Enner Remberto Valencia Lastra (born April 11, 1989) is an Ecuadorian footballer. He currently plays as a Midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 or as Wing Forward for Emelec

Club Sport Emelec

Club Sport Emelec is a Ecuadorian sports club based in Guayaquil that is best known for their professional football team. The football team plays in the Ecuadorian Serie A, the highest level of professional football in the country....

 in Serie A de Ecuador.

Club career

Valencia came to Guayaquil

Guayaquil

Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...

 to try out in Emelec

Emelec

Emelec can refer to:*Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador, a former Ecuadorian electric company*Club Sport Emelec, a football club founded by the above company...

 in 2008 from Caribe Junior's youth system, the same team where Ecuador star Antonio Valencia played on his early years, . In 2008, he was transferred to Emelec

Emelec

Emelec can refer to:*Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador, a former Ecuadorian electric company*Club Sport Emelec, a football club founded by the above company...

, on a free where he has played since. From 2008 to early 2010 he received no opportunities on the first team, but with the arrival of the Argentinian coach Jorge Sampaoli, Valencia started to receive playtime opportunities. In 2010 he played mostly as a sub but on very few games where he was a starter, then on 2011 he has had plenty more opportunities and despite still not being an unmovable part of Emelec

Emelec

Emelec can refer to:*Empresa Eléctrica del Ecuador, a former Ecuadorian electric company*Club Sport Emelec, a football club founded by the above company...

's starting eleven, if he doesn’t start he is usually a first choice sub.

International career

He has not received an international call up to this day although many pundits believe he should get a chance on Ecuador

Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...

's squad.

Personal Life

He is married and has one child. He has no family relationship with Antonio Valencia and the fact that they played in the same team as kids and bear the same last name is merely a coincidence, in fact Antonio and Enner did not even get a chance to play together in Caribe Junior, Antonio was already gone when Enner was signed by the Sucumbios team.