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Ecuadorian striker Enner Valencia has generally moved in and out of the consciousness of the football world.
The striker skirts the outer edge of relevance until he reaches the World Cup, where he is in his element.
The 33-year-old Ecuadorian captain rose to fame in Brazil 2014 by scoring 3 goals at the organizational level against Switzerland and Honduras, his team was eliminated.
Eight years later, at Qatar’s opening on November 20, Valencia spoiled the hosts’ party with a brace to secure a 2-0 victory and saw others discarded.
Valencia’s first goal made him the oldest player to score the tournament’s first goal.
Ecuador showed off against Holland in their moment of play and deserved more than a 1-1 draw, in which Valencia scored again, underlining their fondness for chances.
Valencia is the top scorer of the tournament, along with Frenchman Kylian Mbappé, with 3 goals in two games.
“We know we have an impressive captain,” left-back Pervis Estupinan said.
“He’s struggling to get better. “
Valencia is only the fourth player to score six consecutive goals for a World Cup country, Portugal’s Eusebio, Italy’s Paolo Rossi and Russia’s Oleg Salenko.
While coach Gustavo Alfaro rightly relies on exciting young Ecuadorians, adding Moises Caicedo, Estupinan and Jeremy Sarmiento from Brighton, Valencia remains an important presence.
Valencia, a former winger, has Ecuador’s biggest risk and is their most sensible scorer of all time with 38 goals.
Before the World Cup, he endured a barren period, with one goal in 8 games, but at the right time, goals rain again in Qatar.
Ecuador’s great fear is that Valencia will be forced to be injured in either of the two games, due to a knee problem.
“I had some tests and it came out that I had a sprained knee, which annoys me a bit,” said the striker after the draw against the Netherlands.
“I played despite the pain, but the important thing is that I was able to help the team and we are still strong.
“The knee is better, I want to do a recovery task and I hope I can play (against Senegal). “
After starting his career with Emelec in the Ecuadorian elite, which he won in 2013, Valencia moved to the Mexican side of Pachuca.
A prolific season with 18 in 23 league games earned him the call-up to the Ecuadorian national team at the 2014 World Cup, where the performances aroused the interest of the Premier League.
West Ham pounced, spending 12 million pounds ($14. 5 million) on the striker, who scored a goal from distance in his league debut against Hull City.
It turned out to be a start and he controlled just 4 goals in 32 appearances in his first league campaign, and the same paltry contribution in his second.
West Ham loaned him to Everton, where he continued to fight, culminating his adventure in the Premier League.
During his time at Everton in 2016, Valencia made headlines when he chased police on home soil outside a stadium.
The striker was participating in a World Cup qualifier against Chile, but after retiring injured, he accelerated in a cart around the field while the police chased him.
They were looking for him to interrogate him about the non-payment of alimony according to allegations by his ex-wife, since the arrest warrant was later revoked.
Valencia spoke out on Twitter after the incident, having been given custody of his daughter Beira, who was then five years old.
He returned to Mexico in 2017 for 3 more successful years with Tigres, before Turkish side Fenerbahce signed him in the summer of 2020.
With thirteen goals in 12 games, Valencia is the smartest scorer in the division this season, placing the kind of form Ecuador is enjoying now.
The country’s hopes are pinned back on Valencia’s mast, and if it responds to Senegal, it can send them to the qualifiers for the moment in their history.
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