Nicolás Vélez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolás Leandro Vélez | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Suphanburi | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| River Plate | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Huracán | 2 | (0) |
| 2013 | Atlético Sanluqueño | 8 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Warriors | 38 | (29) |
| 2015 | NorthEast United | 14 | (5) |
| 2016 | Hajduk Split | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | NorthEast United | 11 | (3) |
| 2017– | Suphanburi | 13 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:00, 3 December 2015 (UTC). |
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Nicolás Leandro Vélez (born 4 July 1990) is an Argentine professional soccer player who plays as a forward who plays for Suphanburi.
Velez is a product of the famed River Plate youth academy having played in the same team as Erik Lamela and Roberto Pereyra, before leaving for another top-tier Argentinian team, Huracan, in search of first-team opportunities.
Nicolás Vélez started his professional footballing career with Club Atlético Huracán at the age of 19.
After being released by his former club in Argentina, he joined Spanish 3rd tier club Atlético Sanluqueño.He left the club in 2013, saying there were “many problems” at the Spanish club, so he asked his agent to look at options elsewhere.
He signed for Warriors FC in the S.League in 2014. He scored a hat-trick for the Warriors against Albirex Niigata (S) in a 4–0 victory, keeping them in contention of the title. In his first season in Singapore, he scored an impressive 21 goals in 26 appearances, second only to Brazilian Rodrigo Tosi (24 goals) helping Warriors FC to the S.League title.Velez capped his first Asian campaign by being named S.League young player of the year.
In the 2015 Singapore Charity Shield which doubled as the first league game of the 2015 season, Vélez scored the only goal of the match, winning the Shield and the first three points of the season for the Warriors. He scored two goals in the next game, a 3-1 win over Harimau Muda. He notched his sixth goal of the season on 24 April 2015 against fellow title contenders Brunei DPMM FC before earning a red card in the 69th minute following an on-field spat.
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