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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.
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 ...
with
Germinal, he then moved to
Guillermo Brown of
Torneo Argentino A
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a year later.
In 2008, Velázquez joined
Primera B Nacional
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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
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.
He made his debut for Belgrano in an away win at the
against
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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The first editions ...
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
.
Honours
;Guillermo Brown
*
Torneo Argentino A
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:
2006–07 Clausura
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
Footballers from Santa Fe Province
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Torneo Argentino B players
Torneo Argentino A players
Primera Nacional players
Argentine Primera División players
Guillermo Brown de Puerto Madryn footballers
Club Atlético Aldosivi footballers
Unión de Santa Fe footballers
Club Atlético Belgrano footballers
Atlético de Rafaela footballers
Barracas Central players
21st-century Argentine sportsmen