Enner Valencia, an Ecuadorian professional football player who plays forward for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and captains the Ecuadorian national team, was born on November 4, 1989.
In Ecuador, where he previously played for Emelec, he won the 2013 Ecuadorian Serie A and the 2013 Copa Sudamericana Golden Boot. Valencia also represented Pachuca in Mexico, where he won the 2014 Clausura tournament and the Liga MX Golden Boot. He paid an estimated £12 million to join West Ham United in England in July 2014. Valencia spent the 2016–17 season on loan at Everton before being purchased by the Mexican team Tigres UANL in July 2017.
Enner Valencia parents: Bolivia Lastra, Remberto Valencia
Doa Bolivia Lastra and Remberto Valencia, Enner’s parents, welcomed him into the world on November 4, 1989, in Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
Valencia scored his 32nd and 33rd goals in international play on October 8, 2021, against Bolivia in a 2022 World Cup qualifying game, becoming the Ecuador national team’s all-time leading scorer.
In their 2-0 victory over tournament hosts Qatar on November 20 in the opening game of the 2022 World Cup, Valencia scored both of Ecuador’s goals.
He then set a new record for Ecuador in World Cup final scoring with five goals.
Valencia scored in a 1-1 draw with the Netherlands on November 25, 2022, making history as the first South American player to score six goals in a row in a World Cup match.
