Alan Velasco

Alan Agustín Velasco (born 27 July 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club FC Dallas.[1]

Alan Velasco
Personal information
Full name Alan Agustín Velasco
Date of birth (2002-07-27) 27 July 2002
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger[2]
Team information
Current team
 FC Dallas
Number 20
Youth career
2012–2019 Independiente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Independiente 48 (6)
2022– FC Dallas 52 (9)
International career‡
2019 Argentina U17 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:25, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Velasco started his career in the youth system of Independiente, having joined the club in 2012.[3][4][5][6] He was promoted into their first-team, aged sixteen, towards the end of the 2018–19 campaign, with the winger initially appearing as an unused substitute for a Copa Sudamericana second stage encounter with Rionegro Águilas on 21 May 2019.[1][7] He was again on the bench for the second leg on 28 May, with Velasco subsequently making his professional debut at the Estadio Libertadores de América; replacing Jony in added time.[1][8] Sixteen appearances later, Velasco scored his first senior goal in the Sudamericana away to Fénix in Montevideo.[1]

Velasco, aged eighteen, netted his opening domestic goals in the Copa de la Liga Profesional in November and December against Colón and Argentinos Juniors respectively.[1] That was followed by a strike against Arsenal de Sarandí on 3 January and a brace away to River Plate on 9 January.[1]

On February 1, 2022, Velasco was announced by FC Dallas as its costliest signing ever in a four-year deal reported at $7 million with potentially an additional $1.7M based on incentives. Independiente will also receive 15% of his next sale.[9]

International career

Velasco represented Argentina at U15 and U17 level, scoring one goal in four appearances for the latter at the 2019 South American Championship in Peru; which they won.[1][10][11][12] In October 2019, Velasco was called up for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.[13]

Career statistics
As of 17 October 2022[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Independiente 2018–19 Primera División 0000001[lower-alpha 1]00010
2019–20 4010103[lower-alpha 1]00090
2020–21[nb 1] 9500006[lower-alpha 1]100156
FC Dallas 2022 MLS 27 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 6
Career total 40113020101005412
  1. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Argentina U17[1]

Notes
  1. Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References
  1. "Argentina - A. Velasco". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. "Alan Velasco". World Football. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  3. "Independiente blindó a dos de sus máximas promesas". TyC Sports. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. "Cuidando el futuro". Independiente. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. "Velasco: "Debutar en la primera de Independiente es mi meta más importante"". La Voz del Diablo. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  6. "La nueva joya de inferiores habló de su actualidad en Reserva". InfiernoRojo. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  7. "Rionegro recibe este martes a Independiente de Argentina por la Copa Suramericana". El País. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  8. "El ingreso de Alan Velasco". Olé. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  9. "Alan Velasco fue presentado en la MLS: "Un talento increíblemente especial"". Olé. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  10. "Alan Velasco: "Estoy en el club más grande de América"". Emoción Roja. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  11. "Diablo de selección". La Voz del Diablo. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  12. "Felicidades campeón". La visera. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  13. "FU17WC_2019_Squadlists.pdf" (PDF). FIFA Data. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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