Marcus Velado-Tsegaye

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Marcus Velado-Tsegaye
Personal information
Full name Marcus Velado-Tsegaye
Date of birth (2001-07-01) 1 July 2001 (age 20)
Place of birth Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Xtreme FC
Edmonton Drillers
Edmonton Victoria
2016–2019 FC Edmonton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 FC Edmonton 29 (3)
National team
2020– El Salvador U20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 6, 2021

Marcus Velado-Tsegaye (born 1 July 2001) is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward.

Club career[]

Early career[]

Velado-Tsegaye began playing soccer at age five with Edmonton club Xtreme FC.[1] He later played for Edmonton Drillers and Edmonton Victoria.[1]

FC Edmonton[]

Velado-Tsegaye joined the academy programme of local professional club FC Edmonton in 2016.[2] In 2018, he won the EDSA Premier Division double with the academy and scored eleven goals, finishing third among the league's top scorers.[2]

On 15 February 2019, Velado-Tsegaye signed his first professional contract with Edmonton ahead of the side's inaugural season in the Canadian Premier League.[2] On 18 May 2019, he made his professional debut as a substitute in the Al Classico derby against Cavalry FC.[3] Velado-Tsegaye scored his first professional goal on 1 July against the HFX Wanderers.[4] On 18 November 2020 FC Edmonton announced they had re-signed Velado-Tsegaye ahead of the 2021 Canadian Premier League season.[5] On 9 February 2022, the club announced that Velado-Tsegaye and all but two other players would not be returning for the 2022 season.[6]

International career[]

In December 2015, Velado-Tsegaye participated in a Canadian under-14 identification camp in Vaughan.[7]

In October 2020, in an interview with El Salvador scout Hugo Alvarado, he mentioned that the team was in contact with Velado-Tsegaye.[8] In December 2020 he was called up to El Salvador's U-20 team and made his debut on 14 December against Nicaragua.[9]

Personal life[]

Velado-Tsegaye was born and raised in Edmonton to an Ethiopian father and a Salvadorian mother.[10]

He can represent Canada, El Salvador, ethopia & Eritrea through his father side

References[]

  1. ^ a b Greyson Knutson (24 February 2019). "FCE teen Velado-Tsegaye out to make his age 'irrelevant'". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "FC Edmonton Announces Signings of Three Academy Products". FC Edmonton. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  3. ^ "M. Velado-Tsegaye". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye scores first CPL goal on 18th birthday". 1 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye re-signed by FC Edmonton for 2021". 18 November 2020.
  6. ^ "FC Edmonton Announces Return of T-Boy Fayia & Darlington Murasiranwa". FC Edmonton. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Marcus Velado Tsegaye". Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  8. ^ Arnold, Jon (30 October 2020). "Meet El Salvador's man in Los Angeles".
  9. ^ Benitez, Jorge (14 December 2020). "Sub-20 de El Salvador empata 2-2 contra Nicaragua en el Cuscatlán".
  10. ^ John Jacques (27 September 2019). "Velado-Tsegaye Working Towards Canada U-20 Callup". Northern Tribune. Retrieved 12 February 2020. ... born to an Ethiopian father and a Salvadoran mother, the beautiful game was a family affair from day one. Growing up in Edmonton ...

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