Orianica Velasquez Herrera (born 1 August 1989) is a Colombian

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who plays as a

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for

Atlético Junior Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A. (), commonly known as Junior de Barranquilla, by its old name Atlético Junior, or simply as Junior, is a Colombian professional football team based in Barranquilla, that currently plays in the Categoría ...

and the Colombia women's national team.

Club career

In October 2016, Velasquez moved to Turkey, and joined 1207 Antalya Dçşemealtı Belediye Spor along with her compatriots

Lady Andrade Lady Patricia Andrade Rodríguez (born 10 January 1992) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Spanish Primera División club Deportivo de La Coruña and the Colombia women's national team. She is an attacking midfielder who can ...

and Carolina Arias to play in the 2016–17 Turkish Women's First Football League.

International career

Velasquez made her international debut for Colombia on 12 November 2006 against Uruguay. She represented the country at both the

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and

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, and the

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and 2015 Women's World Cups.

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* 1989 births Living people People from La Guajira Department Colombian women's footballers Women's association football fullbacks Indiana Hoosiers women's soccer players Zaragoza CFF players 1207 Antalya Spor players Liga F players Colombia women's international footballers 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Olympic footballers for Colombia Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia Pan American Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Colombian expatriate women's footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey {{Colombia-footy-defender-stub