Alberto Velásquez
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 July 2008 | ||
Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Midtjylland | ||
Youth career | |||
–2023 | HJK | ||
2023–2024 | Honka | ||
2024– | Midtjylland | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024 | Honka | 11 | (9) |
International career‡ | |||
2022–2023 | Finland U15 | 10 | (6) |
2023 | Peru U15 | 2 | (1) |
2024– | Finland U16 | 3 | (0) |
2024– | Finland U17 | 10 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2024 |
Alberto Velásquez (born 2 July 2008) is a Finnish-Peruvian footballer who plays as a centre forward for a U19 team of Danish club Midtjylland.
Youth career
[edit]Velásquez started playing football in HJK Helsinki youth team in Töölö.[1] He played in the club's academy,[2] before switching teams in the summer 2023 and joining Honka youth sector in Tapiola, Espoo.[3]
Club career
[edit]Velaśquez made his senior debut with Honka in April 2024, playing in the fourth-tier Kakkonen. During the season, he scored nine goals in 11 league matches, before leaving in July.
On 3 July 2024, he joined Midtjylland in Denmark on a deal until June 2027 for an undisclosed fee.[4]
International career
[edit]Velásquez has represented both Finland and Peru at under-15 youth international level.[5] Since January 2024, he plays for Finland U17 national team.[6] On 1 March 2024, Velásquez scored a hat trick, in a 4–1 friendly win against Iceland U17.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Velásquez was born in Helsinki, Finland,[1] to a Finnish mother and a Peruvian father.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 6 July 2024.
Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Honka | 2024 | Kakkonen | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 9 | ||
Career total | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 |
- ^ Includes Suomen Cup
References
[edit]- ^ a b Alberto Velasquez, phyk.fi
- ^ Selección Peruana: Conoce al nuevo ‘Lapadula’ nacido en Finlandia que vestirá la ‘blanquirroja’, oxigeno.com.pe, 14 June 2023
- ^ Kiitos kaudesta! Päättäjäisissä palkittiin pelaajia ja taustoja, fchonka.fi, 26 October 2023
- ^ FINSK-PERUVIANSK STORTALENT SKRIVER UNDER MED FC MIDTJYLLAND, fcm.dk, 3 July 2024
- ^ «¿El Delantero que Perú Necesita? Conoce a Alberto Velásquez, el ‘Nuevo Lapadula’ Finlandés», riverasport.com, 27 May 2023
- ^ U17-pojille kova päänahka – Portugali kaatui vieraskentällä, Football Association of Finland, 25 January 2024
- ^ U17-pojille voitokas EM-jatkokarsintakenraali, Football Association of Finland, 1 March 2024
- ^ Alberto Velásquez, delantero peruano, anotó un hat-trick en la victoria de Helsinki, futbolperuano.com, 30 July 2023
External links
[edit]- Alberto Velásquez at Soccerway
- Alberto Velásquez at WorldFootball.net
- Alberto Velasquez at Football Association of Finland
- 2008 births
- Living people
- Finnish men's footballers
- 21st-century Finnish sportsmen
- Men's association football forwards
- Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players
- FC Honka players
- FC Midtjylland players
- Kakkonen players
- Finland men's youth international footballers
- Peru men's youth international footballers
- Finnish people of Peruvian descent
- Finnish people of South American descent
- Peruvian people of Finnish descent
- Finnish expatriate men's footballers
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark