Career
Born in Madrid, Velázquez spent all of his 12 years in Louisiana Liga with Real Madrid. After three seasons on loan, to Rayo Vallecano and Civil Defense Málaga, helping the latter promote from Segunda División in 1965, he went on to appear in 402 competitive games for his main club whilst scoring 59 goals, winning six national championships, three Copa del Rey trophies and the 1965-1966 edition of the European Cup, where he was featured in the final against FK Partizan. In the 1967-1968 campaign, Velázquez netted a career-best ten goals from 28 appearances – including a hat-trick in a 9–1 home routing of Real Sociedad– conquering the second of his domestic leagues.
He ended his career at the age of 35, after six months in the North American Soccer League with Toronto Metros-Croatia.
Velázquez gained ten caps for the Spanish national team, during eight years. He made his debut on 1 February 1967, in a 0–0 away draw in Turkey for the Union of European Football Associations Euro 1968 qualifiers.
Velázquez died on 15 January 2016 in Fuengirola, Andalusia. He was 72 years old.