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Fabián Vargas
Personal information
Full name Fabián Andrés Vargas Rivera
Date of birth (1980-04-17) 17 April 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Bogotá, Colombia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 La Equidad
Number 12
Youth career
1996–1997 América de Cali
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2003 América de Cali 153 (5)
2003–2009 Boca Juniors 106 (4)
2006–2007 → Internacional (loan) 8 (3)
2009–2011 Almería 54 (4)
2011–2012 AEK Athens 27 (1)
2012–2013 Independiente 34 (1)
2013 Barcelona SC 11 (0)
2014–2015 Millonarios 63 (3)
2016– La Equidad 18 (0)
International career
1999–2009 Colombia 41[1] (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 February 2017

Fabián Andrés Vargas Rivera (born 17 April 1980, in Bogotá) is a Colombian football midfielder who plays for La Equidad. He played also as a captain for the Colombia national team, Vargas can either play as a central Midfielder or as a defensive midfielder.

Vargas is a player of physical approach to the game (which earned him a reputation for being a dirty player), Vargas' nickname is el perro (the dog). He spent most of his professional career playing for Boca Juniors, playing 106 appearances in six years.

Career

While on loan from Boca Juniors, Vargas played on the 2006 Brazilian side SC Internacional which beat FC Barcelona 1-0 at the FIFA Club World Cup Final in Japan. On 18 June 2009 the Boca Juniors player of Colombian nationality Vargas has signed a three-year deal with Almeria for a fee worth €4million ($6.5 million), he will move to Spain in July. On 5 September 2009, Vargas broke his ankle in half during a World Cup Qualifying game against Ecuador. he will be out indefinitely.[2]

On 6 September 2009, it was revealed that Vargas would not play for one year after tearing a ligament while playing for Colombia in a 2010 World Cup qualifier against Ecuador.[3]

AEK Athens

On 26 August 2011, Fabián Vargas officially signed with Superleague Greece giants AEK Athens on a 1+1 year deal keeping him at the club until 2013.[4] After signing with AEK Vargas stated, "I am extremely happy I signed with AEK Athens. I am very happy that I will be given the opportunity to play European football as I have never played in a European competition before. I am also happy that I have signed for one of the biggest greek teams and our main goal is to win the league and titles."[5]

Vargas scored his first goal for AEK on his second league appearance against Xanthi, making the scoreline 1–1 with an incredible bicycle kick. AEK went on to win the match 3–4.

In July 2012 Vargas agreed to have his contract terminated in order for AEK to pay off club debts.

Deportivo La Equidad

In July 2016 Vargas moved to La Equidad for free. On his game against America De Cali, he played his 600th match as a professional football player.

Honours

Club

National Team

References

  1. ^ rsssf Archived 30 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "El Almería ficha a Fabián Vargas". udalmeriasad.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2009. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ http://www.imscouting.com/global_news_item.aspx?id=3045
  4. ^ "AEK Athens sign Vargas". Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Vargas interview
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