Frank Velásquez

Frank
Frank in 2014.
Personal information
Full name Francisco Velásquez
Date of birth (1990-02-12) February 12, 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth La Barra de Santiago,
Ahuachapán, El Salvador
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Once Municipal
2018–2019 Juventud Cara Sucia
International career‡
2009– El Salvador 86 (106)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 April 2022[1]

Francisco Velásquez (born February 12, 1990, in La Barra de Santiago, Ahuachapán), also known simply as Frank, is a Salvadoran beach soccer player.[2]

He plays in forward position, and has won awards at the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship and FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup for his goalscoring abilities;[3][4] he has appeared at four editions of the World Cup and scored his 100th goal for El Salvador during the 2021 tournament against Belarus.[5]

Honours

Country

Individual

References

  1. ^ Escalante, Varinia (21 April 2022). "Frank Velásquez, camino a leyenda: "Dios me dio un don, agradecido de ser salvadoreño"". Noticias de El Salvador (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. ^ "La Pirraya, campeón de la liga nacional de fútbol playa". El Gráfico.
  3. ^ "El Salvador". FIFA.com. FIFA. Archived from the original on June 18, 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Noticias de El Salvador - Informate con la verdad". Noticias de El Salvador - La Prensa Gráfica | Informate con la verdad (in Spanish). 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  5. ^ Leiva, Santiago (21 August 2021). "Frank llegó su gol 100 con la Azul playera". Diario El Salvador. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Personal triumph for Russian pair". FIFA. FIFA. Archived from the original on September 25, 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Goal of the Tournament". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.