Armando Dely Valdés

Armando Dely Valdés
Personal information
Full name	Armando Javier Dely Valdés
Date of birth	January 5, 1964
Place of birth	Colón, Panama
Date of death	August 17, 2004 (aged 40)
Place of death	Colón, Panama
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1981–1983	Técnica y Deportes
1983–1988	Argentinos Juniors
1988	Instituto de Córdoba
1989	San Martín
1989–1990	Maccabi Tel Aviv
1990–1991	Beitar Tel Aviv
1991	Peñarol
1992	Liverpool MVD
1995	Plaza Amador
International career
1984–1995	Panama
Managerial career
1996	Plaza Amador
	Árabe Unido
1996–2001	Panama (assistant)
	Panama U-20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Armando Javier Dely Valdés (5 January 1964 – 17 August 2004) was a Panamanian footballer who played as a forward. He was the elder brother of the twins Julio Dely Valdés and Jorge Dely Valdés.

Club career

He started his playing career with Técnica y Deportes in Panama.

In 1983, he was signed by

Juventus of Italy.^[1]

Nicknamed Pelé, Dely Valdés left Argentinos Juniors for another Argentine team,

Liverpool in Uruguay.^[2]

International career

Dely Valdés represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[3] His final international was a December 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Guatemala.

Retirement and death

After retiring as a player he worked as the assistant manager of the Panama national team between 1996 and 2001 and became the coach of the Panama Under-20 team in 2001. He also managed

Árabe Unido.^[1]

On May 29, 2001, Daly Valdés suffered a

Panamanian Football Federation renamed the Árabe Unido football stadium to Estadio Armando Dely Valdés

.