Frank Velásquez

{{Short description|Salvadoran beach soccer player (born 1990)}}

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| name = Frank

| image = File:Frank Velásquez beach soccer.jpg

| image_size = 180px

| caption = Frank in 2014.

| fullname = Francisco Velásquez

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|02|12}}

| birth_place = La Barra de Santiago,
Ahuachapán, El Salvador

| height = {{height|m=1.65}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber = 11

| position = Forward

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| years1 = 2009–2010

| clubs1 = Once Municipal

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| years2 = 2018–2019

| clubs2 = Juventud Cara Sucia

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| nationalyears1 = 2009–

| nationalteam1 = El Salvador

| nationalcaps1 = 86

| nationalgoals1 = 106

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| nationalteam-update = 21 April 2022{{Cite web |title=Frank Velásquez, camino a leyenda: "Dios me dio un don, agradecido de ser salvadoreño" |author=Escalante, Varinia |work=Noticias de El Salvador |date=21 April 2022 |access-date=26 January 2023 |url= https://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/selecciones/frank-velasquez-leyenda/948437/2022/ |lang=es }}

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Francisco Velásquez (born February 12, 1990, in La Barra de Santiago, Ahuachapán), also known simply as Frank, is a Salvadoran beach soccer player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elgrafico.com/futbol/La-Pirraya-campeon-de-la-liga-nacional-de-futbol-playa-20171230-0018.html|title=La Pirraya, campeón de la liga nacional de fútbol playa|website=El Gráfico}}

He plays in forward position, and has won awards at the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship and FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup for his goalscoring abilities;{{cite web|title=El Salvador|url=https://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/teams/team=1912753/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618070318/http://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/teams/team=1912753/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 18, 2008|work=FIFA.com|publisher=FIFA|accessdate=16 September 2011}}{{cite web | title=Noticias de El Salvador - Informate con la verdad | website=Noticias de El Salvador - La Prensa Gráfica | Informate con la verdad | date=2017-01-31 | url=https://www.laprensagrafica.com/ | language=es | access-date=2020-11-24}} he has appeared at four editions of the World Cup and scored his 100th goal for El Salvador during the 2021 tournament against Belarus.{{Cite web |title=Frank llegó su gol 100 con la Azul playera |author=Leiva, Santiago |work=Diario El Salvador |date=21 August 2021 |access-date=26 January 2023 |url= https://diarioelsalvador.com/frank-llego-su-gol-100-con-la-azul-playera/123515/}}