Alejandro Vélez Williams (born 3 March 1988) is a

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nian

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defender who currently plays for Tauro.

Club career

Nicknamed ''La Bomba'', Vélez started his career at local side Árabe Unido and was loaned out with compatriot

Amílcar Henríquez Amílcar Henríquez Espinosa (August 2, 1983 – April 15, 2017) was a Panamanian footballer. Club career Born in Panama City, Henríquez began his club career with local side Árabe Unido. He spent one season with Costa Rica with Santacruce� ...

to Costa Rican club Santacruceña in summer 2007 and alongside fellow Panamanian Brunet Hay to Colombian team

Cortuluá Cortuluá, officially named Cortuluá Fútbol Club S. A. and previously known as Corporación Club Deportivo Tuluá for short, was a Colombian football club from Tuluá, Valle del Cauca Department. It was founded in 1967 and last played in Categ ...

in summer 2010. In January 2013, he joined

Plaza Amador Plaza Amador is a Panamanian football club based in Panama City, that currently plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol. It is the oldest team in Panama. History C.D Plaza Amador was founded in 1955 by Panamanian sports legend León Cocoliso Tejad ...

from Colombian outfit

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, for who he had signed a year earlier, only to return to Árabe Unido in summer 2013. In July 2014 he moved to Tauro after a season at

Río Abajo Río Abajo is a Corregimientos of Panama, corregimiento within Panama City, in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 26,607 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 33,155; its population as of 2000 was 28,714. It is ...

.Vélez y Góndola se unen también
- Tauro

International career

Vélez made his international debut on January 20, 2010, in a friendly match against

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. He was sent off. He has, as of August 2015, earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals.

Honors

Club

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(1): 2008 (C) *

: Apertura 2009 II

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* * 1988 births Living people Footballers from Colón, Panama Men's association football midfielders Panamanian men's footballers Panama men's international footballers C.D. Árabe Unido players Categoría Primera A players Cortuluá footballers Atlético Huila footballers C.D. Plaza Amador players Tauro F.C. players Panamanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Costa Rica Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Panamanian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia {{Panama-footy-bio-stub