Valentín Larralde
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 November 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | El Pato, Argentina[1] | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[2] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Independiente | |||
| 2009–2018 | Gimnasia y Esgrima | ||
| 2018–2020 | Defensa y Justicia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | 
| 2020–2025 | Defensa y Justicia | 14 | (0) | 
| 2021 | → Arsenal Sarandí (loan) | 12 | (0) | 
| 2022 | → San Martín Tucumán (loan) | 33 | (1) | 
| 2023 | → O'Higgins (loan) | 15 | (0) | 
| 2024 | → Gimnasia Jujuy (loan) | 10 | (0) | 
| 2024 | → Aldosivi (loan) | 15 | (0) | 
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:28, 18 July 2025 (UTC) | |||
Valentín Larralde (born 15 November 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[3]
Career
Larralde spent his embryonic years with a local team in El Pato, which preceded a two-year stint with Independiente and subsequently Gimnasia y Esgrima.[4][1] In 2018, Larralde joined Defensa y Justicia.[4] 2020 saw the central midfielder move into Hernán Crespo's first-team.[4][5] He was initially an unused substitute for Copa Libertadores group stage wins over Delfín and Olimpia, before making his senior debut in the away match with Delfín on 1 October 2020; coming on for the final ten minutes of a three-goal defeat.[3] Larralde signed his first professional contract a week later.[6][7][8]
In June 2021, Larralde was loaned out to Arsenal Sarandí for the rest of 2021.[9] After returning from the spell, he was loaned out again, this time to San Martín de Tucumán until the end of 2022.[10]
In 2023, he was loaned to Chilean side O'Higgins.[11]
Career statistics
- As of 22 November 2020.[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Defensa y Justicia | 2020–21[nb 1] | Primera División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Career total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
Notes
- ^ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
References
- ^ a b "Larralde, el joven que se convirtió de Lobo a Halcón". Inferiores Platenses. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Valentín Larralde". World Football. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Argentina - V. Larralde". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Valentín Larralde: "para pelear cosas grandes hay que resolver estos desafíos"". Defensa y Justicia. 9 October 2020. Archived from the original on 12 June 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Defensa y Justicia informó los diez futbolistas que se sumarán a la lista de 40 por la Libertadores". Doble Amarilla. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Defensa y Justicia, contrato profesional para Larralde". TODOmercadoWEB. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Valentín Larralde, futbolista: "Siempre voy a estar agradecido a este club"". Radio Municipal Fv. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ "Sigue en sintonía". Vavel. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ Valentín Larralde, importante refuerzo para Arsenal, tycsports.com, 25 June 2021
- ^ Larralde puso el gancho en San Martín de Tucumán, interiorfutbolero.com.ar, 31 December 2021
- ^ "O'Higgins de Rancagua: 13 jugadores finalizaron contrato con el club" (in Spanish). 13 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.