Valentín Vada
Vada with Bordeaux in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-03-06) 6 March 1996
Place of birth Santa Fe, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Rubin Kazan
Number 30
Youth career
2006–2010 Proyecto Crecer
2010–2014 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 Bordeaux II 59 (7)
2014–2019 Bordeaux 86 (8)
2019Saint-Étienne (loan) 12 (1)
2019–2021 Almería 32 (2)
2020–2021Tenerife (loan) 32 (2)
2021–2023 Zaragoza 66 (11)
2023– Rubin Kazan 11 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2023

Valentín Vada (Spanish pronunciation: [balenˈtim ˈbaða];[lower-roman 1] born 6 March 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Russian club Rubin Kazan.[2]

Career

Vada’s move to France was controversial. In 2010 at the age of 14 as a minor, his arrival from a non-EU country was against the laws governing the movement of underage players. Italian heritage ameliorated those concerns eventually, but Vada was unable to play in any competitive matches, even for the “B” team until he turned 17.[3]

Vada made his Ligue 1 debut on 13 December 2015 against Angers SCO replacing Nicolas Maurice-Belay after 79 minutes.[4] He scored his first professional goals on 8 April 2017, netting a brace in a 3–0 home defeat of FC Metz.

On 31 January 2019, the last day of the 2018–19 winter transfer window, Vada joined Bordeaux's league rivals AS Saint-Étienne on loan until the end of the season.[5] On 23 August, he agreed to a five-year contract with Segunda División side UD Almería.[6]

On 4 October 2020, despite being a regular starter for the Andalusians, Vada was loaned to fellow second division side CD Tenerife for the 2020–21 season.[7] On 31 August 2021, he terminated his contract with Almería,[8] and signed a two-year deal with Real Zaragoza in the same category just hours later.[9]

On 14 September 2023, Vada signed a two-year contract with Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan.[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 December 2023[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bordeaux II 2013–14 CFA 241241
2014–15 CFA 244244
2015–16 CFA 8181
2018–19 CFA 2 3131
Total 59700000000597
Bordeaux 2014–15 Ligue 1 00000000
2015–16 Ligue 1 16030201[lower-alpha 1]0220
2016–17 Ligue 1 2862040346
2017–18 Ligue 1 21200101[lower-alpha 1]0232
2018–19 Ligue 1 2010103[lower-alpha 1]070
Total 67860805000868
Saint-Étienne (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 1 121000000121
Almería (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División 322002[lower-alpha 2]0342
Tenerife (loan) 2020–21 Segunda División 32131352
Real Zaragoza 2021–22 Segunda División 29700297
2022–23 Segunda División 37410384
Total 661110006711
Rubin Kazan 2023–24 Russian Premier League 11310123
Career total 2793311180502030534
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance(s) in Segunda División play-offs

Notes

  1. In isolation, Valentín is pronounced [balenˈtin].

References

  1. "VADA | Real Zaragoza Web Oficial".
  2. 1 2 Valentín Vada at Soccerway
  3. "Scout Report: Valentin Vada | Bordeaux's exciting young midfielder • Outside of the Boot". 8 March 2017.
  4. "Angers vs. Bordeaux - 13 December 2015". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. Langer, Robert (31 January 2019). "Valentin Vada (Bordeaux) rejoint Saint-Etienne (officiel)". Mercato365 (in French). Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  6. "Valentín Vada, de la Ligue 1 francesa a la UD Almería" [Valentín Vada, from the French Ligue 1 to UD Almería] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  7. "Argentinian Midfielder Valentín Vada to move on loan to CD Tenerife". UD Almería. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  8. "Maraš loaned out to Rayo Vallecano while Juan Ibiza and Vada end contracts". UD Almería. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  9. "El Real Zaragoza ficha al centrocampista argentino Valentín Vada" [Real Zaragoza sign the Argentine central midfielder Valentín Vada] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  10. "ВАЛЕНТИН ВАДА – ИГРОК «РУБИНА»" (in Russian). Rubin Kazan. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
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