Gilberto Velásquez

Gilberto Velásquez
Personal information
Full name	Gilberto Ariel Velásquez Gómez
Date of birth	11 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Tacuary
Youth career
1997–2002	Guaraní
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2006	Guaraní
2007	Colo-Colo
2007–2009	Olimpia Asunción
2010–2011	Nacional Asunción
2011	3 de Febrero
2012	Rubio Ñu
2012	Real Cartagena
2013–2014	Tacuary
2014	Real Cartenga
2015–	Atletico Minéro
International career‡
2003	Paraguay U20
2004	Paraguay U23
2004	Paraguay
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 April 2013; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 December 2012

Gilberto Ariel Velásquez Gómez (born 11 March 1983) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for Tacuary as centre back.

Velásquez began his career at Guaraní and was promoted to the first team in January 2002, aged 19, in where he played more than 50 games and scored three goals. In January 2007, he signed for the Chilean Primera División club Colo-Colo along with his countrymen Edison Giménez, team that had a very successful season, being runner-up of the Copa Sudamericana. However, he only played four games in the Apertura Tournament, but was champion of that tournament.

In June 2007, he leave the Chilean club for return to his country for play at Olimpia, another successful team in where he has played. Two seasons later, he joined to Nacional and shortly after he signed for 3 de Febrero.

He represented to the Paraguay national under-20 football team in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship held in United Arab Emirates, playing only three games in that tournament. The next year, he played two friendly games with his national team against South Korea and Mexico.

Honours

Club

Colo-Colo

Primera División de Chile (1): 2007 Apertura

External links

(in Spanish) BDFA profile
(in Spanish) Statistics at fifa.com