Marcos Velásquez

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.

Marcos Velásquez
Personal information
Full name Marcos Ignacio Velásquez Ahumada
Date of birth (1987-09-23) 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)
2010Unión 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

Career

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

He is nicknamed Chano for his resemblance to the former footballer Lizardo Chano Garrido.[5][2]

Honours

Club

Everton

References

  1. "Marcos Velásquez recordó el título con Everton: "Fue un momento inolvidable"" (in Spanish). ANFP. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  2. @evertonsadp (22 May 2020). "#Campeones2008" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2022 via Twitter.
  3. "Ex defensor de Rangers es presentado en un equipo hondureño". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 16 January 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  4. "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.
  5. "MARCOS VELÁSQUEZ :: Basedefutbol". basedefutbol.webnode.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2022.


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