Playing position Role Football player Number 4 Height 1.82 m | Years Team Weight 81 kg Name Jose Velazquez Career start 2007 | |
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Full name Jose Manuel Velazquez Rodriguez Date of birth (1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 25) Place of birth Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela Current teams Venezuela national football team (Defender, Midfielder), F.C. Arouca (#4 / Defender) | ||
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José Manuel "Sema" Velázquez Rodríguez, (born 8 September 1990 in Ciudad Bolívar) is a Venezuelan football defender. He is playing for Arouca in Primeira Liga and he is also playing for the Venezuela national football team.
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Club career
Velázquez started his career at just six when he started to play for various youth clubs in town. He made his professional debut with Deportivo Lara in 2007. Having made himself a regular at the age of 17, Deportivo Anzoátegui secured his services at the beginning of 2008.
He signed for Villarreal in 2009 to play for its reserve team. However, he did not feature in any match since he joined the squad, and was loaned to Venezuelan club Mineros de Guayana for the end of the 2010–11 season and the whole 2011–12 campaign.
On 7 July 2012, he signed a 3-year contract for Panathinaikos F.C..
International career
Velázquez has played at every level from Under-15 to Under-20.
International goals
Under 20s
Velázquez was selected to play for Venezuela in the 2009 South American Youth Championship by César Farías, partnering Carlos Salazar in central defence. During the Round of 16 of the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Egypt, he play the full 90 minutes against UAE but Venezuela was eventually defeated 1–2.
Senior Team
Velázquez is a member of the Venezuela national football team, having debuted on 28 March 2009 against Argentina.
Honours
