Andrés Vasquez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vasquez and the second or maternal family name is Rueda Pinto.
Andrés Vasquez
Personal information
Full name Andrés Javier Vasquez Rueda Pinto
Date of birth (1987-07-16) 16 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
IF Stendy
Bergsjö IF
1997–2004 IFK Göteborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 IFK Göteborg 40 (2)
2008–2011 FC Zürich 16 (2)
2011 → Grasshopper (loan) 2 (0)
2011–2013 BK Häcken 8 (0)
2014–2015 FC Wil 23 (5)
International career
2002–2004 Sweden U17 13 (0)
2005–2006 Sweden U19 13 (1)
2006–2007 Sweden U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrés Javier Vasquez Rueda Pinto (born 16 July 1987) (often misspelled Vasques[1]) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[2]

Club career

After playing for local clubs, he joined IFK Göteborg in 1997, the club he played for until January 2008.

He scored his first league goal for IFK Göteborg on May 7, 2007, against Örebro SK. The remarkable goal, a rabona kick from outside the penalty area, was by most experts seen as a candidate for the best goal of that year in Sweden.[3]

In December 2007 Vasquez was signed by Swiss club FC Zürich on a 4-year-contract.

International career

Andrés Vasquez rejected a call-up to the Peru national football team for a friendly with Costa Rica in March 2009 by coach José del Solar.

Career statistics

Club

Club Season Dom. league Dom. cup Int. cup Other Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
IF Stendy,
Bergsjö IF 		–1996 Youth football
IFK Göteborg 1997–2004 Youth football
Total 1997–2004 Youth football
IFK Göteborg 2005 3 0 1 0 10[4] 0 4 0 18 0
2006 25 0 2 0 3[5] 0 12 4 42 4
2007 12 2 1 0 0 0 9 0 22 2
Total 2005–07 40 2 4 0 13 0 25 4 82 6
Career totals 2005–07 40 2 4 0 13 0 25 4 82 6

Personal life

He also has a younger brother, Salvador Vasquez, who plays football for JK Nõmme Kalju.

References

  1. ^ Alltid Blåvitt, Vasquez - med z
  2. ^ "Andrés Vasquez verstärkt den FC Wil 1900 | FC Wil". www.fcwil.ch. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Andres Vasquez (IFK Gothenburg v Orebro SK, 2007)". 5 March 2013.
  4. ^ Royal League (4 matches, 0 goals) and UEFA Intertoto Cup (6 matches, 0 goals).
  5. ^ Royal League (1 match, 0 goals) and UEFA Cup (2 matches, 0 goals).


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