Armando Javier Dely Valdés (5 January 1964 – 17 August 2004) was a Panamanian footballer who played as a forward.
In 1983, he was signed by Argentinos Juniors and went on to win a number of major titles with the club.
[1] Nicknamed Pelé, Dely Valdés left Argentinos Juniors for another Argentine team, Instituto de Córdoba.
[1] On May 29, 2001, Daly Valdés suffered a heart attack which left him in a coma from which he never recovered.
He was left in a permanent vegetative state in which he suffered sepsis and lung infections amongst other complications.