| Alan Velasco | |
| Fullname: | Alan Agustín Velasco |
| Birth Date: | 27 July 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Quilmes, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.67 m |
| Position: | Winger[1] |
| Currentclub: | FC Dallas |
| Clubnumber: | 20 |
| Youthyears1: | 2012–2019 |
| Youthclubs1: | Independiente |
| Years1: | 2019–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Independiente |
| Caps1: | 48 |
| Goals1: | 6 |
| Years2: | 2022– |
| Clubs2: | FC Dallas |
| Caps2: | 62 |
| Goals2: | 12 |
| Club-Update: | 20 October 2024 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Argentina U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Alan Agustín Velasco (born 27 July 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club FC Dallas.
Velasco started his career in the youth system of Independiente, having joined the club in 2012.[2] [3] [4] [5] He was promoted into their first-team, aged sixteen, towards the end of the 2018–19 campaign, with the winger initially appearing as an unused substitute for a Copa Sudamericana second stage encounter with Rionegro Águilas on 21 May 2019.[6] [7] He was again on the bench for the second leg on 28 May, with Velasco subsequently making his professional debut at the Estadio Libertadores de América; replacing Jony in added time.[6] [8] Sixteen appearances later, Velasco scored his first senior goal in the Sudamericana away to Fénix in Montevideo.[6]
Velasco, aged eighteen, netted his opening domestic goals in the Copa de la Liga Profesional in November and December against Colón and Argentinos Juniors respectively.[6] That was followed by a strike against Arsenal de Sarandí on 3 January and a brace away to River Plate on 9 January.[6]
On February 1, 2022, Velasco was announced by FC Dallas as its costliest signing ever at that time in a four-year deal reported at $7 million with potentially an additional $1.7M based on incentives. Independiente will also receive 15% of his next sale.[9]
Velasco represented Argentina at U15 and U17 level, scoring one goal in four appearances for the latter at the 2019 South American Championship in Peru; which they won.[6] [10] [11] [12] In October 2019, Velasco was called up for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.[13]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Independiente | 2018–19 | Primera División | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[14] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | |||
| FC Dallas | 2022 | MLS | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | |
| Career total | 40 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 12 | |||
Argentina U17[6]