Víctor Velásquez

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Víctor Velásquez
Personal information
Full name	Victor Manuel Velasquez Molina
Date of birth	(1976-04-12) April 12, 1976
Place of birth	La Unión, El Salvador
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1996–2001	Dragón
2001–2006	FAS	45	(4)
2006–2008	Alianza
2008–2009	Águila	29	(1)
2009–2010	Municipal Limeño	34	(1)
2010–2011	FAS	1	(2)
National team^‡
1999–2007	El Salvador	54	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 6, 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of February 2007

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Velásquez and the second or maternal family name is Molina.

Víctor Manuel Velásquez Molina (born April 12, 1976 in La Unión) is a retired Salvadoran football player.

Club career

Velásquez started his career at Dragón in 1996 and left them after five years for Salvadoran giants FAS with whom he won five league titles. After another five years he moved to Alianza, only to join Águila in 2008. He then had a one-year spell with Municipal Limeño and rejoined FAS^[1] for a final season before retiring.

International career

Velásquez made his debut for El Salvador in a May 1999 friendly match against Colombia and has earned a total of 54 caps, scoring 4 goals. He has represented his country in 10 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[2] and played at the 2001,^[3] 2003,^[4] 2005^[5] and 2007 UNCAF Nations Cups^[6] as well as at the 2002^[7] and 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cups.

His final international game was a February 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup match against Guatemala.

International goals

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	13 February 2003	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Nicaragua	2-0	3-0	2003 UNCAF Nations Cup
2	28 January 2004	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Panama	1-1	1-1	Friendly match
3	13 June 2004	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Bermuda	2-1	2-1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	18 August 2004	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador	Panama	1-0	2-1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

↑ El Grafico Profile - El Gráfico(Spanish)
↑ Víctor Velásquez – FIFA competition record
↑ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2001 - Details - RSSSF
↑ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - Details - RSSSF
↑ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2005 - RSSSF
↑ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 - RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002 - Full Details - RSSSF

External links

Víctor Velásquez at National-Football-Teams.com
Profile - CD FAS (Spanish)
En la cancha de... Víctor Velásquez (Interview) - El SalvadorFC.com (Spanish)

El Salvador squads

v t e El Salvador squad – 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Rivera 2 Osorio 3 4 Benítez 5 Velásquez 6 Cubías 7 Canjura 8 Cabrera 9 Galdámez 10 11 Cerritos 12 Álvarez 13 Umanzor 14 Corrales 16 A. Martínez 17 Rodríguez 18 Navarro 19 E. Martínez 20 García 22 Gómez Coach: Recinos

v t e El Salvador squad – 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Hernández 2 W.A. Torres 3 González 4 Castro 5 Velásquez 6 Navarro 7 Sánchez 8 Cabrera 9 Mejía 10 — 11 Torres Alegría 12 Campos 14 Corrales 15 Ochoa 17 Menjívar 18 Murgas 19 Pacheco 21 Quintanilla 22 Gómez Coach: Paredes

Persondata
Name	Velasquez, Victor
Alternative names
Short description	Salvadoran footballer
Date of birth	April 12, 1976
Place of birth	La Unión, El Salvador
Date of death
Place of death

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