| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marcos Ignacio Velásquez Ahumada | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-09-23) 23 September 1987 (age 37) | ||
| 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
Marcos Velásquez started his career in 2007 in Everton. 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. 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.
In 2022, he moved to Honduras and joined Vida in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. 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.
Personal life
He is nicknamed Chano for his resemblance to the former footballer Lizardo Chano Garrido.
Honours
Club
- Everton
References
- ^ "Marcos Velásquez recordó el título con Everton: "Fue un momento inolvidable"" (in Spanish). ANFP. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ @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
- 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