Jorge Luis Velázquez (born 7 September 1982) is an Argentine professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Career
Velázquez had a youth spell with Huracán de Vera before he got his senior career started in 2004 with a spell in
Torneo Argentino B
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The other league at level four wasand still isthe Primera C ...
Guillermo Brown
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of
Torneo Argentino A
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a year later. In 2008, Velázquez joined
Primera B Nacional
Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, in English "National B Division", and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 37 tea ...
team Aldosivi. He made sixty-four appearances and scored seven goals for the club prior to departing in 2010. His next career move was to Unión Santa Fe, also of Primera B Nacional. Eight goals in thirty-three games followed in his debut season as the club won promotion into the 2011–12 Argentine Primera División. In the top-flight, he scored three goals in thirty-six matches.
On 5 July 2012, Velázquez completed a transfer to fellow Primera División side Belgrano. He made his debut for Belgrano in an away win at the
Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Estadio Monumental (), officially Estadio Mâs Monumental for sponsorship reasons,River Plate. In his first five seasons with the team, Velázquez participated in one hundred and thirty-two games and scored nineteen times. On 26 July 2017, Velázquez joined Primera B Nacional team
Atlético de Rafaela
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. He scored a goal on his debut in a
Copa Argentina
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defeat versus Banfield. He made his 400th career appearance on 22 September against Los Andes. Velázquez secured a return to Guillermo Brown in July 2018.
Career statistics
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Honours
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Torneo Argentino A
The Torneo Argentino A (in English "Argentine A Tournament") was one of the two leagues that formed the regionalised third level of the Argentine football league system. Clubs in the Torneo Argentino have indirect membership in AFA, while clubs ...