Valentín Pimentel

Valentín Pimentel
Pimentel with Panama at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Personal information
Full name Valentín Enrique Pimentel Armuelles
Date of birth 30 May 1991
Place of birth Santa Ana, Panama City, Panama
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Team information
Current team
Sporting San Miguelito
Number 91
Youth career
Chepo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 SUNTRACS 0 (0)
2014–2015 Plaza Amador (loan) 38 (9)
2016–2017 La Equidad 12 (0)
2017–2019 Plaza Amador 48 (5)
2019 Costa del Este 33 (9)
2020 Deportivo Lara 3 (1)
2020-2021 Costa del Este 9 (2)
2021- Sporting San Miguelito 31 (6)
International career
2015– Panama 28 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:26, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

Valentín Enrique Pimentel Armuelles (born 30 May 1991) is a Panamanian footballer who plays for Sporting San Miguelito and the Panama national football team.

Club career

Born in Santa Ana, Pimentel played for the Chepo youth team and for second division teams Vista Alegre and SUNTRACS before joining Plaza Amador.

International career

He made his debut for Panama in a June 2015 friendly match against Ecuador and he was called up to the Panama team for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup; he played in Panama's opening game.

In May 2018 he was named in Panama's preliminary 35 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Career statistics

International

As of 28 June 2018
Panama
Year Apps Goals
2015 11 1
2016 6 0
2017 2 0
2018 4 0
Total 23 1

International goals

Scores and results list Panama's goal tally first.
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 8 October 2015 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Trinidad and Tobago 1–2 1–2 Friendly

Personal life

Pimentel studies at Panama University to earn a degree in shipping company management. He has a son with his wife Maria Fernanda Carrillo.