{{short description|Mexican footballer (born 1996)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Pato Botello Faz | image = Pato Botello Faz 9 FW Union Omaha 04182026-3.jpg | caption = Botello Faz with Union Omaha in 2026 | fullname = Patricio Botello Faz | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|9|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico | height = 183 cm | position = Forward | currentclub = Union Omaha | clubnumber = 33 | collegeyears1 = 2015–2018 | college1 = St. Mary's Rattlers | collegecaps1 = 65 | collegegoals1 = 39 | years1 = 2017 | clubs1 = Texas United | caps1 = 12 | goals1 = 6 | years2 = 2018 | clubs2 = Corpus Christi FC | caps2 = 9 | goals2 = 8 | years3 = 2019 | clubs3 = Lansing Ignite | caps3 = 21 | goals3 = 7 | years4 = 2020 | clubs4 = South Georgia Tormenta | caps4 = 10 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2021–2022 | clubs5 = Detroit City | caps5 = 41 | goals5 = 13 | years6 = 2023 | clubs6 = Las Vegas Lights | caps6 = 18 | goals6 = 4 | clubs7 = Union Omaha | caps7 = 20 | goals7 = 3 | years7 = 2025– | club-update = October 31, 2025 }}
'''Patricio "Pato" Botello Faz''' (born 8 September 1996) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward who plays for USL League One side Union Omaha.<ref>{{cite web |author1=USLLeagueOne.com Staff |title=Union Omaha signs Pato Botello Faz to 25-day contract |url=https://www.uslleagueone.com/news_article/show/1340667 |website=uslleagueone.com |access-date=16 June 2025 |location=Omaha, Nebraska |language=English |date=6 June 2025 |quote=28-year-old returns to League One after most recently competing for Las Vegas Lights}}</ref>
==Club career==
Botello Faz started out with 2 pre-professional seasons with Texas United and Corpus Christi FC, both in USL League Two in the 2017 and 2018 seasons, respectively, of which the latter was an expansion side<ref>{{cite web |author1=CCFC |title=Corpus Christi FC Named New PDL Club |url=https://corpuscfc.com/corpus-christi-fc-named-new-pdl-club/ |website=corpuscfc.com |access-date=16 June 2025 |location=Tampa, Florida |language=English |date=3 November 2017 |quote=Second Texas-based expansion team joins PDL ahead of 2018}}</ref> before signing his first pro contract with USL League One side Lansing Ignite.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Associated Press |title=Lansing Ignite Adds Forward Pato Botello Faz |url=https://www.fox47news.com/sports/lansing-ignite-adds-forward-pato-botello-faz |website=fox47news.com |access-date=16 June 2025 |location=Lansing, Michigan |language=English |date=25 January 2019 |quote=Lansing Ignite FC has announced today the addition of former St. Mary’s University (San Antonio, Texas), Corpus Christi FC and Texas United forward Pato Botello Faz ahead of the inaugural 2019 USL League One season, pending league and federation approval.}}</ref> After Lansing folded after one season, Botello Faz signed with another League One side, South Georgia Tormenta FC for the 2020 USL League One season.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Associated Press |title=Lansing Ignite Adds Forward Pato Botello Faz |url=https://www.fox47news.com/sports/lansing-ignite-adds-forward-pato-botello-faz |website=fox47news.com |access-date=16 June 2025 |location=Lansing, Michigan |language=English |date=25 January 2019 |quote=Lansing Ignite FC has announced today the addition of former St. Mary’s University (San Antonio, Texas), Corpus Christi FC and Texas United forward Pato Botello Faz ahead of the 2019 USL League One season, pending league and federation approval.}}</ref>
After playing with South Georgia for one season, Botello Faz joined then-NISA side Detroit City FC in mid-April and helped them win both the Legends Cup and the championship that year, also being the 2021 NISA Spring Golden Ball winner. After this, Botello Faz stayed with the team as it moved up to the second-tier League USL Championship for the 2022 USL Championship season, helping the team to make the playoffs.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Pato Botello Faz found his home in Detroit is a special story - one we want to share with as many people as we can. |url=https://www.facebook.com/detroitcityfc/photos/a.634158446599028/5906510582697095/?type=3 |website=Facebook.com |access-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>
After 2 seasons with DCFC, it was announced that Botello Faz had signed with fellow USL Championship side Las Vegas Lights FC for the 2023 USL Championship season, appearing in 18 games and scoring 4 goals for the club on their way to a horrific 3-21-10 (W-L-D) record and a bottom finish of the conference table.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 25, 2023 |title=LIGHTS FC ANNOUNCE NEW COACHING STAFF & INITIAL PLAYER SIGNINGS FOR 2023 SEASON |url=https://www.lasvegaslightsfc.com/news/2023/01/25/2023-roster-announcement/ |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Las Vegas Lights FC |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221134606/https://www.lasvegaslightsfc.com/news/2023/01/25/2023-roster-announcement/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On June 6, 2025, it was announced that USL League One side Union Omaha had signed Botello Faz to a 25-day contract.<ref>{{cite web |title=Union Omaha signs Pato Botello Faz to 25-day contract |url=https://www.uslleagueone.com/news_article/show/1340667 |website=uslleagueone.com |access-date=16 June 2025 |location=Omaha, Nebraska |language=English |date=6 June 2025 |quote=28-year-old returns to League One after most recently competing for Las Vegas Lights}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|603849}} * {{USL League One player|pato-botello-faz}} * [https://rattlerathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2117 St. Mary's Rattlers bio]
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