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.
 Vargas with Curicó Unido in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriel Alejandro Vargas Venegas | ||
| Date of birth | 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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Club edit
- Universidad de Concepción
- Copa Chile (1): 2008-09
- Primera B (1): 2013
- Universidad de Chile
Notes edit
- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vargas and the second or maternal family name is Venegas.
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
- Gabriel Alejandro Vargas at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Gabriel Vargas at Soccerway
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