Andrés Javier Vasquez Rueda Pinto (born 16 July 1987) (often misspelled Vasques[1]) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrés Javier Vasquez Rueda Pinto | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| IF Stendy | |||
| Bergsjö IF | |||
| 1997–2004 | IFK Göteborg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | IFK Göteborg | 40 | (2) |
| 2008–2011 | FC Zürich | 16 | (2) |
| 2011 | → Grasshopper (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | BK Häcken | 8 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | FC Wil | 23 | (5) |
| International career | |||
| 2002–2004 | Sweden U17 | 13 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Sweden U19 | 13 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Sweden U21 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editAfter playing for local clubs, he joined IFK Göteborg in 1997, the club he played for until January 2008.
He scored his first league goal for IFK Göteborg on May 7, 2007, against Örebro SK. The remarkable goal, a rabona kick from outside the penalty area, was by most experts seen as a candidate for the best goal of that year in Sweden.[3]
In December 2007 Vasquez was signed by Swiss club FC Zürich on a 4-year-contract.
International career
editAndrés Vasquez rejected a call-up to the Peru national football team for a friendly with Costa Rica in March 2009 by coach José del Solar.
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | Dom. league | Dom. cup | Int. cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| IF Stendy, Bergsjö IF |
–1996 | Youth football | |||||||||
| IFK Göteborg | 1997–2004 | Youth football | |||||||||
| Total | 1997–2004 | Youth football | |||||||||
| IFK Göteborg | 2005 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10[4] | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 2006 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[5] | 0 | 12 | 4 | 42 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
| Total | 2005–07 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 82 | 6 |
| Career totals | 2005–07 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 82 | 6 |
Personal life
editHe also has a younger brother, Salvador Vasquez, who plays football for JK Nõmme Kalju.
References
edit- ^ Alltid Blåvitt, Vasquez - med z
- ^ "Andrés Vasquez verstärkt den FC Wil 1900 | FC Wil". www.fcwil.ch. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
- ^ "Andres Vasquez (IFK Gothenburg v Orebro SK, 2007)". 5 March 2013.
- ^ Royal League (4 matches, 0 goals) and UEFA Intertoto Cup (6 matches, 0 goals).
- ^ Royal League (1 match, 0 goals) and UEFA Cup (2 matches, 0 goals).
External links
edit- Andrés Vasquez at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived) (archive)
- #23 Andrés Vasquez at ifkdb.com
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