Alan Velasco

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]

Alan Velasco

Personal information
Full name	Alan Agustín Velasco
Date of birth	(2002-07-27) 27 July 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth	Quilmes, Argentina
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	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	13	(0)
International career
2019	Argentina U17	5	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 Jan 2025

Club career

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

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

As of match played 20 October 2024^[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Independiente	2018–19	Primera División	—		—		—		1[a]	0	—		1	0
	2019–20		4	0	1	0	1	0	3[a]	0	—		9	0
	2020–21[nb 1]		9	5	—		—		6[a]	1	—		15	6
	2021		35	1	1	0	—		8[a]	1	—		44	2
	Total		48	6	2	0	1	0	18	2	—		69	8
FC Dallas	2022	MLS	26	6	2	0	—		—		2	1	30	7
	2023		28	4	1	0	—		—		5	2	34	6
	2024		8	2	0	0	—		—		0	0	8	2
	Total		62	12	3	0	—		—		7	3	72	15
Career total			110	18	5	0	1	0	18	2	7	3	141	23

1. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Argentina U17^[7]

• South American U-17 Championship: 2019

Notes

1. Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.