Velazquez, Wilmer

In 1991, Wilmer began playing for Olympia. The striker became the champion of Honduras in the 1992/1993 season. In 1996, he played for the club Chilean Examples "Deportes Concepcion", the club took 10th place in the championship. The following year, the footballer returned to Honduras and became the country's champion, scoring two goals in the final against Platense on June 29, 1997. In the 1997/1998 season, the striker became the top scorer of Apertura (19 goals) and Klausura (15 goals), but Olympia won nothing. The striker spent 4 matches in the 1998/99 season, and in 1999 moved to Sport Recife, for which he played in the Brazilian Serie A. In 1999, the striker returned to Olimpia, in which he participated in the finals of Aperture and Klausura, but lost both finals. In 1999, Wilmer helped the club win the Central American Club Championship by scoring 5 goals in the final group. In the 2000 Aperture, Olimpia won, and the striker scored 9 goals. In the club championship of Central America, Olympia won the second tournament in a row, Velazquez scored 2 goals in the first stage. In 2001, Wilmer moved to Atlas, for which he played only 13 matches (5 in the 2001 Summer Championship and 8 matches in the 2001 Winter Championship). In 2001, a Honduran soccer player returned to Olimpia, for which he played until the end of his career and became the country's champion 8 times.

In all, in the championships of Honduras, he scored 196 goals. As of 2018, it is the top scorer in the history of Honduras championships.

On May 12, 1991, the striker played for the national team against Panama in the qualifying tournament of the Central America Cup of Nations. In 1997, he scored 6 goals in the Nations Cup of Central America , but the national team of Honduras took only 4 place. In the 1998 Gold Cup, the striker played 2 matches, the national team of Honduras could not leave the group. In the qualifying tournament of the 2003 Gold Cup, he played 2 matches and scored 3 goals. These goals helped the national team of Honduras to reach the final tournament. In the Gold Cup, Honduras tied with Mexico and lost to Brazil . The national team of Honduras took 3rd place in the group and did not reach the playoffs. In February 2005, the national team of Honduras reached the final of the Nations Cup of Central America , where they lost to Costa Rica in the penalty shootout. Wilmer scored 6 goals in the tournament (Nicaragua-3, Belize-1, Guatemala-1, Panama-1) and became the tournament's top scorer. In the 2005 Gold Cup, Wilmer has two Colombian goals (2-1) and one in the 1/4 final match against Costa Rica (3-2). In the semifinals, the Honduras team lost to the United States (1-2). Velazquez was in the symbolic team of the tournament. In 2007, Wilmer became the top scorer in the Central American Nations Cup , scoring 4 goals in the 5th place match against Nicaragua . The match ended with the victory of Honduras with a score of 9-1. Taking into account official and friendly matches, the striker played 48 games and scored 35 goals for the national team.

Team

• Champion of Honduras: 1992/93, 1996/1997, 1998/99, 2000/01 A, 2002/03 A, 2003/04 K, 2004/05 K, 2005/06 A, 2005/06 K, 2007/08 K, 2008/09 K
• Honduras Cup: 1995
• Honduras Super Cup: 1997
• Club Cup UNCAF: 1999, 2000

Personal

• Honduras Championship top scorer: 1997/98 A (19), 1997/98 K (15), 1999/2000 A (12), 2007/08 K (10)
• Central American Cup of Nations Top Scorer: 1997 (6), 2005 (6), 2007 (4)
• CONCACAF Gold Cup Top Scorer: 2005 (3)

• Matches and goals for the national team of Honduras
• National Football Teams profile
• 1999 CONCACAF Club Cups
• 2000 CONCACAF Club Cups