Gilberto Ariel Velásquez Gómez (born 11 March 1983) is a

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

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who plays for Tacuary as centre back. Velásquez began his career at Guaraní and was promoted to the first team in January 2002, aged 19, in where he played more than 50 games and scored three goals. In January 2007, he signed for the

Chilean Primera División The Chilean Primera División (English: First Division) is the top-tier league of the Chilean football league system. It is organized by the ''Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, ANFP''. The league is known as the Campeonato AFP PlanVital ...

club Colo-Colo along with his countrymen Edison Giménez, team that had a very successful season, being runner-up of the

Copa Sudamericana The CONMEBOL Sudamericana, named as ''Copa Sudamericana'' (; pt, Copa Sul-Americana ), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 2002. It is the second-most prestigious club competition in South American ...

. However, he only played four games in the Apertura Tournament, but was champion of that tournament. In June 2007, he leave the Chilean club for return to his country for play at Olimpia, another successful team in where he has played. Two seasons later, he joined to

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and shortly after he signed for

3 de Febrero 3 (three) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cu ...

. He represented to the

Paraguay national under-20 football team Paraguay national under-20 football team represents Paraguay in international football competitions such as FIFA U-20 World Cup and South American Youth Football Championship. The team's most successful period was mostly during 2001 to 2003 and o ...

in the

2003 FIFA World Youth Championship The 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in United Arab Emirates between 27 November and 19 December 2003. U20 Brazil claimed their fourth title. The 2003 championship was the 14th contested. The tournament was originally planned to be ...

held in

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, playing only three games in that tournament. The next year, he played two friendly games with his national team against

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and

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

Honours

Club

;Colo-Colo * Primera División de Chile (1): 2007 Apertura

External links

BDFA profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Velasquez, Gilberto 1983 births Living people Paraguayan footballers Paraguay under-20 international footballers Paraguayan expatriate footballers Club Guaraní players Club Olimpia footballers Club Nacional footballers Club Atlético 3 de Febrero players Club Rubio Ñu footballers Club Tacuary footballers Colo-Colo footballers Paraguayan Primera División players Chilean Primera División players Expatriate footballers in Chile Expatriate footballers in Colombia Association football defenders Sportspeople from Asunción