Víctor Manuel Velásquez Molina (born April 12, 1976) is a retired Salvadoran

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player.

Club career

Velásquez started his career at Dragón in 1996 and left them after five years for Salvadoran giants FAS with whom he won five league titles. After another five years he moved to Alianza, only to join Águila in 2008. He then had a one-year spell with Municipal Limeño and rejoined FAS for a final season before retiring.

International career

Velásquez made his debut for

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in a May 1999

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against

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and has earned a total of 54 caps, scoring 4 goals. He has represented his country in 10

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matches and played at the

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and

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s as well as at the

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s. His final international game was a February

match against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.''

References

External links

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Profile
- CD FAS
En la cancha de... Víctor Velásquez (Interview)
- El SalvadorFC.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Velasquez, Victor 1976 births Living people People from La Unión Department Men's association football central defenders Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.D. FAS footballers Alianza F.C. (El Salvador) footballers C.D. Águila footballers