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)
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.[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. 1 2 "Marcos Velásquez recordó el título con Everton: "Fue un momento inolvidable"" (in Spanish). ANFP. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 @evertonsadp (May 23, 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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