The Spain striker has talked up the importance of Los Che's win, and believes that his team should treat the remaining group games as 'finals' Valencia attacker Roberto Soldado wants the Costa Blanca outfit to push on after he scored a hat-trick against BATE Borisov in the Champions League on Tuesday, which helped his side to a comfortable victory in Belarus. Three second-half Soldado goals ...Full Story »

Roberto Soldado's hat-trick earned Valencia a 3-0 victory in Belarus which leaves three teams level on points at the top of Champions League Group F. The Spain striker opened the scoring from the penalty spot just before half-time and struck twice more in the second half to sink surprise package BATE Borisov. The two teams were joined on six points by Bayern Munich at the midway stage of the g...Full Story »

Valencia striker Roberto Soldado stated that former Brazil striker Ronaldo is one of his chief inspirations as a forward. Soldado will captain Valencia as they bid to grab their first win in the Champions League group stages when they take on Lille at the Mestalla on Tuesday. They fell to a 2-1 loss to German heavyweights Bayern Munich in their opening match. Ahead of the match, he was inte...Full Story »

Spain needed a late Roberto Soldado goal to get their World Cup qualifying campaign off to a 1-0 win against Georgia in Tbilisi. The world champions dominated possession throughout the contest without creating many clear-cut chances against the side ranked 86th in the world and could even have been behind early in the second half when Alexander Amisulashvili struck the post. However, the vis...Full Story »

Deportivo La Coruna came from two goals down to claim a point in a thrilling 3-3 draw at the Mestalla. Roberto Soldado had fired Valencia into an early 2-0 lead as he was twice brilliantly set up by Jonas, but Depor halved the deficit when Abel Aguilar bundled home from a corner seven minutes before half-time. Sofiane Feghouli restored the hosts' two-goal lead before half-time with another w...Full Story »

Deportivo La Coruna came from two goals down to claim a point in a thrilling 3-3 draw at the Mestalla. Roberto Soldado had fired Valencia into an early 2-0 lead as he was twice brilliantly set up by Jonas, but Depor halved the deficit when Abel Aguilar bundled home from a corner seven minutes before half-time. Sofiane Feghouli restored the hosts' two-goal lead before half-time with another won...Full Story »

Valencia have agreed a three-year contract extension with Spain striker Roberto Soldado that will keep him at the club until 2017. The 27-year-old club captain has scored 35 league goals since joining from Getafe two seasons ago. He just missed out on a place in the Euro 2012 squad. "His contribution has been fantastic, everyone has seen it," said Valencia president Manuel Llorente in a stat...Full Story »

Valencia striker Roberto Soldado has warned his side they cannot afford to dwell on their Europa League elimination when they travel to Champions League rivals Malaga. Los Che went down 1-0 to Atletico Madrid in the second leg of their semi-final to go out 5-2 on aggregate. leaving them with just third place in the Primera Division to play for. They are just three points ahead of Malaga in fou...Full Story »

Valencia striker Roberto Soldado believes that he will be a part of Spain's Euro 2012 squad if he maintains his current form. The 26-year-old has propelled Los Che to fourth position in La Liga with an impressive 16-goal haul so far this season. He is now on the cusp of the international squad, having beaten Fernando Torres to selection for the friendly against Venezuela. The Valencia man s...Full Story »

Roberto Soldado scored a hat-trick as Valencia strengthened their position in third place with a commanding 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao at San Mames. The Spanish international took advantage of a weak backpass from Mikel San Jose to round Gorka Iraizoz and put the visitors in front just before half-time, and he doubled Valencia's lead 12 minutes after the break with another excellent finish fr...Full Story »