Career
Recognized as one of Chile"s most important midfielders, with 215 official goals, he is the top scorer in the history of Chilean league. He was also the uncle of Chilean football player Sebastián "Chamagol" González. Valdés always played in the Chilean first division league, where he became the top scorer in their history with 215 goals in 478 official matches, leaving behind Pedro "Heidi" Gonzalez with 212 goals.
Selected by the Chilean National Team, he played 50 matches, scoring 9 goals.
He was the Chilean offensive midfielder in the England 1966 and Germany 1974 Fédération internationale de football association World Cups. He died of heart failure at his home at the age of 66.