Sergio Velasco Explained

Sergio Velasco
Fullname:Sergio del Carmen Velazco Beiza
Birth Date:20 May 1943
Birth Place:Papudo, Chile
Height:1.68 m[1]
Position:Full-back
Youthclubs1:Miraflores
Years1:1962–1965
Years2:1966–1971
Caps2:194
Goals2:8
Years3:1972
Caps3:32
Goals3:6
Years4:1973
Clubs4:Fígaro La Paz
Years5:1973–1975
Years6:1976
Caps6:21
Goals6:3
Years7:1976
Years8:1977
Years9:1977
Clubs9:ENAF Oruro
Years10:1978

Sergio del Carmen Velazco Beiza (born 20 May 1943), sportingly known as Sergio Velasco, is a Chilean former football player who played as a full-back. A historical player of Rangers de Talca, he also played in Bolivia.

Career

Born in Papudo, Chile, as a youth player, Velasco was with his hometown club, Miraflores before trialling with Unión La Calera and San Luis de Quillota. After trials in the presence of the coach René Quitral, he signed with San Luis and made his professional debut in a Chilean Primera División match against Everton in 1962.[2]

In the Chilean top division, he spent four seasons with San Luis (1962–65),[3] [4] also facing English side Stoke City in a friendly in 1964,[5] six seasons with Rangers (1966–71)[6] [7] and one season with both Antofagasta Portuario (1972)[8] [9] and Deportes La Serena (1976).[10]

A historical player of Rangers, he was a noted member of the squad that was the 1969 Primera División runner-up, being selected as the best left-back of the season,[11] and played the 1970 Copa Libertadores.[12] [13] He has been honored by fans associations like Soñadores Rojinegros (Red and Black Dreamers) as well as the club itself.[14] [15]

In the 1970s, he played in the Bolivian football. In 1973, he played for club Fígaro from La Paz for six months before joining San José.[2] [16] [17] Back in Bolivia after a stint with Deportes La Serena in 1976, he played for The Strongest, Jorge Wilstermann and ENAF from Oruro.[2]

Back in Chile, his last club was Trasandino in the 1978 season.[2]

Style of play

A versatile right-footed player, he played as an attacking right winger at youth level. He made his professional debut as a right-back, but the next match he switched to the left side, developing the most part of his career as a left-back. In the Bolivian football, he also played as a central midfielder.[2]

Personal life

He was nicknamed Mono (Monkey), a nickname that was given him by his fellow in Rangers, .[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sergio Velazco . livefutbol.com . 3 November 2023 . es.
  2. Web site: Chomsky . Sergio Velazco, el Mono . . 3 November 2023 . es . 29 October 2018 . "Siempre los diarios y revistas escribieron mi apellido con ese, pero soy Velazco, con zeta".
  3. Web site: Efemérides Históricas . San Luis de Quillota . 3 November 2023 . es.
  4. Chomsky_Chile . 1056933511599394817 . San Luis de Quillota, 1963 . 29 October 2018 . 3 November 2023 . es.
  5. Web site: Manzo . Francisco . San Luis y los ingleses . Asifuch . 3 November 2023 . es . 13 October 2020.
  6. Web site: Club Social de Deportes RANGERS . Fútbol en América . 3 November 2023 . es . 17 July 2021.
  7. Book: Sepúlveda Loyola . Alberto . EL NUEVO SIGLO ROJINEGRO . 2023 . . Santiago, Chile . 39, 42–46 . 3 November 2023 . es . PDF.
  8. Web site: Club de Deportes ANTOFAGASTA . Fútbol en América . 3 November 2023 . es . 24 May 2021.
  9. Web site: Antofagasta 1972 - Campeonato Nacional . www.solofutbol.cl . 3 November 2023 . es.
  10. Web site: La Serena 1976 - Campeonato Nacional . www.solofutbol.cl . 3 November 2023 . es.
  11. Web site: HISTORIAS ROJINEGRAS: LA CAMPAÑA DEL VICECAMPEÓN DE 1969 . Gigante Deportivo . 3 November 2023 . es . 28 September 2021.
  12. Book: Lizana . José Antonio . Rayando la cancha: Crónicas deportivas . November 2009 . Ediciones Ceachei . Santiago, Chile . 978-956-332-035-0 . 76 . 3 November 2023 . es . PDF . Carlos "Carita de Toni" Díaz.
  13. Web site: Andreuzzi . Renato . Talca es una fiesta, Rangers a la Copa Libertadores 1970 . Asifuch . 3 November 2023 . es . 10 August 2020.
  14. (Rangers de Talca) Sergio Velasco, segundo capitán del glorioso equipo valora el homenaje que realiza la agrupación Soñadores Rojinegros y Rangers. on Facebook . 12 April 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  15. Web site: Respeto a la Historia . Rangers de Talca . 3 November 2023 . es . 17 April 2019.
  16. Web site: Club Deportivo SAN JOSÉ . Fútbol en América . 3 November 2023 . es . 2 December 2015.
  17. (Hinchas Forever del Club San José)
    1. HISTORIA_SANTA SAN JOSÉ 1974
    on Facebook . 29 October 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2023.