Guillermo Velasco

Guillermo Velasco
Personal information
Full name Guillermo Orlando Velasco Leiva
Date of birth (1968-06-02) 2 June 1968
Place of birth Valparaíso, Chile
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
California Quilpué
Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1988 Everton 3 (0)
1989–1991 Santiago Wanderers 68 (0)
1992 Universidad Católica 0 (0)
1993 Coquimbo Unido 0 (0)
1994 Cobresal 8 (0)
International career
1987 Chile U20 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Guillermo Orlando Velasco Leiva (born 2 June 1968) is a Chilean former football player who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Born in Valparaíso, Chile, Velasco was trained at club California from Quilpué and Everton de Viña del Mar.[1] He made his professional debut in 1985 and spent four seasons with Everton in the Chilean Primera División, switching to the classic rival, Santiago Wanderers for the 1989 Segunda División,[2] becoming the best goalkeeper of the season and getting the promotion to the Chilean top division.[3][4]

Having developed almost all his career in the Chilean top level, Velasco also played for Universidad Católica,[5] Coquimbo Unido and Cobresal.[1][3][6]

Velasco retired at the end of the 1994 season.[6][7]

International career

Velasco represented Chile U20 in the 1987 FIFA World Championship. He played all matches and Chile reached the fourth place.[8][1][7][9]

Personal life

Velasco has worked in mining industry.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Madariaga, Carlos (16 October 2025). "Fue titular en el anterior Mundial Sub 20 que se jugó en Chile, recibió un gol histórico y hoy trabaja en minería: la historia de Guillermo Velasco". ADN Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Bravo, Nicolás (21 June 2022). "Incluido Mario Salas: los formados en Everton que llegaron a defender a Santiago Wanderers". En Cancha (in Spanish).
  3. 1 2 Toro, Germán. "Guillermo VELASCO". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  4. ↑ Toro, Germán. "Wanderers en Campeonato de Segunda División 1989". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Todas las incorporaciones de la UC desde 1992". Pelotudos (in Spanish). 21 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Mundial Sub 20 Chile 1987: Qué es de los jugadores de La Roja". AlAireLibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 19 September 2025. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  7. 1 2 "Guillermo Velasco: El portero de Chile en el Mundial Sub 20 de 1987". La Roja (in Spanish). Football Federation of Chile. Retrieved 17 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "Nóminas de Chile para Copas del Mundo Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  9. ↑ Campos, Carlos (3 November 2022). "Brunelli y su histórico gol de arco a arco". ASIFUCH (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2026.
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