Valentín Viola

Titín Viola

Personal information
Full name	Valentín Nicolás Viola
Date of birth	August 28, 1991
Place of birth	Moreno, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Forward / Winger
Club information
Current team	Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz (on loan from Apollon Limassol)
Number	16
Youth career
-2010	Racing Club
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2009–2012	Racing Club	46	(6)
2012–2016	Sporting	18	(1)
2013–2016	Sporting B	8	(2)
2013–2014	→ Racing Club (loan)	30	(1)
2014–2015	→ Karabükspor (loan)	21	(3)
2016–	Apollon Limassol	0	(0)
2016–	→ Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz (loan)	7	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2016. † Appearances (goals)

Valentín Nicolás Viola (born 28 August 1991, in Moreno) is an Argentine football player who plays for Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz, on loan from Apollon Limassol.

Career

Racing Club

Valentín came through the Racing Club youth development system, and made his debut for Racing's first team in a friendly match against El Porvenir in January 2010. His first official match occurred on 3 September 2010 during Apertura 2010, in a match against Colón; he scored his first official goal on 7 May 2011 in the 2-1 win against Arsenal de Sarandí, when he came on as a substitute in the 80th minute, replacing Gabriel Hauche, and scored one minute later. Valentín had already scored for Racing first team, when he scored a header against Godoy Cruz at Copa Ciudad de Mendonza on 27 January 2011.

Sporting

On late July 2012, despite interest from other clubs, such as Parma, Atlético Madrid and Benfica,^[1] he was transferred to Sporting.^[2]

References

1. "Racing fear losing Viola" (in Portuguese). O Jogo. 2012-07-11.
2. "Agreement for Viola" (in Portuguese). A Bola. 2012-07-27.

External links

• Valentín Viola at footballzz.co.uk
• ESPN statistics
• (Spanish) BDFA profile
• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics at Futbol XXI