Marcos Velásquez | |
Fullname: | Marcos Ignacio Velásquez Ahumada |
Birth Date: | 23 September 1987 |
Birth Place: | Casablanca, Chile |
Currentclub: | Santiago Wanderers |
Clubnumber: | 33 |
Position: | Defender |
Youthclubs1: | Everton |
Years1: | 2007–2020 |
Caps1: | 246 |
Goals1: | 4 |
Years2: | 2010 |
Clubs2: | → Unión San Felipe (loan) |
Caps2: | 4 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2021 |
Caps3: | 17 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2022 |
Clubs4: | Vida |
Caps4: | 8 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Years5: | 2022– |
Clubs5: | Santiago Wanderers |
Caps5: | 0 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 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.
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]
He is nicknamed Chano for his resemblance to the former footballer Lizardo Chano Garrido.[5] [2]