Diego Alfonso Valdés Contreras (born 30 January 1994) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Liga MX club América and the Chile national team.

Valdés was expected to play for the Chile national under-20 football team in the 2013 South American Youth Championship in Argentina.

[5] He got his first call up to the senior Chile squad for a friendly against the United States in January 2015 and made his international debut in the match.

[6] On September 10, 2018, a day before a friendly match between Chile and South Korea, Valdés made a racist gesture, slanting his eyes with his hands at a fan publicity event.

[8] The gesture was reported internationally and created furor in South Korea, resulting in Valdés posting an apology widely seen as inadequate.