Nery Veloso

Nery Veloso

Personal information
Full name	Nery Alexis Veloso Espinoza
Date of birth	March 1, 1987 (1987-03-01) (age 24)
Place of birth	Los Ángeles, Chile
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Unión San Felipe
Number	26
Youth career
	Huachipato
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–	Huachipato	50	(0)
2010	→ Colo-Colo (loan)	2	(0)
2011–	→ U. San Felipe (loan)	16	(0)
National team
2009–	Chile	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 7, 2009. † Appearances (Goals).

Nery Alexis Veloso Espinoza (born March 1, 1987 in Los Ángeles, Chile) is a Chilean football goalkeeper who plays for Chilean club Unión San Felipe of Santiago, Chile.

Club career

Veloso made his way through the youth ranks of Huachipato until he was finally called up to the adult side in 2006 and finally making his debut as a professional in 2007 against Melipilla. In the Clausura 2008 tournament in Chile, Veloso took over as Huachipato's first-choice goalkeeper and led the team to the quarterfinals of the playoffs losing to Colo-Colo. The ANFP awarded Veloso Best Goalkeeper Award at the end of the season. Veloso has since been linked to moves to either Universidad de Chile or Colo-Colo.^[1] Finally, it was loaned to Colo-Colo for the 2010 season.

On January 2011, Huachipato loaned Veloso to Unión San Felipe for 1 year.^[2]

International career

Veloso was named the back up goalkeeper for Chile at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Veloso did not participate in any of the games of the tournament but Chile won third place at the tournament. Marcelo Bielsa called Veloso up to the adult side for a friendly versus Honduras in January 2009 but Veloso did not play. In May 2009 Bielsa once again named Veloso as back up goalkeeper for the Kirin Cup in Japan.^[3] Due to injuries to regular third string goalkeeper for Chile Christopher Toselli, Veloso was called up again for two 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in June 2009. He made his debut with the Chile national football team in a friendly against Paraguay in Talcahuano winning 2-1.

Honors

International

• 
  • 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup: Third Place

Individual

• Best Goalkeeper of Primera División de Chile Award: 2008

References

1. ^ Arquero Nery Veloso, en la mira de Colo Colo y Universidad de Chile
2. ^ Nery Veloso llega a Unión San Felipe: "Quiero romperla"
3. ^ Nery Veloso llama a Colo Colo: Estoy para dar el salto

Persondata
Name	Veloso, Nery
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	March 1, 1987
Place of birth	Los Ángeles, Chile
Date of death
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