Giovanni de la Vega

Last updated

Giovanni de la Vega
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-02-22) 22 February 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 VV Scherpenzeel
Number 8
Youth career
–2013 SV Rap
2013–2018 Ajax
2018–2021 Utrecht
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Jong Utrecht 19 (1)
2022 OFC Oostzaan 8 (0)
2022–2024 Llosetense 39 (9)
2024–2025 GVVV 18 (0)
2025– VV Scherpenzeel 12 (0)
International career‡
2016 Chile U17 2 (0)
2017 Netherlands U17 2 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 November 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 July 2022

Giovanni de la Vega (born 22 February 2000) is a Dutch-Chilean [1] footballer who plays as a midfielder for Derde Divisie club VV Scherpenzeel.

Contents

Club career

After being released from Jong Utrecht, in 2022 he joined OFC Oostzaan in the Derde Divisie. [2]

In July 2022, he moved to Spain and joined Tercera División RFEF club Llosetense. [3]

In the second half of 2024, de la Vega returned to Netherlands and joined GVVV. [4] The next season, he switched to VV Scherpenzeel in the Derde Divisie. [5]

International career

In 2016, he represented Chile at under-17 level in a friendly tournament called Copa UC in Santiago, Chile, playing two matches. [6] [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 June 2020. [8]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Jong Utrecht 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 20––0020
2019–20 131––00131
Career total151000000151
Notes

    Personal life

    His father, Marco, is a Chilean political exiled in Netherlands due to the military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990) and his mother, Josey, is a Dutchwoman. He has two sisters, Melissa and Tamara. [9] Due to his Chilean heritage, [10] he holds both Dutch and Chilean nationality. [1]

    On 25 October 2020 he took part by first time in a Chilean referendum, voting in the national plebiscite for a new Constitution along with both his father and his sister, Melissa, in the Casa Migrante Amsterdam . [9]

    References

    1. 1 2 "De la Vega gana terreno y se ilusiona con la Roja Sub 23" [De la Vega gains ground and is thrilled about The Red One U23] (in Spanish). as.com. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
    2. ↑ "Giovanni de La Vega van Jong FC Utrecht naar OFC". Voetbal in Zaanstad (in Dutch). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
    3. ↑ @cdllosetense; (16 July 2022). "Arriba magia des de Holanda a l'equip" (in Catalan). Retrieved 22 July 2022– via Instagram.
    4. ↑ @gv.gvvv; (12 July 2024). "𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝑮𝒊𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊 👋" (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 July 2024– via Instagram.
    5. ↑ "VV Scherpenzeel versterkt zich met Giovanni de la Vega". VV Scherpenzeel (in Dutch). 11 June 2025. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
    6. ↑ "Chile debuta con deslucido empate frente a Paraguay". chile.as.com. 9 October 2019.
    7. ↑ "Selección Chilena Sub 17 cae ante Colombia en su segundo duelo en la Copa UC". ANFP.
    8. ↑ Giovanni de la Vega at Soccerway . Retrieved 1 June 2020.
    9. 1 2 "El crack chileno que votó en el Plebiscito 2020 en Ámsterdam" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
    10. ↑ Salas, Cristian (28 July 2021). "La nueva oportunidad del chileno formado en el Ajax". Diario AS (in Spanish). AS Chile . Retrieved 6 June 2022.
    This page is based on this Wikipedia article
    Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
    Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.