Marcos Velásquez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcos Ignacio Velásquez Ahumada | ||
| Date of birth | 23 September 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Casablanca, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santiago Wanderers | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Everton | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2020 | Everton | 246 | (4) |
| 2010 | → Unión San Felipe (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2021 | Rangers | 17 | (1) |
| 2022 | Vida | 8 | (1) |
| 2022– | Santiago Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2022 | |||
Marcos Ignacio Velásquez Ahumada (born June 23, 1987) is a Chilean football defender and currently plays for Santiago Wanderers in the Primera B de Chile.
Career
[edit]Marcos Velásquez started his career in 2007 in Everton.[1] His first goal was against Coquimbo Unido in a victory over 3-1 in the second half of 2007.
In 2008, Velásquez was crowned champion of the Torneo Apertura 2008 in a 3–0 victory over Colo Colo.[2] After, in 2009 he has not had much participation has played only 5 games all year and 3 of them got to change.
In 2010, he was loaned to Unión San Felipe.[1]
In 2022, he moved to Honduras and joined Vida in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional.[3] After suffering a violent mugging in his apartment in Honduras, he ended his contract with Vida and returned to Chile to join Santiago Wanderers, the traditional rival of Everton.[4]
Personal life
[edit]He is nicknamed Chano for his resemblance to the former footballer Lizardo Chano Garrido.[5][2]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Everton
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Marcos Velásquez recordó el título con Everton: "Fue un momento inolvidable"" (in Spanish). ANFP. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ a b @evertonsadp (22 May 2020). "#Campeones2008" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Ex defensor de Rangers es presentado en un equipo hondureño". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 16 January 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Marcos Velásquez deja Honduras tras sufrir violento asalto y firma en Santiago Wanderers" (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "MARCOS VELÁSQUEZ :: Basedefutbol". basedefutbol.webnode.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
External links
[edit]- Marcos Velásquez at Soccerway
- (in Spanish) BDFA profile
- Velásquez at Football-Lineups
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Casablanca, Chile
- Footballers from Valparaíso Region
- Chilean men's footballers
- 21st-century Chilean sportsmen
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Everton de Viña del Mar footballers
- Unión San Felipe footballers
- Rangers de Talca footballers
- C.D.S. Vida players
- Santiago Wanderers footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Honduras
- Men's association football defenders
- Chilean football defender stubs