Nicolás Vélez

Nicolás Vélez
Personal information
Full nameNicolás Leandro Vélez
Date of birth4 July 1990
Place of birthArgentina
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Warriors FC
Number10
Youth career
2010–2012Atlético Huracán
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–2012Atlético Huracán2(0)
2012–2013Atlético Sanluqueño8(0)
2014–Warriors FC34(27)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Nicolás Leandro Vélez (born 4 July 1990) is an Argentine professional soccer player who plays for S.League club Warriors, as a forward.

Career

Nicolás Vélez started his footballing career with Club Atlético Huracán at the age of 20. Two years later, he joined Spanish club Atlético Sanluqueño.

He signed for Warriors FC in the S.League in 2014.[1] He scored a hat-trick for the Warriors against Albirex Niigata (S) in a 4–0 victory, keeping them in contention of the title.[2]

In the 2015 Singapore Charity Shield which doubled as the first league game of the 2015 S.League Season, Vélez scored the only goal of the match, winning the Shield and the first three points of the season for the Warriors.[3] He scored two goals in the next game, a 3-1 win over Harimau Muda.[4] He notched his sixth goal of the season on 24 April 2015 against fellow title contenders Brunei DPMM FC before earning a red card in the 69th minute following an on-field spat.[5]

Honours

Club

Warriors FC

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Profile of Nicolás Vélez on Goal.com
  2. ↑ "Velez sends Warriors top". 27 April 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/news/warriors-fc-1-balestier-khalsa-0-velez-strike-clinches-charity-shield
  4. ↑ http://www.fourfourtwo.com/sg/news/sleague-review-tampines-warriors-maintain-100-percent-record
  5. ↑ "Weaver: We Gave The Game Away". 24 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Awards night signals end of 2014 S.League season". S.League. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.