Efraín Velarde

Efraín Velarde

Velarde playing for UNAM
Personal information
Full name	Efraín Velarde Calvillo
Date of birth	(1986-04-18) 18 April 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Los Aliens 1021 (AKL) (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2014	UNAM	281	(9)
2014–2018	Monterrey	38	(0)
2015–2016	→ León (loan)	59	(1)
2017	→ Toluca (loan)	39	(0)
2018–2020	Morelia	48	(0)
2020–2021	Mazatlán	22	(0)
2021–2022	UNAM	36	(0)
International career
2008	Mexico U23	3	(0)
2011–2015	Mexico	9	(0)
Managerial career
2024–	Los Aliens 1021 (AKL)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Efraín Velarde Calvillo (born 18 April 1986), also known as Chispa, is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Velarde joined the Pumas youth system at the age of 13 and worked his way through the ranks to debut in 2004; he usually plays in the left flank of the defense.

Emerged from the Pumas quarry where he entered at the age of 13. He debuted in the First Division with the UNAM team on 15 May 2004 in the UNAM-3 Monterrey-2 match, (wearing number 75 on his shirt) scoring a goal with his head in the last minutes, giving him the victory. to the Pumas, with Hugo Sánchez as coach. With the feline team he won four league titles and became a benchmark behind UNAM.

Efraín 'Chispa' Velarde, was transferred from Pumas to Rayados de Monterrey in definitive purchase, in the annual Draft of the Bancomer MX League, where he would play the Apertura 2014 and Clausura 2015 tournaments.

On 11 June 2015, Velarde is transferred on loan to Club León, lasting only three tournaments in the Leon team. It was the third shirt that the former university player defended.

On 14 December 2016, it is announced that he will be a new player for Deportivo Toluca.

On 26 December 2017, his arrival at the club is confirmed, to be a reinforcement for the Clausura Tournament 2018 (Mexico), El "Chispa" returns to the institution since his last time in 2015.

On 9 June 2021, Chispa' Velarde was once again made official as a Pumas player from Mazatlán F.C. this time (wearing number 18 on his shirt)

In August 2011, Velarde married his girlfriend of 6 years, Jessica Gómez Espinosa, in a mansion in Mexico City. The couple has two children, Sofía, born in Mexico City on 20 August 2010, and Santino, born on 12 November 2012 in the capital.

On 4 September 2011, Velarde was called up to the senior national team by coach José Manuel de la Torre for a friendly in Barcelona Spain against Chile making it his first international appearance.

Title	Club	Site	Year
Santiago Bernabeu Trophy	UNAM	Spain	2004

As of match played 19 June 2015^[1]

Cup	Site	Result
Gold Cup	United States	Third Place

Cup	Site	Result
Copa America 2015	Chile	Group Stage

UNAM

• Mexican Primera División: Clausura 2004, Apertura 2004, Clausura 2009, Clausura 2011
• Campeón de Campeones: 2004

Individual

• Mexican Primera División Best Full-back of the tournament: Clausura 2011

• Efraín Velarde – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)