Ronaldo Vásquez

Ronaldo Junior Vásquez Herasme (born 30 June 1999) is a Dominican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga Dominicana club Atlético Pantoja and the Dominican Republic national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vásquez and the second or maternal family name is Herasme.
Ronaldo Vásquez
Vásquez in June 2019, while being at Hapoel Tel Aviv FC
Personal information
Full name Ronaldo Junior Vásquez Herasme
Date of birth (1999-06-30) 30 June 1999[1]
Place of birth Mao, Dominican Republic
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward,[3] attacking midfielder,[2] winger[4]
Team information
Current team
 Atlético Pantoja
Number 10
Youth career
La Meca del Fútbol
2013–2016 FCBEscola Santo Domingo
2016 Atlético Pantoja
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Atlético Pantoja 8 (0)
2019 → Hapoel Tel Aviv (loan) 0 (0)
2020–2021 El Ejido 0 (0)
2021– Atlético Pantoja 52 (16)
International career‡
2018 Dominican Republic U20 5 (5)
Dominican Republic U23[5]
2018– Dominican Republic 30 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2021

Club career

Vásquez began his football training in La Meca del Fútbol. In 2013, he joined FCBEscola Santo Domingo, related to the Spanish club FC Barcelona.[4]

In 2016, he made his professional debut in Liga Dominicana de Fútbol playing for Atlético Pantoja,[2] where he was a member of the youth team. In 2017, he moved to the Atlético Pantoja first squad.[6]

International career

Vásquez made his formal debut for Dominican Republic on 22 March 2018, playing an entire 4–0 friendly win against Turks and Caicos Islands, scoring twice.[7] He had played two friendly matches in November 2017 against Nicaragua,[8] but they were not recognised by FIFA.

International goals

Scores and results list Dominican Republic's goal tally first

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
122 March 2018Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Turks and Caicos Islands3–04–0Friendly
24–0

Honors and awards

Clubs
Atlético Pantoja

Individual
  • Best player: Copa Walon 2016 (playing for Atlético Pantoja)[9]

References
  1. Ronaldo Vásquez at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  2. Video on YouTube
  3. "Los Guerreros ya estan en la final de la LDF" (in Spanish). Atlético Pantoja. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  4. "Tres internacionales con la República Dominicana". Barça Academy (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  5. "El CD El Ejido firma al atacante dominicano Ronaldo". CD El Ejido (in Spanish). 2 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  6. @AtleticoPantoja (9 February 2017). "Informamos que el Delantero Dominicano RONALDO VASQUEZ, pasa del plantel juvenil a la primera división de los Guerreros" [We inform that the Dominican forward Ronaldo Vásquez is moving from the youth squad to the first division of Guerreros] (Tweet). Retrieved 30 June 2018 – via Twitter.
  7. "Dominican Republic vs. Turks & Caicos Islands (4:0)". National Football Teams. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  8. "Nicaragua vs. Dominican Republic (0:3)". National Football Teams. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
    - "Dominican Republic vs. Nicaragua (1:0)". National Football Teams. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  9. "Club Atletico Pantoja, campeon Copa Walon 2016" (in Spanish). Atlético Pantoja. Retrieved 30 June 2018.


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