Valentín Viola

Valentín Nicolás Viola (born 28 August 1991) is an Argentine football player.

[1] Valentín came through the Racing Club youth development system, and made his debut for Racing's first team in a friendly match against El Porvenir in January 2010.

His first official match occurred on 3 September 2010 during Apertura 2010, in a match against Colón; he scored his first official goal on 7 May 2011 in the 2–1 win against Arsenal de Sarandí, when he came on as a substitute in the 80th minute, replacing Gabriel Hauche, and scored one minute later.

On late July 2012, despite interest from other clubs, such as Parma, Atlético Madrid and Benfica,[2] he was transferred to Sporting.

[3] This biographical article related to association football in Argentina, about a defender born in the 1990s, is a stub.