Gabriel Vargas (footballer, born 1983)

Gabriel Vargas
	Vargas with Curicó Unido in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Gabriel Alejandro Vargas Venegas
Date of birth	8 December 1983 (age 40)
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
2001–2005	Deportes Concepción
2005	Andes IK
2006	Deportes Puerto Montt
2007	Cobresal
2008–2009	Universidad de Concepción
2010–2011	Universidad de Chile
2012–2016	Universidad de Concepción
2016–2017	Patronato
2017–2019	Curicó Unido
2020–	Deportes Concepción
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 September 2021

Gabriel Alejandro Vargas Venegas^[a] (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.

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

Copa Chile (1): 2008-09
Primera B (1): 2013

Universidad de Chile

Primera División de Chile (2): 2011 Apertura, 2011 Clausura
Copa Sudamericana (1): 2011

Notes

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

References

^ 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.
^ ""Las minas eran lo mejor de Noruega"" (in Spanish). La Cuarta. 13 December 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
^ "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»

External links

Gabriel Alejandro Vargas at BDFA (in Spanish)
Gabriel Vargas at Soccerway

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

[2] 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.

[3] ""Las minas eran lo mejor de Noruega"" (in Spanish). La Cuarta. 13 December 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

[4] "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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