El internacional ecuatoriano jugó este sábado su partido número 200 con la camiseta de los diablos rojos y es el extranjero, de este lado del globo, que más partidos ha jugado en el club.
Desde luego en la lista aparecen verdaderas leyendas del United, sin ir más lejos, el jugador con más apariciones en la historia es el enorme Ryan Giggs, seguido por otros grandes como Bobby Charlton, Paul Scholes, Bill Foulkes, Gary Neville, Alex Stepney, Tony Dunne, Dennis Irwin y Joe Spence para completar los diez primeros.
Toño aparece en el lugar noventa y cuatro y todo hace prever que seguirá escalando lugares en los próximos meses, de sus 200 apariciones 152 han sido como titular y 48 desde la banca de suplentes. Ha conseguido 21 goles con la famosa camiseta roja.
Este es el tweet de felicitación de su club por cumplir 200 partidos:
Congratulations to Antonio Valencia, who makes his 200th #mufc appearance today. pic.twitter.com/XUa795Ih5w
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) noviembre 29, 2014
Entre los más conocidos jugadores que Antonio podría alcanzar en los próximos meses se encuentra un monstruo como Ruud Van Nistelrooy que tiene 219 apariciones, o un excompañero suyo, el portugués Nani que tiene 230 presencias.
Exclusivamente entre latinoamericanos Valencia lidera una selecta lista en la que constan también: Anderson de Brasil, con 181 juegos; Rafael también de Brasil con 165 partidos y el mexicano Chicharito Hernández que jugó 154 partidos.
Y si se incluyen los iberoamericanos Antonio es tercero, solamente por detrás del mencionado Nani y del gran Cristiano Ronaldo que tuvo un total de 292 presencias vistiendo la casaca roja.
Cabe recalcar que en esta lista solo se incluyen jugadores que tengan como mínimo cien apariciones, de modo que un conocido como Carlos Tévez queda fuera por haber cumplido únicamente 99 juegos con el United.
Son 200 apariciones de Toño en todas las competencias, refiriéndonos únicamente a la Premier League, el ecuatoriano tiene 139 apariciones.
Y esta es la lista de los 100 primeros del escalafón:
No. | Name | Nationality | Position | United career | Starts | Subs | Total | Goals |
1 | Ryan Giggs | Wales | MF | 1991–2014 | 802 | 161 | 963 | 168 |
2 | Bobby Charlton | England | FW | 1956–1973 | 756 | 2 | 758 | 249 |
3 | Paul Scholes | England | MF | 1994–2011 | 577 | 141 | 718 | 155 |
4 | Bill Foulkes | England | DF | 1952–1970 | 685 | 3 | 688 | 9 |
5 | Gary Neville | England | DF | 1992–2011 | 566 | 36 | 602 | 7 |
6 | Alex Stepney | England | GK | 1966–1979 | 539 | 0 | 539 | 2 |
7 | Tony Dunne | Ireland | DF | 1960–1973 | 534 | 1 | 535 | 2 |
8 | Denis Irwin | Ireland | DF | 1990–2002 | 511 | 18 | 529 | 33 |
9 | Joe Spence | England | FW | 1919–1933 | 510 | 0 | 510 | 168 |
10 | Arthur Albiston | Scotland | FB | 1974–1988 | 467 | 18 | 485 | 7 |
11 | Roy Keane | Ireland | MF | 1993–2005 | 458 | 22 | 480 | 51 |
12 | Brian McClair | Scotland | U | 1987–1998 | 398 | 73 | 471 | 127 |
13 | George Best | Northern Ireland | FW | 1963–1974 | 470 | 0 | 470 | 179 |
