Alan Velasco

Alan Velasco
Personal information
Full name Alan Agustín Velasco
Date of birth (2002-07-27) 27 July 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Quilmes, Argentina
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Winger[1]
Team information
Current team
 FC Dallas
Number 20
Youth career
2012–2019 Independiente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Independiente 48 (6)
2022– FC Dallas 62 (12)
International career
2019 Argentina U17 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2024

Alan Agustín Velasco (born 27 July 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club FC Dallas.

Club career

Velasco started his career in the youth system of Independiente, having joined the club in 2012.[2][3][4][5] He was promoted into their first-team, aged sixteen, towards the end of the 2018–19 campaign, with the winger initially appearing as an unused substitute for a Copa Sudamericana second stage encounter with Rionegro Águilas on 21 May 2019.[6][7] He was again on the bench for the second leg on 28 May, with Velasco subsequently making his professional debut at the Estadio Libertadores de América; replacing Jony in added time.[6][8] Sixteen appearances later, Velasco scored his first senior goal in the Sudamericana away to Fénix in Montevideo.[6]

Velasco, aged eighteen, netted his opening domestic goals in the Copa de la Liga Profesional in November and December against Colón and Argentinos Juniors respectively.[6] That was followed by a strike against Arsenal de Sarandí on 3 January and a brace away to River Plate on 9 January.[6]

On February 1, 2022, Velasco was announced by FC Dallas as its costliest signing ever at that time in a four-year deal reported at $7 million with potentially an additional $1.7M based on incentives. Independiente will also receive 15% of his next sale.[9]

International career

Velasco represented Argentina at U15 and U17 level, scoring one goal in four appearances for the latter at the 2019 South American Championship in Peru; which they won.[6][10][11][12] In October 2019, Velasco was called up for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.[13]

Career statistics

As of 17 October 2022[6]
Club statistics
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Independiente 2018–19 Primera División 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 0 0 1 0
2019–20 4 0 1 0 1 0 3[a] 0 0 0 9 0
2020–21[nb 1] 9 5 0 0 0 0 6[a] 1 0 0 15 6
FC Dallas 2022 MLS 27 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 6
Career total 40 11 3 0 2 0 10 1 0 0 54 12
  1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Argentina U17[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References

  1. ^ "Alan Velasco". World Football. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Independiente blindó a dos de sus máximas promesas". TyC Sports. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Cuidando el futuro". Independiente. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Velasco: "Debutar en la primera de Independiente es mi meta más importante"". La Voz del Diablo. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. ^ "La nueva joya de inferiores habló de su actualidad en Reserva". InfiernoRojo. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Argentina - A. Velasco". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Rionegro recibe este martes a Independiente de Argentina por la Copa Suramericana". El País. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  8. ^ "El ingreso de Alan Velasco". Olé. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Alan Velasco fue presentado en la MLS: "Un talento increíblemente especial"". Olé. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Alan Velasco: "Estoy en el club más grande de América"". Emoción Roja. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Diablo de selección". La Voz del Diablo. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Felicidades campeón". La visera. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  13. ^ "FU17WC_2019_Squadlists.pdf" (PDF). FIFA Data. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.