Gilberto Velásquez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Velázquez and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.
Gilberto Velázquez
Personal information
Full name Gilberto Ariel Velázquez Gómez[1]
Date of birth (1983-03-11) 11 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1997–2002 Guaraní
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2009 Guaraní 122 (5)
2007 → Colo-Colo (loan) 4 (0)
2007–2009 → Olimpia (loan) 32 (5)
2010–2011 Nacional 24 (1)
2011 3 de Febrero 21 (0)
2012 Rubio Ñu 15 (0)
2012 Real Cartagena 7 (0)
2013–2014 Tacuary 8 (1)
2015 Atletico Minero
2015–2016 Sport Boys Warnes
2017 Royal Pari
International career
2003 Paraguay U20 3 (1)
2004 Paraguay U23
2004 Paraguay 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gilberto Ariel Velázquez Gómez (born 11 March 1983) is a former Paraguayan footballer who played as a centre-back.

Club career

Velásquez began his career at Guaraní and was promoted to the first team in January 2002, aged 19, in where he played more than 50 games and scored three goals. In January 2007, he was loaned out to Chilean Primera División club Colo-Colo[2] along with his countrymen Edison Giménez,[3] team that had a very successful season, being runner-up of the Copa Sudamericana. However, he only played four games in the Apertura Tournament, but was champion of that tournament.[4]

In June 2007, he leave the Chilean club to return to his country to play on loan for Olimpia, another successful team in where he has played.[2] Two seasons later, he joined to Nacional and shortly after he signed for 3 de Febrero.

After ending his contract with Guaraní, Velázquez signed with Nacional.[5]

In 2012, Velázquez signed with Colombian club Real Cartagena.[6]

His last clubs were Sport Boys Warnes[7] and Royal Pari in Bolivia. He retired in 2017.[2]

International career

He represented to the Paraguay national under-20 football team in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship held in United Arab Emirates, playing only three games in that tournament. The next year, he played two friendly games with his national team against South Korea and Mexico.

Honours

Colo-Colo

References

  1. ^ a b "Gilberto Velázquez". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c ""Quería retirarme en Guaraní"". Crónica (in Spanish). 27 August 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Colo Colo de Chile fichó al defensa paraguayo Gilberto Velázquez". Última Hora (in Spanish). 5 January 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Ex Colo Colo recuerda anécdota con Arturo Vidal: "Nos quería tratar de menos o de indios"". www.t13.cl (in Spanish). Canal 13. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Nacional enfrenta hoy al Danubio". www.abc.com.py (in Spanish). 14 January 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Gilberto es del Cartagena". D10 (in Spanish). 20 June 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Paraguayos copan el campeonato boliviano". Diario HOY (in Spanish). 12 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2024.