005|clubs13= [[Club Deportivo Árabe Unido|Árabe Unido]]
|nationalyears1= 1991–2005
|nationalteam1= [[Panama national football team|Panama]]
|nationalcaps1= 48
|nationalgoals1= 19
|manageryears1= 2006      |managerclubs1= [[Panama national football team|Panama]]
|manageryears2= 2006      |managerclubs2= [[Panama national football team|Panama U-17]]
|manageryears3= 2006–2007 |managerclubs3= [[Panama national football team|Panama U-20]]
|manageryears4= 2009–2013 |managerclubs4= [[Panama national football team|Panama U-17]]
|manageryears5= 2014      |managerclubs5= [[Tauro F.C.|Tauro]]
|manageryears6= 2015      |managerclubs6= [[C.D. Águila|Águila]] (assistant)
|manageryears7= 2015      |managerclubs7= [[Tauro F.C.|Tauro]]
|manageryears8= 2018–2019 |managerclubs8= [[Panama national football team|Panama U-20]]
|manageryears9= 2020-2022 |managerclubs9= [[CD Plaza Amador|Plaza Amador]]
|manageryears10= 2023-    |managerclubs10=[[Panama national under-21 football team|Panama U-21]]
|manageryears11= 2023-    |managerclubs11=[[Panama national football team|Panama]] (assistant)
|manageryears12= 2023-    |managerclubs12=[[Panama national under-23 football team|Panama U-23]]
}}

'''Jorge Luis Dely Valdés''' (born March 12, 1967) is a Panamanian former [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]]. He is a twin brother of [[Julio Dely Valdés]] and younger brother of [[Armando Dely Valdés]].

== Club career ==
Born in [[Colón, Panama|Colon]], Dely Valdés began his professional career in 1989 in Argentina with [[Deportivo Paraguayo]] of Argentina, where he scored 28 goals.  A move to [[Club El Porvenir|El Porvenir]] for the 1990 season did not prove successful, as a leg injury kept him out most of the season, and he moved to [[Club Nacional de Football|Nacional]] of Uruguay the next season, where he won the Uruguayan Championship in 1992. In the next year, he won the Chilean Cup championship with [[Unión Española]].

Dely Valdés then moved to the [[Japan Football League]], where he played with [[Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo|Toshiba]]. In his first season, 1993, he led the Japan Football scoring table with 20 goals, and improved that in 1994, again leading the league with 34. Delys Valdés was transferred to [[Cerezo Osaka]] for the 1995 season, and continued his dominance, scoring 19 goals. In the subsequent season he moved to [[Sagan Tosu|Tosu Futures]], where he scored 24 goals. For the 1998 season, Dely Valdés was signed by a [[Japan Football League]] club, [[Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo|Consadole Sapporo]], looking to return to the first division; Jorge helped the team do just that, by scoring 40 goals in leading the team back. Dely Valdés remained with Sapporo in 1999, scoring 20 goals that season. He left them after the 1998 season.<ref>[http://portal.critica.com.pa/archivo/021799/dep3.html Panameño Jorge Dely Valdés abandonó el Consadole Sapporo] ''Crítica'' {{in lang|es}}</ref>

Dely Valdés returned to [[CONCACAF]] following the 1999 J. League season to play in [[Major League Soccer]] for the [[Colorado Rapids]].<ref>[http://portal.critica.com.pa/archivo/030599/dep3.html Rapids de Colorado contrataron anoche al panameño Jorge Dely] ''Crítica'' {{in lang|es}}</ref> Dely Valdés continued his scoring rate in the 1999 MLS season, registering 10 goals and 6 assists in 32 games for the Rapids. He continued to score in 2000, registering another 7 goals and 1 assist in 20 games, 13 starts, for the Rapids.