14 | Mark Hughes | Wales | FW | 1983–1986, | 453 | 14 | 467 | 163 |
15 | Bryan Robson | England | MF | 1981–1994 | 437 | 24 | 461 | 99 |
16 | Martin Buchan | Scotland | DF | 1972–1983 | 456 | 0 | 456 | 4 |
17 | Rio Ferdinand | England | DF | 2002–2014 | 444 | 11 | 455 | 8 |
18 | Wayne Rooney | England | FW | 2004– | 406 | 45 | 451 | 220 |
19 | Jack Silcock | England | FB | 1919–1934 | 449 | 0 | 449 | 2 |
20 | Gary Pallister | England | DF | 1989–1998 | 433 | 4 | 437 | 15 |
21 | Jack Rowley | England | FW | 1937–1955 | 424 | 0 | 424 | 211 |
22 | Sammy McIlroy | Northern Ireland | MF | 1971–1982 | 391 | 28 | 419 | 71 |
23 | Steve Bruce | England | DF | 1987–1996 | 411 | 3 | 414 | 51 |
24 | Denis Law | Scotland | FW | 1962–1973 | 398 | 6 | 404 | 237 |
25 | Lou Macari | Scotland | FW | 1973–1984 | 374 | 27 | 401 | 97 |
26 | Peter Schmeichel | Denmark | GK | 1991–1999 | 398 | 0 | 398 | 1 |
27 | Pat Crerand | Scotland | HB | 1963–1971 | 397 | 0 | 397 | 15 |
28 | Steve Coppell | England | MF | 1975–1983 | 393 | 3 | 396 | 70 |
29 | Nobby Stiles | England | HB | 1959–1971 | 395 | 0 | 395 | 19 |
30 | David Beckham | England | MF | 1992–2003 | 356 | 38 | 394 | 85 |
31 | John O'Shea | Ireland | U | 1999–2011 | 301 | 92 | 393 | 15 |
32 | Allenby Chilton | England | HB | 1946–1955 | 391 | 0 | 391 | 3 |
33 | Nicky Butt | England | MF | 1992–2004 | 307 | 80 | 387 | 26 |
34 | Phil Neville | England | U | 1995–2005 | 301 | 85 | 386 | 8 |
35 | Patrice Evra | France | DF | 2006–2014 | 357 | 22 | 379 | 10 |
36 | Mike Duxbury | England | DF | 1980–1990 | 345 | 33 | 378 | 7 |
37 | Gary Bailey | England | GK | 1978–1987 | 375 | 0 | 375 | 0 |
38 | Ole Gunnar Solskjær | Norway | FW | 1996–2007 | 216 | 150 | 366 | 126 |
39 | Wes Brown | England | DF | 1998–2011 | 313 | 49 | 362 | 5 |
40 | Michael Carrick | England | MF | 2006– | 313 | 49 | 362 | 22 |
41 | Mikaël Silvestre | France | DF | 1999–2008 | 326 | 35 | 361 | 10 |
42 | Shay Brennan | Ireland | FB | 1958–1970 | 358 | 1 | 359 | 6 |
43 | Johnny Carey | Ireland Ireland | FB | 1937–1953 | 344 | 0 | 344 | 17 |
44 | Stan Pearson | England | FW | 1937–1954 | 343 | 0 | 343 | 148 |
45 | Darren Fletcher | Scotland | MF | 2003– | 264 | 72 | 336 | 24 |
46 | Billy Meredith | Wales | FW | 1907–1921 | 335 | 0 | 335 | 36 |
47 | David Sadler | England | U | 1962–1973 | 328 | 7 | 335 | 27 |
48 | Charlie Moore | England | FB | 1919–1921, | 328 | 0 | 328 | 0 |
49 | Alf Steward | England | GK | 1920–1932 | 326 | 0 | 326 | 0 |
50 | Lal Hilditch | England | HB | 1919–1932 | 322 | 0 | 322 | 7 |
51 | George Wall | England | FW | 1906–1915 | 319 | 0 | 319 | 100 |
52 | Fred Erentz | Scotland | FB | 1892–1902 | 310 | 0 | 310 | 9 |
53 | Alex Bell | Scotland | HB | 1903–1913 | 309 | 0 | 309 | 10 |
54 | Charlie Roberts | England | HB | 1904–1913 | 302 | 0 | 302 | 23 |
55 | Ray Bennion | Wales | HB | 1921–1932 | 301 | 0 | 301 | 3 |
56 | Nemanja Vidić | Serbia | DF | 2006–2014 | 290 | 10 | 300 | 21 |
57 | Willie Morgan | Scotland | MF | 1968–1975 | 293 | 3 | 296 | 34 |
58 | Dennis Viollet | England | FW | 1953–1962 | 293 | 0 | 293 | 179 |
