Marcus Velado-Tsegaye

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Marcus Velado-Tsegaye
Personal information
Full name Marcus William Velado-Tsegaye
Date of birth (2001-07-01) 1 July 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Edmonton Xtreme FC
Edmonton Drillers
Edmonton Victoria
2016–2019 FC Edmonton
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Alberta Golden Bears 12 (4)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 FC Edmonton 29 (3)
2023 Scrosoppi FC 10 (2)
2024– Edmonton Scottish 11 (3)
International career
2020 El Salvador U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 19, 2024

Marcus William Velado-Tsegaye (born 1 July 2001) is a professional soccer player who plays for Edmonton Scottish in League1 Alberta. Born in Canada, he represented El Salvador at youth international level.

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Early life

Velado-Tsegaye began playing soccer at age five with Edmonton Xtreme FC, later playing with the Edmonton Drillers SC and Edmonton Victoria SC. [1] In 2016, he joined the FC Edmonton Academy. [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. [3]

University career

In 2023, he began playing for the men's soccer team at the University of Alberta. [4] On October 4, 2023, he scored a brace in a 2-0 victory over the MacEwan Griffins. [5] At the end of the season, he was named a Canada West First Team All-Star. [6]

Club career

In 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 debut in a substitute appearance against Cavalry FC. [7] [8] On 1 July 2019, which was his 18th birthday, he scored his first professional goal against the HFX Wanderers. [9] [10] [11] In 2020, he was named to the CPL's Top 23 under 23 list. [12] In November 2020, he re-signed with the club for the 2021 season. [13] [14] In February 2022, the club announced that Velado-Tsegaye and all but two other players would not be returning for the 2022 season. [15]

In 2023, he played with Scrosoppi FC in League1 Ontario. [16]

International career

Velado-Tsegaye was born in Canada to an Ethiopian/Eritrean father and a Salvadoran mother. [17] [18]

In December 2015, Velado-Tsegaye participated in a Canadian U14 identification camp. [19]

In October 2020, in an interview with El Salvador scout Hugo Alvarado, he mentioned that the team was in contact with Velado-Tsegaye. [20] The following month, he was invited to a camp with the El Salvador U20 team. [21] [22] He attended another camp the following month. [23] In December 2020, he received his Salvadorean passport, allowing him to be eligible to represent the nation at international level. [24] He made his debut on 14 December 2020 in a friendly against Nicaragua U20. [25] [26]

In July 2023, he was called up to the Ethiopia national team, ahead of friendlies in early August against Guyana and a US club side. [27] On August 5, he started in an unofficial friendly against club side Loudoun United of the USL Championship. [28]

Career statistics

As of July 26, 2024 [29]
ClubSeasonLeaguePlayoffsDomestic CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Edmonton 2019 Canadian Premier League 161–20–181
2020 41–––41
2021 91–00–91
Total293002000313
Scrosoppi FC 2023 [16] League1 Ontario 10200––102
Edmonton Scottish 2024 [30] League1 Alberta 11310––123
Career total508102000538

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References

  1. ↑ "FCE teen Velado-Tsegaye out to make his age 'irrelevant'". Canadian Premier League. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 "FC Edmonton promotes Academy products to first team". Canadian Premier League. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "FC Edmonton Announces Signings of Three Academy Products". FC Edmonton . 15 February 2019. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye Alberta profile". Alberta Golden Bears .
  5. ↑ "Velado-Tsegaye's brace leads Bears over Griffins". Alberta Golden Bears . 5 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "SOC: UBC players headline All-Star teams". Canada West Universities Athletic Association . 27 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Velado-Tsegaye has potential to be the next star to come out of Edmonton". MacEwan Journalism. 26 May 2019.
  8. ↑ Van Diest, Derek (22 May 2019). "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye a product of FC Edmonton Academy". Edmonton Sun .
  9. ↑ "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye scores first CPL goal on 18th birthday". CBC Sports . 1 July 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  10. ↑ Sandor, Steven (1 July 2019). "'No better feeling': Edmonton's Velado-Tsegaye celebrates birthday game-winner". Canadian Premier League .
  11. ↑ "CanPL.ca's Top 23 Under 23 in the CPL: Let the debates begin!". Canadian Premier League . 18 December 2020.
  12. ↑ Rocca, Pablo (25 December 2020). "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye: "En 5 años me veo jugando en una de las ligas grandes de Europa"" [Marcus Velado-Tsegaye: "In 5 years I see myself playing in one of the biggest leagues in Europe"]. Futbol Centro America (in Spanish).
  13. ↑ "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye re-signed by FC Edmonton for 2021". Canadian Premier League . 18 November 2020.
  14. ↑ Jacques, John (18 November 2020). "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye Re-Signs With FC Edmonton". Northern Tribune.
  15. ↑ "FC Edmonton Announces Return of T-Boy Fayia & Darlington Murasiranwa". FC Edmonton. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  16. 1 2 "Marcus Velado Tsegaye 2023 L1O Stats". League1 Ontario .
  17. ↑ Jacques, John (27 September 2019). "Velado-Tsegaye Working Towards Canada U-20 Callup". Northern Tribune.
  18. ↑ "Marcus Velado Tsegaye una opción para la selecta" [Marcus Velado Tsegaye an option for the select]. Reporte SV (in Spanish). 25 October 2021. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023.
  19. ↑ Marcus Velado-Tsegaye at the Canadian Soccer Association
  20. ↑ Arnold, Jon (30 October 2020). "Meet El Salvador's man in Los Angeles". Getting CONCACAFed.
  21. ↑ Jacques, John (6 November 2020). "Velado-Tsegaye Testing Waters With El Salvador". Northern Tribune.
  22. ↑ ""Estoy muy contento de estar en este equipo"" ["I am very happy to be in this team"]. El Gráfico (in Spanish). 10 November 2020.
  23. ↑ Peñate, Christian (12 November 2020). "Marcus Velado le guiña un ojo a la selección sub-20" [Marcus Velado winks at the U-20 team]. Diario El Salvador (in Spanish).
  24. ↑ Peñate, Christian (11 December 2020). "El delantero Marcus Velado ya tiene DUI y pasaporte salvadoreño" [Forward Marcus Velado already has DUI and Salvadoran passport]. Diario El Salvador (in Spanish).
  25. ↑ Jacques, John (15 December 2020). "Velado-Tsegaye Makes El Salvador U-20 Debut". Northern Tribune.
  26. ↑ Medina, Fernando (22 October 2021). "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye, el descomunal extremo quien aguarda por la Selecta" [Marcus Velado-Tsegaye, the huge winger who awaits the Selecta]. Noticias de El Salvador (in Spanish).
  27. ↑ Jacques, John (24 July 2023). "Former Eddie Velado-Tsegaye Accepts Ethiopia Call-Up". Northern Tribune.
  28. ↑ @EthiopiaFF (5 August 2023). "Ethiopian national team starting XI vs Loudoun United" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  29. ↑ Marcus Velado-Tsegaye at Soccerway
  30. ↑ "Marcus Velado-Tsegaye 2024 L1AB Stats". League1 Alberta .
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