Alan Velasco
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Agustín Velasco | ||
| Date of birth | 27 July 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Quilmes, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Boca Juniors | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2019 | Independiente | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Independiente | 48 | (6) |
| 2022–2024 | FC Dallas | 62 | (12) |
| 2025– | Boca Juniors | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Argentina U17 | 5 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 Jan 2025 | |||
Alan Agustín Velasco (born 27 July 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors.[2]
Club career
[edit]Velasco started his career in the youth system of Independiente, having joined the club in 2012.[3][4][5][6] 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.[7][8] 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.[7][9] Sixteen appearances later, Velasco scored his first senior goal in the Sudamericana away to Fénix in Montevideo.[7]
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.[7] That was followed by a strike against Arsenal de Sarandí on 3 January and a brace away to River Plate on 9 January.[7]
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.[10]
International career
[edit]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.[7][11][12][13] In October 2019, Velasco was called up for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.[14]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 20 October 2024[7]
| 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 | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21[nb 1] | 9 | 5 | — | — | 6[a] | 1 | — | 15 | 6 | |||||
| 2021 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 8[a] | 1 | — | 44 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 48 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | — | 69 | 8 | |||
| FC Dallas | 2022 | MLS | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 30 | 7 | ||
| 2023 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 34 | 6 | ||||
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 62 | 12 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 3 | 72 | 15 | ||||
| Career total | 110 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 141 | 23 | ||
- ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
Honours
[edit]Argentina U17[7]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
References
[edit]- ^ "Alan Velasco". World Football. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ Alan Velasco firmó su contrato y es oficialmente jugador de Boca - Olé, 19 Jan 2025
- ^ "Independiente blindó a dos de sus máximas promesas". TyC Sports. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Cuidando el futuro". Independiente. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Velasco: "Debutar en la primera de Independiente es mi meta más importante"". La Voz del Diablo. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "La nueva joya de inferiores habló de su actualidad en Reserva". InfiernoRojo. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Argentina - A. Velasco". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Rionegro recibe este martes a Independiente de Argentina por la Copa Suramericana". El País. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "El ingreso de Alan Velasco". Olé. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Alan Velasco fue presentado en la MLS: "Un talento increíblemente especial"". Olé. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Diablo de selección". La Voz del Diablo. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Felicidades campeón". La visera. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "FU17WC_2019_Squadlists.pdf" (PDF). FIFA Data. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
External links
[edit]- Alan Velasco at Soccerway
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Quilmes
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentina men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Argentine Primera División players
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- FC Dallas players
- Designated Players (MLS)
- Major League Soccer players
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen