Mosquera, the most precocious center-back in the history of Valencia

Christian Mosquera (Alicante, 2004) includes The Guardian between the 60 best European footballers of their generation. Also on that list are Gavi, Obrador and Guerrero. Mosquera is the second of them who He debuted with his first team. The first is already known for his adventures in Barcelona and in the National Team.

Mosquera became in the Balearic State the eighth youngest player to debut in an official match in the history of Valencia, which is said soon. did it with 17 years, 6 months and 23 days. Even less than what Ferran Torres had when he premiered with Marcelino (17 years, 9 months and 1 day). Mosquera, in fact, is the earliest center-back to debut with the Valencia shirt. And the data is relevant in the case of an entity that in its 103 years has trained historic young defenders: Tendillo, Arias, Giner, Camarasa, Albiol …

Mosquera, of Colombian parents who emigrated to Spain to earn a living, made his debut with Valencia de Bordalás against Atlético Baleares in the Copa del Rey. And if it weren’t for an injury to his calf that has kept him in the dry dock for two months, this profile would have been written long before. Bordalás has many expectations placed on the young central defender. The man from Alicante is not easy to praise and after the game he said without batting an eyelid: “He was by far the best”.

Those who know him or have trained him highlight his many virtues: size, speed, elasticity, technique and mentality. The center-back, who is not bad at studies either (he is in high school), He arrived at Valencia at the age of 12 from Hércules de Alicante. Before that, he trained at SCD Carolina and at Cavañete de San Blas. Valencia incorporated him for its Academy for the good eye of its recruitment department.

flycatcher since then he has lived in the residence of the sports city of Paterna. And that also speaks of his professionalism. The youth squad signed a contract when he turned 16 with which many would have become independent. But Mosquera knows that in the residence he will complete his training as a footballer under two premises: food and rest.

Valencia renewed him until 2023 fulfilling his father’s expectations: a sports project for his son. At the door of their representative Sergio Barila, from InvSport, they arrived proposal from Germany and Italy, also from Spain. But Valencia, with Pablo Longoria at the head of the sports field, although the negotiations were carried out by Marcos Otero and Luis Martínez, offered him some individualized training guidelines to make you a more complete footballer. And over there, in addition to improving his contract, the club that secured the renewal of Mosquera, who is delighted with his decision.

Now Valencia is negotiating another contract extension. The parties are close to reaching an agreement because the will of all is to continue. The Mestalla club knows the pearl they have in their hands, hence they want to shield him, and the footballer understands that his projection and explosion goes through Mestalla, hence Valencia is seen as an ideal club to follow. And not only the clubs are aware of Mosquera, also two federations: the Spanish and the Colombian. With Spain he has played in the Sub’16 and Sub’18 category, Colombia calls him every few minutes to remind him that if he wants, the doors of his parents’ country are open.