He returned to Japan to play for [[Omiya Ardija]] alongside compatriot [[Alfredo Anderson]]<ref>[http://www.panamaamerica.com.pa/content/alfredo-anderson-jugar%C3%A1-con-el-omiya-ardija-del-jap%C3%B3n Alfredo Anderson jugará con el Omiya Ardija del Japón] ''PanamaAmerica'' {{in lang|es}}</ref> and joined [[Kawasaki Frontale]] in 2003.<ref>[http://impresa.prensa.com/deportes/Jorge-Dely-firma-Frontale-Japon_0_808419161.html Jorge Dely firma con el Frontale en Japón] ''La Prensa'' {{in lang|es}}</ref>

== International career ==
Jorge was a very dangerous striker for the [[Panama national football team|Panama national team]] for over a decade, playing 27 games with the team in the 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Cup Qualifying cycles.<ref>{{FIFA player|157109}}</ref> He made his debut in a May [[1991 UNCAF Nations Cup]] match against [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]] and earned a total of 48 caps, scoring 19 goals.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/panama-recintlp.html Panama – Record International Players] – RSSSF</ref> He represented his country at the [[1995 UNCAF Nations Cup|1995]] and [[2001 UNCAF Nations Cup]]s.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam01det.html Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2001 – Details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024005059/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/gold-cam01det.html |date=2008-10-24 }} – RSSSF</ref>

In the Gold Cup of 2005, he scored two goals and led Panama to the final match against the United States.<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/05gc-full.html CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 – Full Details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024022300/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/05gc-full.html |date=2008-10-24 }} – RSSSF</ref>

His final international was an October 2005 [[FIFA World Cup qualification]] match against the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]].

== Managerial career ==
On August 8, 2014, he took over as manager at [[Tauro F.C.|Tauro]] in his native Panama,<ref name="Tauro">{{cite news |title=Palma resigns, Jorge Dely Valdes new Tauro coach |url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/palma-resigns-jorge-dely-valdes-new-tauro-coach |date=8 August 2014 |access-date=6 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303174457/http://www.concacaf.com/article/palma-resigns-jorge-dely-valdes-new-tauro-coach |archive-date=3 March 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a position he held until leaving on December 30, 2014<ref name="resigns">{{cite news | title=Dely Valdes departs Tauro |url=http://www.concacaf.com/article/dely-valdes-departs-tauro |date=30 December 2014 |access-date=6 January 2015}}</ref> to join his brother Julio at [[C.D. Águila|Águila]] in El Salvador.<ref>[http://www.laprensagrafica.com/2014/12/31/dely-valdes-a-aguila Dely Valdés a Águila] ''La Prensa Gráfica'' {{in lang|es}}</ref> He returned to Tauro in May 2015,<ref>[http://www.critica.com.pa/golazo/tauro-fc-se-encomienda-jorge-dely-391916 Tauro FC se encomienda a Jorge Dely] ''Crítica'' {{in lang|es}}</ref> only to be replaced by Rolando Palma in October 2015.<ref>[http://www.rpctv.com/deportes/futbolnacional/Jorge-Valdes-Tauro-Rolando-Palma_0_854915021.html Jorge Dely Valdés sale del Tauro, Rolando Palma regresa] – RPC {{in lang|es}}</ref>

As coach of [[Panama national under-20 football team|U-20 Panama]], he managed to write history for the country by helping the national team to win the first ever match in the [[FIFA U-20 World Cup]], a 2–1 victory over Asian champions [[Saudi Arabia national under-20 football team|U-20 Saudi Arabia]] in [[2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup]] and qualified to the round of sixteen for the first time ever in Panamanian history of the U-20 World Cup.

== Career statistics ==
=== International ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
| colspan=3 | [[Panama national football team|Panama]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|1991||1||0
|-
|1992||2||0
|-
|1993||0||0
|-
|1994||0||0
|-
|1995||2||0
|-
|1996||7||5
|-
|1997||0||0
|-
|1998||0||0
|-
|1999||1||1
|-
|2000||10||3
|-
|2001||8||7
|-
|2002||0||0
|-
|2003||0||0
|-
|2004||7||0
|-
|2005||10||3
|-
!Total||48||19
|}

