Alan Velasco
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Agustín Velasco | ||
| Date of birth | 27 July 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Quilmes, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position | Winger[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Boca Juniors | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2019 | Independiente | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Independiente | 48 | (6) |
| 2022–2024 | FC Dallas | 62 | (12) |
| 2025– | Boca Juniors | 24 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Argentina U17 | 5 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 Oct 2025 | |||
Alan Agustín Velasco (born 27 July 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors.[2]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Velasco started his career in the youth system of Independiente, having joined the club in 2012.[3][4][5][6] He was promoted into their first-team, aged sixteen, towards the end of the 2018–19 campaign, with the winger initially appearing as an unused substitute for a Copa Sudamericana second stage encounter with Rionegro Águilas on 21 May 2019.[7][8] He was again on the bench for the second leg on 28 May, with Velasco subsequently making his professional debut at the Estadio Libertadores de América; replacing Jony in added time.[7][9] Sixteen appearances later, Velasco scored his first senior goal in the Sudamericana away to Fénix in Montevideo.[7]
Velasco, aged eighteen, netted his opening domestic goals in the Copa de la Liga Profesional in November and December against Colón and Argentinos Juniors respectively.[7] That was followed by a strike against Arsenal de Sarandí on 3 January and a brace away to River Plate on 9 January.[7]
On February 1, 2022, Velasco was announced by FC Dallas as its costliest signing ever at that time in a four-year deal reported at $7 million with potentially an additional $1.7M based on incentives. Independiente will also receive 15% of his next sale.[10]
International career
[edit | edit source]Velasco represented Argentina at U15 and U17 level, scoring one goal in four appearances for the latter at the 2019 South American Championship in Peru; which they won.[7][11][12][13] In October 2019, Velasco was called up for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.[14]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 6 October 2025[7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Independiente | 2019–20 | Primera División | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | 9 | 5 | — | 6[b] | 1 | — | 15 | 6 | ||||
| 2021 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8[b] | 1 | — | 44 | 2 | |||
| Total | 48 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 2 | — | 69 | 8 | |||
| FC Dallas | 2022 | MLS | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[d] | 1 | 30 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 5[e] | 2 | 34 | 6 | |||
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |||
| Total | 62 | 12 | 3 | 0 | — | 7 | 3 | 72 | 15 | |||
| Boca Juniors | 2025 | Primera División | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2[f] | 0 | 3[g] | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| Career total | 134 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 171 | 24 | ||
- ^ Includes Copa Argentina, US Open Cup
- ^ a b c Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearance in Copa de la Superliga
- ^ Appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs
- ^ Four appearances and two goals in Leagues Cup, one appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs
- ^ Appearances in Copa Libertadores
- ^ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
Honours
[edit | edit source]Argentina U17[7]
Notes
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References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Alan Velasco at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Quilmes
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentina men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Argentine Primera División players
- Club Atlético Independiente footballers
- FC Dallas players
- Designated Players (MLS)
- Major League Soccer players
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen
- Boca Juniors footballers
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States