Marcos Velásquez

Chilean footballer (born 1987)

Marcos Velásquez
Personal information
Full name	Marcos Ignacio Velásquez Ahumada
Date of birth	(1987-09-23) 23 September 1987 (age 36)
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

Primera División de Chile (1): 2008 Apertura
Primera B de Chile (1): 2011 Clausura

References

^ ^a ^b "Marcos Velásquez recordó el título con Everton: "Fue un momento inolvidable"" (in Spanish). ANFP. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b @evertonsadp (May 23, 2020). "#Campeones2008" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2022 – via Twitter.
^ "Ex defensor de Rangers es presentado en un equipo hondureño". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 16 January 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "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.
^ "MARCOS VELÁSQUEZ :: Basedefutbol". basedefutbol.webnode.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2022.