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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.

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. ^ a b "Marcos Velásquez recordó el título con Everton: "Fue un momento inolvidable"" (in Spanish). ANFP. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b @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.