Vincentian Oryan Velox has been transferred to VfR Aalen, a Regionalliga club in Germany.
VfR Aalen, according to Wikipedia, is a German football club based in Aalen, Baden-Württemberg. The football team is part of a larger sports club which also offers its members gymnastics, table tennis, and cheerleading. The club greatest football success came in 2011–12 when it finished second in the 3. Liga, and earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga for the first time.
Velox, 18, was last under contract with RW Erfurt’s Youth team. The announcement of his transfer came last Friday, September 15, 2023.
His new contract runs until 2024.
Velox, from the Central Leeward town of Layou, left St. Vincent and the Grenadines for Germany last year on trial, and has since been carving out a career pathway in the sport.
Known for his speed and goal scoring abilities, Velox was the top goal scorer at the 2019 Concacaf Under-15 competition, held in Florida, USA.
A former student of the Layou Government School and the Barrouallie Secondary, he has represented System Three and Layou in local football competitions.
At age 16, Velox made his national senior debut, when he played for St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the World Cup Qualifiers matches versus the British Virgin Islands, Guatemala and Cuba.