Efraín Velarde

Emerged from the Pumas quarry where he entered at the age of 13. He debuted in the First Division with the UNAM team on May 15, 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 June 11, 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 December 14, 2016, it is announced that he will be a new player for Deportivo Toluca.

On December 26, 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 June 9, 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 August 20, 2010, and Santino, born on November 12, 2012 in the capital.

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

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 (in Spanish)