59 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | FW | 2003–2009 | 244 | 48 | 292 | 118 |
60 | Kevin Moran | Ireland | DF | 1979–1988 | 284 | 5 | 289 | 24 |
61 | Frank Stapleton | Ireland | FW | 1981–1987 | 267 | 21 | 288 | 78 |
62 | John Aston, Sr. | England | FB | 1946–1954 | 284 | 0 | 284 | 30 |
63 | Paul Ince | England | MF | 1989–1995 | 276 | 5 | 281 | 29 |
64 | Roger Byrne | England | FB | 1951–1958 | 280 | 0 | 280 | 20 |
65 | Johnny Berry | England | FW | 1951–1958 | 276 | 0 | 276 | 45 |
66 | Henry Cockburn | England | HB | 1946–1954 | 275 | 0 | 275 | 4 |
67 | Andy Cole | England | FW | 1995–2001 | 231 | 44 | 275 | 121 |
68 | Norman Whiteside | Northern Ireland | FW | 1982–1989 | 256 | 18 | 274 | 67 |
69 | Brian Greenhoff | England | DF | 1973–1979 | 268 | 3 | 271 | 17 |
70 | George Stacey | England | FB | 1907–1915 | 270 | 0 | 270 | 9 |
71 | Harry Moger | England | GK | 1903–1912 | 266 | 0 | 266 | 0 |
72 | Brian Kidd | England | FW | 1967–1974 | 257 | 9 | 266 | 70 |
73 | Edwin van der Sar | Netherlands | GK | 2005–2011 | 266 | 0 | 266 | 0 |
74 | David Herd | Scotland | FW | 1961–1968 | 264 | 1 | 265 | 145 |
75 | Lee Sharpe | England | MF | 1988–1996 | 213 | 50 | 263 | 36 |
76 | Walter Cartwright | England | HB | 1895–1905 | 257 | 0 | 257 | 8 |
77 | Dick Duckworth | England | HB | 1903–1915 | 254 | 0 | 254 | 11 |
78 | Stewart Houston | Scotland | DF | 1974–1980 | 248 | 2 | 250 | 16 |
79 | Jimmy Nicholl | Northern Ireland | DF | 1975–1982 | 235 | 13 | 248 | 6 |
80 | Sandy Turnbull | Scotland | FW | 1907–1915 | 247 | 0 | 247 | 101 |
81 | Harry Gregg | Northern Ireland | GK | 1957–1966 | 247 | 0 | 247 | 0 |
82 | Clayton Blackmore | Wales | U | 1984–1994 | 201 | 44 | 245 | 26 |
83 | Nani | Portugal | MF | 2007– | 178 | 52 | 230 | 41 |
84 | Gordon McQueen | Scotland | DF | 1978–1985 | 229 | 0 | 229 | 26 |
85 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Netherlands | FW | 2001–2006 | 200 | 19 | 219 | 150 |
86 | Jack Crompton | England | GK | 1946–1956 | 212 | 0 | 212 | 0 |
87 | George Vose | England | HB | 1933–1939 | 209 | 0 | 209 | 1 |
88 | Ray Wood | England | GK | 1949–1958 | 208 | 0 | 208 | 0 |
89 | John Grimwood | England | HB | 1919–1927 | 205 | 0 | 205 | 8 |
90 | Park Ji-Sung | South Korea | MF | 2005–2012 | 146 | 59 | 205 | 27 |
91 | Gordon Strachan | Scotland | MF | 1984–1989 | 195 | 6 | 201 | 38 |
92 | Harry Stafford | England | FB | 1896–1903 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 1 |
93 | Tom Jones | Wales | FB | 1924–1937 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 |
94 | Antonio Valencia | Ecuador | MF | 2009– | 152 | 48 | 200 | 21 |
95 | Jack Mew | England | GK | 1912–1926 | 199 | 0 | 199 | 0 |
96 | Remi Moses | England | MF | 1981–1988 | 188 | 11 | 199 | 12 |
97 | Paul McGrath | Ireland | DF | 1982–1989 | 192 | 7 | 199 | 16 |
98 | Frank Mann | England | HB | 1923–1930 | 197 | 0 | 197 | 5 |
99 | Tom Manley | England | HB | 1931–1939 | 195 | 0 | 195 | 41 |
100 | Maurice Setters | England | HB | 1960–1964 | 194 | 0 | 194 | 14 |