Maximiliano Velazco

{{short description|Argentine footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Maximiliano Velazco

| image =

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| fullname = Ramón Maximiliano Velazco

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|3|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Villa Constitución, Argentina

| height = {{height|m=1.86}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = San Martín SJ

| clubnumber = 13

| youthyears1 = 2007–2016 |youthclubs1 = River Plate

| years1 = 2016–2020 |clubs1 = River Plate |caps1 = 0 |goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2017–2018 |clubs2 = → Arsenal de Sarandí (loan) |caps2 = 2 |goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2018–2019 |clubs3 = → Defensores de Belgrano (loan) |caps3 = 32 |goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2020 |clubs4 = → Cobreloa (loan) |caps4 = 26 |goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2021–2024 |clubs5 = Cobreloa |caps5 = 30 |goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2023 |clubs6 = → Deportes Santa Cruz (loan) |caps6 = 28 |goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2024 |clubs7 = → San Luis (loan) |caps7 = 21 |goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2025– |clubs8 = San Martín SJ |caps8 = 0 |goals8 = 0

| club-update = 27 December 2023

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Ramón Maximiliano Velazco (born 8 March 1995), known as Maximiliano Velazco, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for San Martín SJ.{{cite news|title=Maximiliano Velazco profile|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/maximiliano-velazco/433273/|accessdate=18 November 2017|work=Soccerway|date=18 November 2017}}

Career

Velazco's first club was Argentine Primera División side River Plate, he played in the youth ranks for nine years.{{cite news|title=Maxi Velazco: quién es el arquero juvenil de River que hará debutar Gallardo en la Copa Libertadores|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/2027015-maximiliano-velazco-quien-es-el-arquero-juvenil-de-river-que-hara-debutar-gallardo-en-la-copa-libertadores|accessdate=18 November 2017|work=La Nación|date=24 May 2017}} He appeared on the substitutes bench fifteen times in all competitions during the 2016 and 2016–17 seasons, prior to making his professional debut on 25 May 2017 in River Plate's final Group 3 match in the 2017 Copa Libertadores versus Independiente Medellín. In August 2017, Velazco joined Arsenal de Sarandí on loan.{{cite news|title=Maximiliano Velazco profile|url=http://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-MAXIMILIANO-RAMON-VELAZCO-105453.html|accessdate=18 November 2017|work=BDFA|date=18 November 2017}}{{cite news|title=Arsenal sumó a Maxi Velázco|url=http://www.elgrafico.com.ar/2017/07/31/C-25669-arsenal-sumo-a-maxi-velazco.php|accessdate=18 November 2017|work=El Gráfico|date=31 July 2017}}{{cite news|title=Maximiliano Velazco, nuevo refuerzo del "Arse"|url=https://www.vavel.com/ar/futbol/arsenal-de-sarandi/813493-maximiliano-velazco-nuevo-refuerzo-del-arse.html|accessdate=18 November 2017|work=Vavel|date=3 August 2017}} After being an unused substitute twenty-two times, his first league appearance arrived on 14 April 2018 versus Belgrano; one of two matches for them.

A loan to Defensores de Belgrano followed. Having featured in twenty-four games for Defensores de Belgrano in 2018–19, his loan with them was extended on 20 June 2019.{{cite news|title=¡Vamos por más, Colo!|url=https://twitter.com/defeweb/status/1141772914762629120|accessdate=20 June 2019|work=Defensores de Belgrano|date=20 June 2019}}{{cite news|title=Maxi Velazco renovará su contrato y volverá a ser cedido a préstamo|url=https://lapaginamillonaria.com/riverplate/river-plate-maximiliano-velazco-renovara-su-contrato-con-el-club-y-volver-a-ser-cedido-a-prestamo-mercado-de-pases-20190606-0010.html|accessdate=20 June 2019|work=La Página Millonaria|date=6 June 2019}} He returned to River at the end of the year, prior to securing a loan move to Primera B de Chile with Cobreloa in January 2020. His debut arrived on 13 January in the preceding campaign's promotion play-offs, delayed from the end of 2019, as his new side lost to Deportes Temuco at the first hurdle. He appeared twenty-six times in 2020, which preceded Cobreloa signing Velazco permanently; penning a four-year contract.{{cite news|title=Cobreloa anuncia la renovación de uno de los rescatables del 2020|url=https://www.primerabchile.cl/club-deportes-cobreloa/cobreloa-anuncia-la-renovacion-de-uno-de-los-rescatables-del-2020/|accessdate=2 January 2021|work=Primera B Chile|date=1 January 2021}}

For the 2024 season, he signed with San Luis de Quillota on loan from Cobreloa.{{cite news |title=Así se comienza a conformar el plantel de San Luis 2024 |url=https://www.observador.cl/asi-se-comienza-a-conformar-el-plantel-de-san-luis-2024/ |access-date=27 December 2023 |work=www.observador.cl |date=26 December 2023 |language=es}}{{cite news |last1=Caldera |first1=Claudio |title=San Luis de Quillota anuncia a Maximiliano Velazco como su nuevo arquero para la temporada 2024 |url=https://www.adnradio.cl/2023/12/23/san-luis-de-quillota-anuncia-a-maximiliano-velazco-como-su-nuevo-arquero-para-la-temporada-2024/ |access-date=27 December 2023 |work=ADN Radio |date=23 December 2023 |language=es}}

In 2025, he returned to Argentina, joining Primera División club San Martín SJ on a free transfer.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-24 |title=San Martín de San Juan vuelve a primera tras cinco años, con los héroes del ascenso y 18 incorporaciones - TyC Sports |url=https://www.tycsports.com/liga-profesional-de-futbol/san-martin-sj-vuelve-primera-tras-cinco-anos-con-heroes-ascenso-y-veinte-incorporaciones-id630207.html |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=www.tycsports.com |language=es-AR}}

Career statistics

{{updated|2 January 2021}}.

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|+ Club statistics

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="7"|River Plate

|2016

|rowspan="6"|Primera División

|0

000colspan="2"|—000000
2016–17

|0

000colspan="2"|—1Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores00010
2017–18

|0

000colspan="2"|—000000
2018–19

|0

00000000000
2019–20

|0

00000000000
2020–21

|0

00000000000
colspan="2"|Total

!0

00000100010
rowspan="1"|Arsenal de Sarandí (loan)

|2017–18

|rowspan="1"|Primera División

|2

000colspan="2"|—000020
rowspan="3"|Defensores de Belgrano (loan)

|2018–19

|rowspan="2"|Primera B Nacional

|24

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—00240
2019–20

|8

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—0080
colspan="2"|Total

!32

000colspan="2"|—1000320
rowspan="2"|Cobreloa (loan)

|2019

|rowspan="3"|Primera B

|1

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—0010
2020

|25

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—00250
rowspan="2"|Cobreloa

|2021

|0

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—0000
colspan="2"|Total

!26

000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—00260
colspan="3"|Career total

!60

000001000610

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Honours

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