Marc Valiente

Born in Granollers, Barcelona, Catalonia, Valiente started his career at FC Barcelona aged 10, being club captain for most of its youth sides and playing alongside Cesc Fàbregas, Lionel Messi, Gerard Piqué and Víctor Vázquez. He made his debut for the first team against CF Badalona in a Copa del Rey second-leg match, coming on as a substitute for Juliano Belletti at half time of the 4–0 home win. In July 2008, after some turbulence regarding his future, Valiente moved to Sevilla FC after being released by the Blaugrana. He spent his first professional season with the Andalusians' reserves, starting most of the year in a relegation from the Segunda División. On 21 November 2009, injuries to the first squad, mostly Federico Fazio, granted Valiente his first La Liga opportunity, as he started in the 2–1 away win against CD Tenerife. He appeared in two more games during the campaign – replacing injured Adriano before the 30-minute mark of the 1–0 win at Sporting de Gijón, and playing the first half away to eventual champions Barcelona (0–0 at halftime, 4–0 defeat)– being released by Sevilla in June 2010 and signing for three years with Real Valladolid, recently relegated to the second division. Valiente scored his first goal as a professional on 19 September 2010, but in a 2–1 away loss to Real Betis. He contributed 33 games, nearly 3,000 minutes of action and one goal in his second year, as the Castile and León side returned to the top flight after a two-year absence. On 2 July…

Valiente was a Spanish international at under-19 and under-20 levels. On 30 December 2013 he earned his first and only cap for the Catalonia regional team, starting in the 4–1 defeat of Cape Verde held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.

Sevilla

Copa del Rey: 2009–10 Maccabi Haifa

Israel State Cup: 2015–16 Partizan

Serbian Cup: 2018–19 Spain U19

UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2006