Wilmer Velásquez

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Wilmer Velasquez
Personal information
Full name Wilmer Raynel Neal Velasquez
Date of birth April 28, 1972 (1972-04-28) (age 36)
Place of birth    Tela, Honduras
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Olimpia
Number 11
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1991-?
?-?
?-?
 ?-?
 ?-Present
Olimpia
Sport Recife
Concepcion
Atlas
Olimpia
 ? (12)
 ? (0)
 ? (0)
 ? (0)   
National team2
1996-Present Honduras 48 (22)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Wilmer Raynel Neal Velásquez (born 28 April 1972 in San Pedro Sula, Cortés) is a Honduran football player. He currently plays for Club Deportivo Olimpia.

Velásquez is currently the all-time top goalscorer in the Honduran National Football League with 176 goals, and was the second player to reached 150 goals after Denilson Costa.

In 2005, Wilmer Velásquez was placed in second place, just behind the Brazilian player Adriano Leite Ribeiro,18 goals, as the top scorer on league and national team by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics with 15 goals. [1]

Velásquez played in Mexico without any fortune and returned to Honduras.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "No se guarden nada", Diario Tiempo, 2007-08-11. Retrieved on 2007-08-11. (Spanish) 
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