Gonzalo Vargas
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gonzalo Vargas Abella | ||
Date of birth | 22 September 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2004 | Defensor Sporting | 94 | (43) |
2004–2006 | Gimnasia de La Plata | 55 | (27) |
2006–2009 | Monaco | 8 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Sochaux (loan) | 10 | (3) |
2008–2009 | → Atlas (loan) | 32 | (10) |
2009–2011 | Atlas | 24 | (3) |
2010–2011 | → Argentinos Juniors (loan) | 22 | (4) |
2011–2012 | Gimnasia de La Plata | 23 | (4) |
2012–2013 | Bella Vista | 8 | (13) |
2013–2014 | Rampla Juniors | 28 | (13) |
International career‡ | |||
2002–2007 | Uruguay | 10 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 July 2010 |
Gonzalo Vargas Abella (born 22 September 1981 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan former football striker. He last played for Rampla Juniors.
Vargas is nicknamed Turbo because of his explosive dribbles and high speed sprints.
Career
Club
He also played for Defensor Sporting (2002–2004) and the Argentine team Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (2005–2006). On 31 August 2007, Vargas signed for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard on loan from AS Monaco.[1] On June 23, 2008, he was presented as the new forward for F.C. Atlas, following Bruno Marioni's departure from the club. He was given the number 9 jersey.
Vargas returned to Argentina to play for Argentinos Juniors on loan for the 2010-11 Argentine Primera División season.[2]
National team
He has been capped by the Uruguay national side 10 times, and he has scored 3 goals.
International goals
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | May 23, 2006 | Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–0 (W) | Friendly | |
2 | May 23, 2006 | Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 (W) | Friendly | |
3 | February 6, 2007 | Estadio General Santander, Cúcuta | ![]() |
3–0 | 3–1 (W) | Friendly |
References
- ^ "Gonzalo Vargas prêté par Monaco". fcsochaux.fr/. Sochaux. 31 August 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ "Gonzalo Vargas, a préstamo al Argentinos Juniors". Medio Tiempo (in Spanish). 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
External links
- Gonzalo Vargas (Gonzalo Vargas Abella) – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- Gonzalo Vargas – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Gonzalo Vargas at National-Football-Teams.com
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (in Spanish)
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Uruguayan footballers
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Ligue 1 players
- Liga MX players
- Defensor Sporting players
- Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata footballers
- C.A. Bella Vista players
- Argentinos Juniors footballers
- AS Monaco FC players
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- Atlas F.C. footballers
- Uruguay international footballers
- 2007 Copa América players
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Monaco
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Uruguayan expatriate footballers
- Association football forwards
- Footballers from Montevideo
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
- Uruguayan football forward, 1980s birth stubs