Oriánica Velásquez

Orianica Velásquez Herrera (born 1 August 1989) is a Colombian international footballer, who plays as a forward. She represented Colombia at both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, and the 2011 and 2015 Women's World Cups.[3][4] She made her international debut against Uruguay on the 12 November 2006.[4]

Orianica Velásquez
Personal information
Full name Orianica Velásquez Herrera
Date of birth (1989-08-01) 1 August 1989
Place of birth Villanueva, La Guajira, Colombia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Forward
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Indiana Hoosiers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Club Gol Star
Formas Íntimas
Club Gol Star
2013–2014 Transportes Alcaine 29 (8)
2014 Houston Aces
2016–2017 1207 Antalya Spor 14 (14)
National team‡
2011– Colombia 41[2] (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 March 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2015

In October 2016, she moved to Turkey, and joined 1207 Antalya Dçşemealtı Belediye Spor along with her compatriots Lady Andrade and Carolina Arias to play in the 2016–17 Turkish Women's First Football League.[5]

Career statistics
As of match played March 15, 2017.[6]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1207 Antalyaspor 2016–17First League 1414––1414
Total 1414––1414

References
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-03. Retrieved 2019-08-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  3. "Orianica Velasquez Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  4. FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™ - Players - Orianica-VELASQUEZ - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  5. "Kadın futbol takımına destek". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  6. "Oyuncular – Futbolcular: Orianica Velacquez Herrera" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 2017-02-10.


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