Marcus Velado-Tsegaye

Marcus Velado-Tsegaye (born 1 July 2001) is a professional soccer player who plays for Scrosoppi FC in League1 Ontario. Born in Canada, he represented El Salvador at youth international level.

Marcus Velado-Tsegaye
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-07-01) 1 July 2001
Place of birth Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Scrosoppi FC
Youth career
Edmonton Xtreme FC
Edmonton Drillers
Edmonton Victoria
2016–2019 FC Edmonton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 FC Edmonton 29 (3)
2023– Scrosoppi FC 10 (2)
International career
2020 El Salvador U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 July 2023

Early life

Velado-Tsegaye began playing soccer at age five with Edmonton Xtreme FC, later playing with the Edmonton Drillers SC and Edmonton Victoria SC.[1] In 2016, he joined the FC Edmonton Academy.[2] In 2018, he won the EDSA Premier Division double with the academy and scored eleven goals, finishing third among the league's top scorers.[3]

Club career

In February 2019, Velado-Tsegaye signed his first professional contract with Edmonton ahead of the side's inaugural season in the Canadian Premier League.[2] On 18 May 2019, he made his debut in a substitute appearance against Cavalry FC.[4][5] On 1 July 2019, which was his 18th birthday, he scored his first professional goal against the HFX Wanderers.[6][7][8] In 2020, he was named to the CPL's Top 23 under 23 list.[9] In November 2020, he re-signed with the club for the 2021 season.[10][11] In February 2022, the club announced that Velado-Tsegaye and all but two other players would not be returning for the 2022 season.[12]

In 2023, he played with Scrosoppi FC in League1 Ontario.[13]

International career

Velado-Tsegaye was born in Canada to an Ethiopian/Eritrean father and a Salvadoran mother.[14][15]

In December 2015, Velado-Tsegaye participated in a Canadian U14 identification camp.[16]

In October 2020, in an interview with El Salvador scout Hugo Alvarado, he mentioned that the team was in contact with Velado-Tsegaye.[17] The following month, he was invited to a camp with the El Salvador U20 team.[18][19] He attended another camp the following month.[20] In December 2020, he received his Salvadorean passport, allowing him to be eligible to represent the nation at international level.[21] He made his debut on 14 December 2020 in a friendly against Nicaragua U20.[22][23]

In July 2023, he was called up to the Ethiopia national team, ahead of friendlies in early August against Guyana and a US club side.[24] On August 5, he started in an unofficial friendly against club side Loudoun United of the USL Championship.[25]

Career statistics
As of July 8, 2023[26]
Club Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Other Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Edmonton 2019 Canadian Premier League 161–20–181
2020 41–––41
2021 91–00–91
Total 293002000313
Scrosoppi FC 2023[13] League1 Ontario 10200––102
Career total 395002000415

References
  1. "FCE teen Velado-Tsegaye out to make his age 'irrelevant'". Canadian Premier League. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  2. "FC Edmonton promotes Academy products to first team". Canadian Premier League. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  3. "FC Edmonton Announces Signings of Three Academy Products". FC Edmonton. 15 February 2019. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019.
  4. "Velado-Tsegaye has potential to be the next star to come out of Edmonton". MacEwan Journalism. 26 May 2019.
  5. Van Diest, Derek (22 May 2019). "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye a product of FC Edmonton Academy". Edmonton Sun.
  6. "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye scores first CPL goal on 18th birthday". CBC Sports. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  7. Sandor, Steven (1 July 2019). "'No better feeling': Edmonton's Velado-Tsegaye celebrates birthday game-winner". Canadian Premier League.
  8. "CanPL.ca's Top 23 Under 23 in the CPL: Let the debates begin!". Canadian Premier League. 18 December 2020.
  9. Rocca, Pablo (25 December 2020). "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye: "En 5 años me veo jugando en una de las ligas grandes de Europa"" [Marcus Velado-Tsegaye: "In 5 years I see myself playing in one of the biggest leagues in Europe"]. Futbol Centro America (in Spanish).
  10. "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye re-signed by FC Edmonton for 2021". Canadian Premier League. 18 November 2020.
  11. Jacques, John (18 November 2020). "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye Re-Signs With FC Edmonton". Northern Tribune.
  12. "FC Edmonton Announces Return of T-Boy Fayia & Darlington Murasiranwa". FC Edmonton. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  13. "Marcus Velado Tsegaye 2023 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario.
  14. Jacques, John (27 September 2019). "Velado-Tsegaye Working Towards Canada U-20 Callup". Northern Tribune.
  15. "Marcus Velado Tsegaye una opción para la selecta" [Marcus Velado Tsegaye an option for the select]. Reporte SV (in Spanish). 25 October 2021. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023.
  16. Marcus Velado-Tsegaye at the Canadian Soccer Association
  17. Arnold, Jon (30 October 2020). "Meet El Salvador's man in Los Angeles". Getting CONCACAFed.
  18. Jacques, John (6 November 2020). "Velado-Tsegaye Testing Waters With El Salvador". Northern Tribune.
  19. ""Estoy muy contento de estar en este equipo"" ["I am very happy to be in this team"]. El Gráfico (in Spanish). 10 November 2020.
  20. Peñate, Christian (12 November 2020). "Marcus Velado le guiña un ojo a la selección sub-20" [Marcus Velado winks at the U-20 team]. Diario El Salvador (in Spanish).
  21. Peñate, Christian (11 December 2020). "El delantero Marcus Velado ya tiene DUI y pasaporte salvadoreño" [Forward Marcus Velado already has DUI and Salvadoran passport]. Diario El Salvador (in Spanish).
  22. Jacques, John (15 December 2020). "Velado-Tsegaye Makes El Salvador U-20 Debut". Northern Tribune.
  23. Medina, Fernando (22 October 2021). "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye, el descomunal extremo quien aguarda por la Selecta" [Marcus Velado-Tsegaye, the huge winger who awaits the Selecta]. Noticias de El Salvador (in Spanish).
  24. Jacques, John (24 July 2023). "Former Eddie Velado-Tsegaye Accepts Ethiopia Call-Up". Northern Tribune.
  25. @EthiopiaFF (5 August 2023). "Ethiopian national team starting XI vs Loudoun United" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  26. Marcus Velado-Tsegaye at Soccerway
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