Gilberto Ariel Velázquez Gómez (born 11 March 1983) is a former Paraguayan footballer who played as a centre-back.
Velásquez began his career at Guaraní and was promoted to the first team in January 2002, aged 19, in where he played more than 50 games and scored three goals.
In January 2007, he was loaned out to Chilean Primera División club Colo-Colo[2] along with his countrymen Edison Giménez,[3] team that had a very successful season, being runner-up of the Copa Sudamericana.
[2] He represented to the Paraguay national under-20 football team in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship held in United Arab Emirates, playing only three games in that tournament.
The next year, he played two friendly games with his national team against South Korea and Mexico.