| Marcus Velado-Tsegaye | |
| Fullname: | Marcus William Velado-Tsegaye |
| Birth Date: | 1 July 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Height: | 1.72 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Youthclubs1: | Edmonton Xtreme FC |
| Youthclubs2: | Edmonton Drillers |
| Youthclubs3: | Edmonton Victoria |
| Youthyears4: | 2016–2019 |
| Youthclubs4: | FC Edmonton |
| Collegeyears1: | 2023– |
| College1: | Alberta Golden Bears |
| Collegecaps1: | 12 |
| Collegegoals1: | 4 |
| Years1: | 2019–2021 |
| Clubs1: | FC Edmonton |
| Caps1: | 29 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2023 |
| Clubs2: | Scrosoppi FC |
| Caps2: | 10 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2024– |
| Clubs3: | Edmonton Scottish |
| Caps3: | 11 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2020 |
| Nationalteam1: | El Salvador U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | July 19, 2024 |
Marcus William Velado-Tsegaye (born 1 July 2001) is a professional soccer player who plays for Edmonton Scottish in League1 Alberta. Born in Canada, he represented El Salvador at youth international level.
Velado-Tsegaye began playing soccer at age five with Edmonton Xtreme FC, later playing with the Edmonton Drillers SC and Edmonton Victoria SC.[1] In 2016, he joined the FC Edmonton Academy.[2] In 2018, he won the EDSA Premier Division double with the academy and scored eleven goals, finishing third among the league's top scorers.[3]
In 2023, he began playing for the men's soccer team at the University of Alberta.[4] On October 4, 2023, he scored a brace in a 2-0 victory over the MacEwan Griffins.[5] At the end of the season, he was named a Canada West First Team All-Star.[6]
In February 2019, Velado-Tsegaye signed his first professional contract with Edmonton ahead of the side's inaugural season in the Canadian Premier League. On 18 May 2019, he made his debut in a substitute appearance against Cavalry FC.[7] [8] On 1 July 2019, which was his 18th birthday, he scored his first professional goal against the HFX Wanderers.[9] [10] [11] In 2020, he was named to the CPL's Top 23 under 23 list.[12] In November 2020, he re-signed with the club for the 2021 season.[13] [14] In February 2022, the club announced that Velado-Tsegaye and all but two other players would not be returning for the 2022 season.[15]
In 2023, he played with Scrosoppi FC in League1 Ontario.[16]
Velado-Tsegaye was born in Canada to an Ethiopian/Eritrean father and a Salvadoran mother.[17] [18]
In December 2015, Velado-Tsegaye participated in a Canadian U14 identification camp.
In October 2020, in an interview with El Salvador scout Hugo Alvarado, he mentioned that the team was in contact with Velado-Tsegaye.[19] The following month, he was invited to a camp with the El Salvador U20 team.[20] [21] He attended another camp the following month.[22] In December 2020, he received his Salvadorean passport, allowing him to be eligible to represent the nation at international level.[23] He made his debut on 14 December 2020 in a friendly against Nicaragua U20.[24] [25]
In July 2023, he was called up to the Ethiopia national team, ahead of friendlies in early August against Guyana and a US club side.[26] On August 5, he started in an unofficial friendly against club side Loudoun United of the USL Championship.[27]
| Club | Season | League | Playoffs | Domestic Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| FC Edmonton | 2019 | Canadian Premier League | 16 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | |||
| Scrosoppi FC | 2023 | League1 Ontario | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 2 | |||
| Edmonton Scottish | 2024[28] | League1 Alberta | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 50 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 8 | |||