Esteban Valencia (footballer, born 1972)

Esteban Andrés Valencia Bascuñán (born 8 January 1972) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Club career
A historical player of Universidad de Chile, in Chile he also played for Provincial Osorno, Deportes Puerto Montt, Palestino and Universidad Católica.

Abroad he played for Colón in Argentina and Persegi Bali in Indonesia at the end of his career, where he faced other Chilean players such as Francisco Rotunno.

International career
Nicknamed "Huevito", Valencia obtained a total number of 48 caps for the Chile national football team, scoring three goals between 1994 and 2001. He made his full international debut on 30 April 1994.

Following his return from Indonesia in 2008, he represented the Chile beach soccer team in the South American Championship, alongside retired professional footballers such as Rodrigo Cuevas, Rodrigo Sanhueza, Jorge Torres (Chilean footballer) and Carlos Medina, with Miguel Ángel Gamboa as coach.

Managerial career
After working in the Universidad de Chile youth system, in 2021 he took the challenge of managing the first team as a caretaker after Rafael Dudamel was released. Later, he was confirmed until the end of the 2021 season. After this experience, he assumed as Technical Coordinator for the youth system.

In 2024, Valencia assumed as coach for the reserve team of Deportes Temuco. On 20 October of the same year, he assumed as interim coach of the first team.

Personal life
He is the father of the professional footballer Esteban Valencia Reyes.

Player

 * Universidad de Chile
 * Primera División (5): 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2004 Apertura
 * Copa Chile (2): 1998, 2000