Toni Velamazán

Olympic medal record
Representing Spain
Men's Football

Toni Velamazán
Personal information
Full name	Antonio Velamazán Tejedor
Date of birth	22 January 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1991–1993	Damm
1993–1994	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1996	Barcelona B
1995–1996	Barcelona
1996–1997	Oviedo
1997–1998	Albacete
1998–1999	Extremadura
1999–2005	Espanyol
2006–2007	Almería
2007–2011	Hospitalet
Total
International career
1992–1993	Spain U16
1993–1995	Spain U18
1995	Spain U20
1996–2000	Spain U21
2000	Spain U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]