In England the legend of Antonio Valencia as figure and captain of Manchester United is still present. A British media outlet included the Ecuadorian soccer player among the best captains of the red devils in the history of the Premier League.
The British newspaper ‘Manchester Evening News’Put together a Top 10 with the players who wore the captain’s band of the Red Devils since 1992, the year in which the first edition of the Premier League.
Valencia played for a decade with the ‘Reds Devils’ shirt; He played 339 games, scored 25 goals and won nine titles until his departure from the club at the end of the 2018/2019 season.
The 34-year-old winger wore the captain’s belt for the first time on July 22, 2016 in a friendly against Borussia Dortmund, at the request of the Portuguese coach José Mourinho. The last time he wore the bracelet was in the duel against Cardiff on May 12, 2019, in Old Trafford.
In that meeting he entered the change at minute 74 in place of Diogo Dalo, amidst a standing ovation and received the captain’s band from Ashley Young, in what meant the end of his cycle in one of the biggest clubs in England.
‘Tone’ occupies the tenth position in the list that also includes Michael Carrick, Ashley Young, Harry Maguire, Wayne RooneyGary Neville and Eric Cantona. The podium is led by the Irish Roy Keane, followed by Nemanja Vidic and finally Steve Bruce.
From the Ecuadorian the portal mentions: “Valencia led the captain’s band in the Final of the Europa League 2017 in the triumph over Ajax and he became the official captain for the 2018/2019 season, however, his physical condition seemed to be altered, since he had few appearances in that season before signing for the Quito League when the contract expired ” .
Of the ten captains that make up the list, six of them have English nationality (Carrick, Young, Maguire, Rooney, Neville and Bruce). There is a representative from France (Cantona), Serbia (Vidic), Ireland (Kean) and Ecuador (Valencia).
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