{{short description|Argentine footballer (born 2002)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Alan Velasco | image = | fullname = Alan Agustín Velasco | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|7|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Quilmes, Argentina | height = 1.67 m | position = Winger<ref name="World Football">{{cite news|title=Alan Velasco|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe601087/alan-velasco/|access-date=29 May 2019|work=World Football}}</ref> | currentclub = Boca Juniors | clubnumber = 20 | youthyears1 = 2012–2019 | youthclubs1 = Independiente | years1 = 2019–2021 | clubs1 = Independiente | caps1 = 48 | goals1 = 6 | years2 = 2022–2024 | clubs2 = FC Dallas | caps2 = 62 | goals2 = 12 | years3 = 2025– | clubs3 = Boca Juniors | caps3 = 25 | goals3 = 1 | club-update = 18:01, 30 December 2025 (UTC) | nationalyears1 = 2019 | nationalteam1 = Argentina U17 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalteam-update = | medaltemplates = }}
'''Alan Agustín Velasco''' (born 27 July 2002) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors.<ref>[https://www.ole.com.ar/boca-juniors/boca-alan-velasco-fin-novela-practica-lunes-papeles-terminados_0_laH8xkbLOF.html Alan Velasco firmó su contrato y es oficialmente jugador de Boca] - ''Olé'', 19 Jan 2025</ref>
==Club career== Velasco started his career in the youth system of Independiente, having joined the club in 2012.<ref name="TyC Sports">{{cite news|title=Independiente blindó a dos de sus máximas promesas|url=https://www.tycsports.com/nota/independiente/2018/10/30/independiente-blindo-a-dos-de-sus-maximas-promesas.html|access-date=29 May 2019|work=TyC Sports|date=30 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="Independiente">{{cite news|title=Cuidando el futuro|url=http://clubaindependiente.com/futbol/juvenil/noticias/1541081900_cuidando-el-futuro|access-date=29 May 2019|work=Independiente|date=1 November 2018}}</ref><ref name="La Voz del Diablo 1">{{cite news|title=Velasco: "Debutar en la primera de Independiente es mi meta más importante"|url=https://lavozdeldiablo.com/independiente/29035-debutar-en-la-primera-de-independiente-es-la-meta-mas-importante-que-tengo.html|access-date=29 May 2019|work=La Voz del Diablo|date=13 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="InfiernoRojo">{{cite news|title=La nueva joya de inferiores habló de su actualidad en Reserva|url=https://www.infiernorojo.com/independiente/152873-2/|access-date=29 May 2019|work=InfiernoRojo|date=26 February 2019}}</ref> He was promoted into their first-team, aged sixteen, towards the end of the 2018–19 campaign, with the winger initially appearing as an unused substitute for a Copa Sudamericana second stage encounter with Rionegro Águilas on 21 May 2019.<ref name="Soccerway">{{cite news|title=Argentina - A. Velasco|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/alan-velasco/598480/|access-date=29 May 2019|work=Soccerway}}</ref><ref name="El País">{{cite news|title=Rionegro recibe este martes a Independiente de Argentina por la Copa Suramericana|url=https://www.elpais.com.co/deportes/futbol-internacional/rionegro-recibe-este-martes-a-independiente-de-argentina-por-la-copa-suramericana.html|access-date=29 May 2019|work=El País|date=21 May 2019}}</ref> He was again on the bench for the second leg on 28 May, with Velasco subsequently making his professional debut at the Estadio Libertadores de América; replacing Jony in added time.<ref name="Soccerway"/><ref name="Olé">{{cite news|title=El ingreso de Alan Velasco|url=https://www.ole.com.ar/futbol-internacional/sudamericana/ingreso-Alan-Velasco_3_2242005831.html|access-date=29 May 2019|work=Olé|date=28 May 2019}}</ref> Sixteen appearances later, Velasco scored his first senior goal in the Sudamericana away to Fénix in Montevideo.<ref name="Soccerway"/>
Velasco, aged eighteen, netted his opening domestic goals in the Copa de la Liga Profesional in November and December against Colón and Argentinos Juniors respectively.<ref name="Soccerway"/> That was followed by a strike against Arsenal de Sarandí on 3 January and a brace away to River Plate on 9 January.<ref name="Soccerway"/>
