
Seventeen meetings with Brazil had never brought Venezuela a win until a 2008 friendly in Boston, when he opened the scoring and Venezuela won 2-0. He shared the 2007 Golden Boot of the Americas with Martín Palermo, won the CONCACAF Champions League and the Mexican Apertura with Atlante, took two Venezuelan league titles, and finished with 22 goals for the national team. Career record: 64 caps and 22 goals for Venezuela; club career at Unión Atlético Maracaibo, O'Higgins, Atlante.
| 1999–2001 | Club Atlético River Plate |
| 2001–2002 | Nacional Táchira |
| 2002–2003 | Asociación Civil Mineros de Guayana |
| 2003–2006 | Unión Atlético Maracaibo |
| 2006–2007 | O'Higgins |
| 2007–2011 | Atlante |
| 2009–2009 | Xerez C.D. |
| 2010–2010 | Chivas USA |
| 2011–2012 | Atlas |
| 2012–2013 | Internacional de Bogotá |
| 2012–2013 | Asociación Civil Mineros de Guayana |
| 2013–2014 | Estudiantes de Mérida |
| Venezuela | 64 caps, 22 goals |
Venezuela legends whose careers overlapped Maldonado's
One rank above: Fernando Amorebieta at #11.
One rank below: Jefferson Savarino at #13.
Venezuela's editorial top five: Juan Arango · Salomón Rondón · Tomás Rincón · Josef Martínez · Rafael Dudamel.