Personal information | |||
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Full name | Marcus William Velado-Tsegaye | ||
Date of birth | 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) |
2024– | Edmonton Scottish | 0 | (0) |
International career | |||
2020 | El Salvador U20 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 9, 2024 |
Marcus William Velado-Tsegaye (born 1 July 2001) is a professional soccer player who plays for Edmonton Scottish in League1 Alberta. Born in Canada, he represented El Salvador at youth international level.
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]
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]
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]
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]
Club | Season | League | Playoffs | Domestic Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FC Edmonton | 2019 | Canadian Premier League | 16 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 18 | 1 | ||
2020 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | |||||
2021 | 9 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | ||||
Total | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3 | ||
Scrosoppi FC | 2023[16] | League1 Ontario | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 2 | ||
Career total | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 5 |