Francisco Velásquez (born February 12, 1990 in La Barra de Santiago,

Ahuachapán Ahuachapán () is a city, and municipality, and the capital of the Ahuachapán Department in western El Salvador. The municipality, including the city, covers an area of 244.84 km² and as of 2007 has a population of 110,511 people. Situat ...

), also known simply as Frank, is a Salvadoran

beach soccer Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand. Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was an a ...

player. He plays in forward position, and has won awards at the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship and

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for his goalscoring abilities; he has appeared at four editions of the World Cup and scored his 100th goal for El Salvador during the 2021 tournament against Belarus.

Honours

Country

**Fourth place (1): 2011 * CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship **Winner (2):

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Individual

* FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Bronze Ball (1):

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* FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Bronze Boot (1):

* FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Goal of the Tournament (1):

* CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship Top Scorer (3): 2010, 2015, 2021 * CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship Best Player (1): 2010

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Velasquez, Frank 1990 births Living people Beach soccer players Salvadoran footballers El Salvador international footballers People from Ahuachapán Association football forwards