'''International goals'''
:''Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.''<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/jldelyvaldes-intlg.html Jorge Luis Dely Valdes – International Goals]</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1 || 30 August 1996 || [[Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton)|Commonwealth Stadium]], [[Edmonton]], Canada || {{fb|CAN}} || '''1'''–2  || 1–3 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 2 || 22 September 1996 || [[Estadio Rommel Fernández]], [[Panama City]], [[Panama]] || {{fb|CUB}} || '''1'''–1 || 1–3 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 3 || 10 November 1996 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|SLV}} || '''1'''–0 || 2–3 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 4 || 10 November 1996 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]] || {{fb|SLV}} || '''2'''–2 || 2–3 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 5 || 15 December 1996 || [[Estadio Rommel Fernández]], [[Panama City]], [[Panama]] || {{fb|CUB}} || '''3'''–0 || 3–1 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 6 || 5 December 1999 || [[Estadio Rommel Fernández]], [[Panama City]], [[Panama]] || {{fb|CUB}} || '''1'''–0 || 1–0 || [[Friendly match]]
|-
| 7 || 7 May 2000 || [[Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino]], [[Tegucigalpa]], [[Honduras]] || {{fb|HON}} || '''1'''–1  || 1–3 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 8 || 21 May 2000 || [[Estadio Rommel Fernández]], [[Panama City]], [[Panama]] || {{fb|NIC}} || '''2'''–0 || 4–0 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 9 || 3 September 2000 || [[Estadio Azteca]], [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] || {{fb|MEX}} || '''1'''–3 || 1–7 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 10 || 23 May 2001 || [[Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano]], [[San Pedro Sula]], [[Honduras]] || {{fb|HON}} || '''1'''–0  || 2–1 || [[2001 UNCAF Nations Cup]]
|-
| 11 || 25 May 2001 || [[Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino]], [[Tegucigalpa]], [[Honduras]] || {{fb|SLV}} || '''1'''–2 || 1–2 || [[2001 UNCAF Nations Cup]]
|-
| 12 || 27 May 2001 || [[Estadio Excélsior]], [[Puerto Cortés]], [[Honduras]] || {{fb|NIC}} || '''1'''–0 || 6–0 || [[2001 UNCAF Nations Cup]]
|-
| 13 || 27 May 2001 || [[Estadio Excélsior]], [[Puerto Cortés]], [[Honduras]] || {{fb|NIC}} || '''2'''–0 || 6–0 || [[2001 UNCAF Nations Cup]]
|-
| 14 || 27 May 2001 || [[Estadio Excélsior]], [[Puerto Cortés]], [[Honduras]] || {{fb|NIC}} || '''4'''–0 || 6–0 || [[2001 UNCAF Nations Cup]]
|-
| 15 || 27 May 2001 || [[Estadio Excélsior]], [[Puerto Cortés]], [[Honduras]] || {{fb|NIC}} || '''5'''–0 || 6–0 || [[2001 UNCAF Nations Cup]]
|-
| 16 || 3 June 2001 || [[Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano]], [[San Pedro Sula]], [[Honduras]] || {{fb|GUA}} || '''1'''–2  || 1–3 || [[2001 UNCAF Nations Cup]]
|-
| 17 || 17 July 2005 || [[Reliant Stadium]], [[Houston]], USA || {{fb|SAF}} || '''1'''–0 || 1–1 || [[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]
|-
| 18 || 21 July 2005 || [[Giants Stadium]], [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]], USA || {{fb|COL}} || '''2'''–0 || 3–2 || [[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]
|-
| 19 || 17 August 2005 || [[Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]], [[Guatemala]] || {{fb|GUA}} || '''1'''–0 || 1–2 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|}

== Honours ==
'''Unión Española'''
* [[Copa Chile]]: [[1992 Copa Chile|1992]]

'''Individual'''
* [[CONCACAF Gold Cup]] Best XI (Honorable Mention): [[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2005]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{NFT player|8337}}
*{{J.League player}}
* {{MLS|jorge-dely-valdes}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150614075938/http://m.mlssoccer.com/news/article/what-ever-happened-jorge-dely-vald%C3%A9s What Ever Happened To: Jorge Dely Valdés] – MLS Soccer
* [http://www.ferplei.com/2010/01/dely-valdes-y-su-pasado-rojo/ ferplei.com]

{{2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup Team of the Tournament}}
{{Panama squad 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
{{Panama national football team managers}}

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