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

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

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 8, 2023[29]
Club Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Other Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Edmonton 2019 Canadian Premier League 161–20–181
2020 41–––41
2021 91–00–91
Total 293002000313
Scrosoppi FC 2023[16] League1 Ontario 10200––102
Career total 395002000415

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
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