David Velastegui (born April 1, 1991) is a Canadian

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player. He plays as a

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Club career

Velastegui signed with

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in the

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(CSL), he was a regular starter playing in all 23 match fixtures and being recognized as one of the top young talents of the league. David spent four years at

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, where he captained the team to win its first ever Canadian National Championship and received the CCAA All-Canadian award, being recognized as the top player in the country. In 2013, he joined Club Sport Colombia in the Paraguayan second tier for a short period, leaving the club due to the club’s limited financial resources and returning to Sheridan. While his time at Sheridan during the off season he continued playing in the Canadian Soccer League with

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where they were

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finalists in 2014. Velastegui was then signed by San Cristóbal in the Liga Dominicana de Fútbol. David quickly made an impact scoring on his debut and lead his team in goals becoming 4th overall Top Goalscorer of the league with 7 goals. He was signed mid-season by another Dominican team, Delfines del Este FC and scored in his club debut against Cibao FC on May 13, 2016. In 2019, he played with

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, and for the remainder of the season returned to the CSL to play with

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. He also featured in the

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against

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. During his tenure with Ukraine United he featured in the CSL Championship final once more against

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. In 2020, he returned to his former Dominican club San Cristóbal. Velastegui signed for MASL club Mississauga MetroStars ahead of their inaugural season. In 2021, he began the season playing for

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, before switching to

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in the same league in September, where he remained for 2022. In 2023, he joined

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International career

Velastegui was born in

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and is of Ecuadorian descent. He was 15 years old when he made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2006 in a pair of friendlies against the United States youth U-15 national team and

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under coach Sean Fleming in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Velastegui, David 1991 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Canadian men's soccer players Soccer players from Mississauga Canadian people of Ecuadorian descent Sportspeople of Ecuadorian descent Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in the Dominican Republic Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the Dominican Republic Brampton City United FC players Toronto Croatia players Mississauga MetroStars players FC Ukraine United players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players League1 Ontario players Major Arena Soccer League players Liga Dominicana de Fútbol players CA San Cristóbal players Vaughan Azzurri players Sigma FC players Blue Devils FC players Scrosoppi FC players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay ProStars FC players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen University and college men's soccer players in Canada