On February 1, 2022, Velasco was announced by FC Dallas as its costliest signing ever at that time in a four-year deal reported at $7 million with potentially an additional $1.7M based on incentives. Independiente will also receive 15% of his next sale.<ref>{{cite news |title=Alan Velasco fue presentado en la MLS: "Un talento increíblemente especial" |url=https://www.ole.com.ar/futbol-internacional/america/alan-velasco-presentado-fc-dallas-mls-ex-independiente_0_adSzrfJr4I.html |access-date=1 February 2022 |work=Olé |date=1 February 2022}}</ref>
==International career== Velasco represented Argentina at U15 and U17 level, scoring one goal in four appearances for the latter at the 2019 South American Championship in Peru; which they won.<ref name="Soccerway"/><ref name="Emoción Roja">{{cite news|title=Alan Velasco: "Estoy en el club más grande de América"|url=https://emocionroja.com.ar/futbol/reserva/233-alan-velasco-%E2%80%9Cestoy-en-el-club-m%C3%A1s-grande-de-am%C3%A9rica%E2%80%9D.html|access-date=29 May 2019|work=Emoción Roja|date=29 January 2019|archive-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529070553/https://emocionroja.com.ar/futbol/reserva/233-alan-velasco-%E2%80%9Cestoy-en-el-club-m%C3%A1s-grande-de-am%C3%A9rica%E2%80%9D.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="La Voz del Diablo 2">{{cite news|title=Diablo de selección|url=https://lavozdeldiablo.com/independiente/28783-diablo-de-seleccion.html|access-date=29 May 2019|work=La Voz del Diablo|date=4 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="La visera">{{cite news|title=Felicidades campeón|url=http://lavisera.com.ar/nota/22337/felicidades-campeon/|access-date=29 May 2019|work=La visera|date=15 April 2019}}</ref> In October 2019, Velasco was called up for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.<ref name="FD1">{{cite news|title=FU17WC_2019_Squadlists.pdf|url=https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FU17WC/2019/pdf/FU17WC_2019_Squadlists.pdf|access-date=18 October 2019|work=FIFA Data|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018144205/https://www.fifadata.com/documents/FU17WC/2019/pdf/FU17WC_2019_Squadlists.pdf|archive-date=18 October 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 7 December 2025}}<ref name="Soccerway"/> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup{{efn|Includes Copa Argentina, US Open Cup}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Independiente |2019–20 |rowspan="3"|Primera División |4||0||1||0||4{{efn|name=SUD|Appearances in Copa Sudamericana}}||0||1{{efn|Appearance in Copa de la Superliga}}||0||10||0 |- |2020–21 |9||5||colspan="2"|—||6{{efn|name=SUD}}||1||colspan="2"|—||15||6 |- |2021 |35||1||1||0||8{{efn|name=SUD}}||1||colspan="2"|—||44||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !48!!6!!2!!0!!18!!2!!colspan="2"|—!!69!!8 |- |rowspan="4"|FC Dallas |2022 |rowspan="3"|MLS |26||6||2||0||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|Appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs}}||1||30||7 |- |2023 |28||4||1||0||colspan="2"|—||5{{efn|Four appearances and two goals in Leagues Cup, one appearance in MLS Cup Playoffs}}||2||34||6 |- |2024 |8||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||8||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !62!!12!!3!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!7!!3!!72!!15 |- |Boca Juniors ||2025 |Primera División |25||1||1||0||2{{efn|Appearances in Copa Libertadores}}||0||3{{efn|Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup}}||0||31||1 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !135!!19!!6!!0!!20!!2!!11!!3!!172!!24 |} {{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
==Honours== '''Argentina U17'''<ref name="Soccerway"/> *South American U-17 Championship: 2019
==Notes== <references group="nb" />
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|alan-velasco/598480}}
{{Boca Juniors squad}}
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