| Jairo Vélez | |
| Fullname: | Jairo David Vélez Cedeño |
| Birth Date: | 21 April 1995 |
| Birth Place: | El Carmen, Ecuador |
| Height: | 1.76 m |
| Position: | Attacking midfielder |
| Currentclub: | César Vallejo |
| Clubnumber: | 7 |
| Youthyears1: | 2008–2010 |
| Youthclubs1: | Universidad Católica |
| Youthyears2: | 2010–2013 |
| Youthclubs2: | River Plate Ecuador |
| Youthyears3: | 2013–2014 |
| Youthclubs3: | Vélez Sársfield |
| Years1: | 2013 |
| Clubs1: | River Plate Ecuador |
| Caps1: | 12 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 2013–2014 |
| Clubs2: | → Vélez Sársfield (loan) |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2014–2018 |
| Clubs3: | Vélez Sársfield |
| Caps3: | 2 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs4: | → Universidad Católica (loan) |
| Caps4: | 4 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2017 |
| Clubs5: | → Universidad San Martín (loan) |
| Caps5: | 41 |
| Goals5: | 7 |
| Years6: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs6: | Atlante |
| Caps6: | 37 |
| Goals6: | 5 |
| Years7: | 2019 |
| Clubs7: | Cafetaleros |
| Caps7: | 12 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Years8: | 2020– |
| Clubs8: | César Vallejo |
| Caps8: | 119 |
| Goals8: | 34 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2014 |
| Nationalteam1: | Ecuador U-20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 21:21, 4 May 2024 (UTC) |
Jairo David Vélez Cedeño (born April 21, 1995) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for César Vallejo in Peru.
Vélez climbed through the youth ranks of River Plate Ecuador and debuted in the first team in 2013, scoring twice in the Ecuadorian Serie B. He was then scouted by Vélez Sarsfield along his teammate Danny Cabezas while playing friendly matches for River Plate Ecuador in Argentina.
The striker was first loaned and placed on the club's 5th Division youth team, scoring 10 goals which helped the youth team win the 5th Division league in 2013. Vélez was then brought up to the senior team for 2014 while still on loan. The Ecuadorian made his professional debut for Vélez Sársfield on April 27, also scoring his first goal for the club, in a 4–1 win against Rosario Central.[1] On July 15 of 2014, Vélez Cedeño signed for 3 years with the club.[2]
In 2015, Vélez was selected to play for the Ecuador national under-20 football team in the South American Youth Championship.
| Club | Division | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| River Plate Ecuador | Serie B | 2012 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2013 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Vélez Sársfield | Primera División | 2013-14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Universidad Católica | Serie A | 2015 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Universidad San Martín | Torneo Descentralizado | 2017 | 41 | 7 | — | — | 41 | 7 | |||
| Atlante | Ascenso MX | 2017-18 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2018-19 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 32 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 37 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5 | |||
| Cafetaleros | Ascenso MX | 2019-20 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 16 | 3 | ||
| César Vallejo | Liga 1 | 2020 | 23 | 5 | — | — | 23 | 5 | |||
| 2021 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 5 | |||
| 2022 | 30 | 9 | — | 1 | 0 | 31 | 9 | ||||
| 2023 | 33 | 3 | — | 6 | 2 | 39 | 5 | ||||
| 2024 | 22 | 9 | — | 6 | 3 | 28 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 128 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 142 | 36 | |||
| Career total | 231 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 251 | 54 | |||