Marcus Velado-Tsegaye
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcus Velado-Tsegaye | ||
Date of birth | 1 July 2001 | ||
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[]
- ^ a b Greyson Knutson (24 February 2019). "FCE teen Velado-Tsegaye out to make his age 'irrelevant'". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "FC Edmonton Announces Signings of Three Academy Products". FC Edmonton. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "M. Velado-Tsegaye". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye scores first CPL goal on 18th birthday". 1 July 2019.
- ^ "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye re-signed by FC Edmonton for 2021". 18 November 2020.
- ^ "FC Edmonton Announces Return of T-Boy Fayia & Darlington Murasiranwa". FC Edmonton. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Marcus Velado Tsegaye". Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ Arnold, Jon (30 October 2020). "Meet El Salvador's man in Los Angeles".
- ^ Benitez, Jorge (14 December 2020). "Sub-20 de El Salvador empata 2-2 contra Nicaragua en el Cuscatlán".
- ^ 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 ...
External links[]
- Marcus Velado-Tsegaye at the Canadian Soccer Association (also available in French)
- Marcus Velado-Tsegaye at Soccerway
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Association football forwards
- Soccer players from Edmonton
- Salvadoran footballers
- El Salvador youth international footballers
- Canadian soccer players
- Canadian people of Ethiopian descent
- Canadian people of Salvadoran descent
- Salvadoran people of Ethiopian descent
- FC Edmonton players
- Canadian Premier League players