Ion Vélez

Ion Vélez Martínez (born 17 February 1985) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Peña Sport FC as a forward.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vélez and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
Ion Vélez
Personal information
Full name Ion Vélez Martínez
Date of birth (1985-02-17) 17 February 1985
Place of birth Tafalla, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Peña Sport
Youth career
Peña Sport
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Peña Sport 31 (4)
2004–2005 Basconia 26 (7)
2005–2007 Bilbao Athletic 20 (4)
2006–2007 → Barakaldo (loan) 32 (12)
2007–2011 Athletic Bilbao 44 (3)
2008 → Hércules (loan) 20 (5)
2011 → Numancia (loan) 18 (0)
2011–2013 Girona 27 (2)
2013–2015 Alavés 56 (9)
2015–2016 Mirandés 30 (2)
2016–2019 Tudelano 85 (11)
2019– Peña Sport 16 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2020

Club career

Vélez was born in Tafalla, Navarre. Bought by Athletic Bilbao from lowly Peña Sport FC in 2003, he spent time with the club's B and feeder teams, subsequently being loaned to neighbours Barakaldo CF in Segunda División B. He made his debut for the main squad of the latter on 26 August 2007, in the goalless La Liga home draw against CA Osasuna.[1]

After spending the second part of the 2007–08 season on loan to Segunda División's Hércules CF,[2] where he appeared significantly – after his debut with the Alicante side, he managed to play, in the same season, in the three major levels of Spanish football – Vélez was definitely promoted to Bilbao's first team for 2008–09. He was regularly played during the league campaign (28 matches, although only four complete) and, on 9 May 2009, scored the game's only goal as the Basques defeated Real Betis at home.[3]

Vélez made only five official appearances for Athletic during the first part of 2010–11, all as a second-half substitute. On 19 January 2011 he moved to CD Numancia from division two on loan, reuniting with former Athletic teammate – and namesake – Iñigo Vélez.[4][5] In late July, after being deemed surplus to requirements by new manager Marcelo Bielsa, he terminated his contract at the San Mamés Stadium and signed for Girona FC of the same tier, with his former club having a rebuying option at the end of the 2011–12 season.[6]

On 3 October 2011, during an away league fixture against Xerez CD, Velez collided with opponent goalkeeper Toni Doblas, suffering an extremely serious injury to his right knee which sidelined him for the rest of the campaign.[7][8] In July 2013 he signed with Deportivo Alavés, recently promoted to the second division.[9]

Vélez agreed to a one-year deal with fellow league team CD Mirandés on 13 July 2015.[10] He returned to the third tier prior to the start of 2016–17, joining CD Tudelano.[11]

In November 2017, following a match against his former club Mirandés where he was sent off for kicking an opponent, Vélez was banned for four games. Upon appeal, it was later reduced to two.[12]

On 24 June 2019, the 34-year-old Vélez returned to Peña Sport.[13]

References
  1. Athletic Bilbao 0–0 Osasuna; ESPN Soccernet, 26 August 2007
  2. Fútbol.– El Athletic Club cede a Ion Vélez al Hércules (Football.– Athletic Club loan Ion Vélez to Hércules); Europa Press, 3 January 2008 (in Spanish)
  3. Athletic Bilbao 1–0 Real Betis; ESPN Soccernet, 9 May 2009
  4. El Numancia se refuerza con los cedidos Ion Vélez y Sunny (Numancia bolster with loaned Ion Vélez and Sunny); Marca, 19 January 2011 (in Spanish)
  5. Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia); Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish)
  6. Ion Vélez ficha por el Girona (Ion Vélez signs for Girona); Canal Athletic, 23 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  7. Grave lesión de Ion Velez (Serious injury for Ion Vélez); Marca, 3 October 2011 (in Spanish)
  8. Ion Vélez, seis meses de baja por la lesión de rodilla sufrida en Jerez (Ion Vélez, six months out due to knee injury occurred in Jerez); El Confidencial, 4 October 2011 (in Spanish)
  9. El Alavés ficha al atacante Ion Vélez (Alavés sign forward Ion Vélez); Marca, 4 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  10. Vélez se convierte en nuevo jugador del C.D. Mirandés (Vélez becomes new player of C.D. Mirandés) Archived 14 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine; CD Mirandés, 13 July 2015 (in Spanish)
  11. Ion Vélez ficha por el Tudelano (Ion Vélez signs for Tudelano); El Desmarque, 26 July 2016 (in Spanish)
  12. Apelación reduce de cuatro a dos los partidos de suspensión al delantero del Tudelano Ion Vélez (Appealing committee reduces ban of Tudelano forward Ion Vélez from four matches to two); Navarra.com, 17 November 2017 (in Spanish)
  13. Renuevan Azpíroz e Ilintxeta en la Peña Sport (Azpíroz and Ilintxeta renew at Peña Sport); Noticias de Navarra, 24 June 2019 (in Spanish)
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