Toni Velamazán Explained

Toni Velamazán
Fullname:Antonio Velamazán Tejedor
Birth Date:22 January 1977
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Position:Attacking midfielder
Youthyears1:1991–1993
Youthclubs1:Damm
Youthyears2:1993–1994
Youthclubs2:Barcelona
Years1:1994–1996
Caps1:38
Goals1:9
Years2:1995–1996
Caps2:11
Goals2:3
Years3:1996–1997
Caps3:34
Goals3:2
Years4:1997–1998
Caps4:34
Goals4:1
Years5:1998–1999
Caps5:33
Goals5:6
Years6:1999–2005
Caps6:120
Goals6:16
Years7:2006–2007
Caps7:13
Goals7:0
Years8:2007–2011
Caps8:136
Goals8:11
Totalcaps:419
Totalgoals:48
Nationalyears1:1992–1993
Nationalcaps1:16
Nationalgoals1:2
Nationalyears2:1993–1995
Nationalcaps2:6
Nationalgoals2:3
Nationalyears3:1995
Nationalcaps3:4
Nationalgoals3:0
Nationalyears4:1996–2000
Nationalcaps4:17
Nationalgoals4:0
Nationalyears5:2000
Nationalcaps5:6
Nationalgoals5:1

Antonio "Toni" Velamazán Tejedor (born 22 January 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

He spent most of his professional career with Espanyol, appearing in 141 official games over the course of seven La Liga seasons. He started playing with Barcelona.

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Velamazán was a youth graduate of FC Barcelona. He appeared 11 times for the first team during the 1995–96 season, under Johan Cruyff, but could never establish fully in the main squad, going on to have one-year spells with Real Oviedo, Albacete Balompié and CF Extremadura.

Incidentally, Velamazán would settle with Barça neighbours RCD Espanyol, where he played for six 1/2 years, although he started regularly in only two. His best season would be 1999–2000, as the player scored six goals in 34 matches and the club also won the Copa del Rey – only ranking 14th in the league however; after suffering a knee injury on 6 January 2002 against Málaga CF, he never fully recovered and eventually left the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in late December 2005.[1]

In January 2006, Velamazán returned to the second division as he signed for UD Almería for one year, after which he returned to his region, joining lowly CE L'Hospitalet and remaining there until his retirement at the end of the 2010–11 campaign, aged 34.[2] [3]

International career

Velamazán played and started all six matches (although only one complete) at the 2000 Summer Olympics, scoring once as the Spanish team finished second.[4]

Honours

Club

Espanyol

1999–2000

International

Spain U23

Notes and References

  1. http://elpais.com/diario/2002/07/28/deportes/1027807213_850215.html Del calvario a la luz (Brightness follows ordeal)
  2. http://www.laverdad.es/alicante/20080508/deportes_alicante/alicante/toni-velamazan-ilustre-filas-20080508.html Toni Velamazán, un ilustre en las filas del CE Hospitalet (Toni Velamazán, celebrity in the ranks of CE Hospitalet)
  3. http://www.ara.cat/esports/futbol/futbol_catala/toni-velamazan-retirada-l-hospitalet_0_534546839.html Toni Velamazán penjarà les botes aquest estiu (Toni Velamazán to hang up boots this summer)
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418024502/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/toni-2.html Toni