Matías Vargas

Matías Vargas
Personal information
Full name	Martín Matías Ezequiel Vargas
Date of birth	8 May 1997 (age 21)
Place of birth	Salta, Argentina
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Velez Sarsfield
Number	26
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyand correct as of 14:03, 13 January 2019 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2018

Last updated April 23, 2019

Martín Matías Ezequiel Vargas (born 8 May 1997), nicknamed Monito (in English: "Little Monkey") is an Argentine footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Velez Sarsfield in the Superliga Argentina de Fútbol.

Career

Vargas started his professional career with Vélez Sarsfield under Miguel Ángel Russo's coaching, entering the field in a 0–0 draw with Colón for the 2015 Argentine Primera División.^[1]

Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield is an Argentine sports club based in Liniers, Buenos Aires. Its football team plays in Primera División, the highest level of the Argentine league system. Founded in 1910, the club has spent most of its history in the top tier of Argentine football. The club's home ground is the 49,540-capacity José Amalfitani stadium, where they have played since 1951.

Miguel Ángel Russo Argentine footballer and manager

Miguel Ángel Russo is an Argentine former football player and manager, who played as a midfielder.

Club Atlético Colón, commonly referred to as Colón de Santa Fe[koˈlon de santa ˈfe], is a sports club from Santa Fe, Argentina. The football team plays in the first division of the Argentine football league system, the Argentine Primera División.

His first game as a starter was against Defensa y Justicia for the 2016–17 Argentine Primera División under Omar De Felippe's coaching, in which he scored a goal to help his team to a 2–1 victory.^[2] He went on to play 16 games (13 as a starter) in the season, scoring 4 goals.

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The 2016–17 Argentine Primera División - Torneo de la Independencia was the 127th season of top-flight professional football in Argentina. The tournament was named in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the Independence of Argentina.

Omar De Felippe is an Argentine former footballer who played as a defender, and is the current coach of Newell's Old Boys.

International career

Vargas made his international debut for Argentina on September 8, 2018 in a 3-0 international friendly against the Guatemala national football team.^[3]

The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in football. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti in Buenos Aires.

The Guatemala national football team is governed by the Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala. Founded in 1919, it affiliated to FIFA in 1946, and it is a member of CONCACAF.

Personal life

Matías is the son of Omar Francisco Mono Vargas, a former footballer who played for San Martín de Mendoza and Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza, among other teams.^[4]^[5]

Atlético Club San Martín is a football club from the city of San Martín in Mendoza Province, Argentina. The team currently plays in the Torneo Argentino B, which is the regionalised fourth division of the Argentine football league system.

Club Gimnasia y Esgrima is an Argentine football club located in the city of Mendoza. Its first division team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system.

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References

↑ "2015 Tournament statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
↑ "2016/17 Tournament statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
↑ https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2018/09/08/world/friendlies/argentina/guatemala/2805437/
↑ "El Mono Vargas alentó a su hijo Matías". Ovación (in Spanish). 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
↑ Juan Azor (2015-12-15). "Matías Vargas: "Me falta mucho para ser como mi viejo"". Mas Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-07-30.

External links

Profile at Vélez Sarsfield's official website (in Spanish)
Profile at BDFA (in Spanish)

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[1] "2015 Tournament statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2017-07-30.

[2] "2016/17 Tournament statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2017-07-30.

[3] ttps://us.soccerway.com/matches/2018/09/08/world/friendlies/argentina/guatemala/2805437/

[4] "El Mono Vargas alentó a su hijo Matías". Ovación (in Spanish). 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2017-07-30.

[5] Juan Azor (2015-12-15). "Matías Vargas: "Me falta mucho para ser como mi viejo"". Mas Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-07-30.