Carlos Alberto Valenzuela Costa (21 October 1948 – 13 August 2016) was a Chilean football player and manager who played as a centre-back for clubs in Chile and Mexico.
[4][5] After being honored as the best defender of the 1971 Segunda División de Chile, the next year he moved to Mexico and signed with Toluca alongside his teammate in Palestino, Nelson Torres.
[3][2] Following his retirement, he developed a career as coach, leading clubs such as Iván Mayo [es] and Magallanes and the team of BCI in the bank football league.
[13] His son of the same name, Carlos Valenzuela Cerda, was born in Mexico in 1974 and was a Chile international at under-20 level.
[14] In addition to play in Chile for clubs such as Palestino and Ñublense, he had a stint with Mexican side América in 1999.