Gabriel Vargas (footballer, born 1983)

Gabriel Alejandro Vargas Venegas[lower-alpha 1] (born 8 December 1983), known as Gabriel Vargas, is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays as striker for Deportes Concepción in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.

Gabriel Vargas
Personal information
Full name Gabriel Alejandro Vargas Venegas
Date of birth (1983-12-08) 8 December 1983
Place of birth Concepción, Chile
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Deportes Concepción
Number 23
Youth career
Juventud Kennedy
1998–2001 Deportes Concepción
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Deportes Concepción 50 (5)
2005 Andes IK – (–)
2006 Deportes Puerto Montt 34 (7)
2007 Cobresal 32 (17)
2008–2009 Universidad de Concepción 58 (37)
2010–2011 Universidad de Chile 48 (25)
2012–2016 Universidad de Concepción 135 (53)
2016–2017 Patronato 14 (1)
2017–2019 Curicó Unido 57 (9)
2020– Deportes Concepción 32 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 September 2021

Club career

He began on the youth squad of Deportes Concepción and debuted in 2002. After he was released in 2005, he moved to Norway to work as a stevedor,[1] at the same time he played for Norwegian Third Division club Andes IK.[2] In 2006, he played for Puerto Montt. In 2007, Vargas played for Cobresal where he was one of the team's leading goal scorers for the year. In the 2007 Clausura tournament, Vargas scored 11 goals.

In 2008, he moved to Universidad de Concepción. Then he moved to Universidad de Chile, to play 2010 Apertura and 2010 Copa Libertadores.

Personal life

He is nicknamed El Arcángel del Gol (The Goal Archangel) due to the fact that his name is Gabriel just like the biblical character.[3]

Honours

Club
Universidad de Concepción
Universidad de Chile

Notes
  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vargas and the second or maternal family name is Venegas.

References
  1. Toledo, Raúl Tiki (12 July 2022). "A lo Marcelo Allende: 15 futbolistas chilenos que decidieron jugar en ligas exóticas". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  2. ""Las minas eran lo mejor de Noruega"" (in Spanish). La Cuarta. 13 December 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  3. "Los inicios y primeros pasos de un goleador llamado "Arcángel"". La Pelota es Mía (in Spanish). 22 August 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2021. un periodista radial me puso «Arcángel» Gabriel, por qué coincidió con semana santa, luego quedó en «Arcángel del gol»


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