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Hammers agree Valencia transfer
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Enner Valencia completes Hammers move, subject to a successful work permit
hearing
17.07.2014

West Ham United are delighted to announce that exciting Ecuador
international forward Enner Valencia will become the Club's fifth summer
signing, subject to a successful work permit hearing. The Hammers fought off
competition from a host of Europe's leading clubs to secure the services of
the 25-year-old from Mexican side Pachuca. Valencia, who impressed hugely in
scoring three goals for his country at the FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil,
will join West Ham on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee. Born in
the port town of San Lorenzo on the north coast of Ecuador, close to the
Colombian border, Valencia began his career with Club Sport Emelec in the
city of Guayaquil. There, the forward helped Emelec to reach the Ecuadorean
Serie A Championship Finals and the group stage of the Copa Libertadores -
South America's premier continental competition - in both 2010 and 2011.
Valencia starred as Emelec reached the Copa Libertadores round of 16 and the
Serie A Championship Finals again in 2012. In February of the same year, the
athletic frontman was handed his senior international debut by Ecuador
manager Reinaldo Rueda in a friendly match against Honduras.

The year 2013 was the best of Valencia's career to date, with his club
winning the Serie A title for the first time in eleven years and also
topping the goalscoring charts in the Copa Sudamerica - South America's
equivalent of the UEFA Europa League - with five goals in just four matches.
Valencia was also able to celebrate his first international goal in a 2-2
draw against Honduras last November. That outstanding form saw the
Ecuadorian move to Pachuca in January 2014. In Mexico, he hit the net with
unerring regularity, banging in 18 goals in just 23 Torneo Clausura
appearances as Pachuca finished as runners-up to Leon. Prior to his
eye-catching World Cup performances, Valencia came to the attention of
English football fans when he headed Ecuador in front in their
pre-tournament draw with Roy Hodgson's side in Miami.

In Brazil, he picked up where he had left off by opening the scoring in
Ecuador's first group-stage fixture against Switzerland. He then netted both
goals as the South Americans defeated Honduras 2-1, taking his tally to
seven in 13 internationals. Valencia becomes West Ham's fifth summer signing
following the captures of Argentine forward Mauro Zarate, Senegalese
midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate, left-back Aaron Cresswell and promising
youngster Diego Poyet.
Subject to a successful work permit hearing, he will become the first
Ecuadorian to play for the Hammers and the ninth to appear in the Barclays
Premier League following the late Christian Benitez, Felipe Caicedo, Segundo
Castillo, Ulises de la Cruz, Agustin Delgado, Fernando Guerrero, Ivan
Kaviedes and namesake Antonio Valencia.

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