Miguel Vargas (footballer, born 1969)

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Miguel Vargas
Personal information
Full name Miguel Alejandro Vargas Soto
Date of birth (1969-05-15) 15 May 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Colo-Colo (youth manager)
Youth career
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1990 Colo-Colo 5 (0)
1987Rangers (loan) 29 (1)
1989Rangers (loan) 25 (3)
1991 Audax Italiano (4)
1992 Deportes Antofagasta 11 (0)
1993 Magallanes (2)
1994 Coquimbo Unido 9 (0)
1995 Colo-Colo 15 (0)
1996 Unión Española 17 (0)
1997 Palestino 24 (1)
1998 Santiago Morning (0)
1999–2000 OFI Crete 12 (0)
Total(11)
Managerial career
2019– Colo-Colo (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miguel Alejandro Vargas Soto (born 15 May 1969) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs in Chile and Greece.

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Club career

A product of Colo-Colo youth system, Vargas took part of the first team thanks to the coach Arturo Salah [1] and made five appearances in 1988 in the league, as well as in the Copa Libertadores. [2] He also was with them in the 1995 season. [3] [4] In both the 1987 and 1989 seasons, he played on loan at Rangers de Talca. [5]

In the Chilean Primera División, he also played for Deportes Antofagasta (1992), [6] Coquimbo Unido (1994), [7] Unión Española (1996) [8] and Palestino. [9]

In the Chilean Segunda División, he played for Audax Italiano (1991), [10] Magallanes (1993) [9] and Santiago Morning (1998). [11]

Abroad, he played for OFI Crete in the Alpha Ethniki from 1999 to 2000, [12] becoming the third Chilean to play for the club after Alejandro Hisis and Jaime Vera. [13]

Coaching career

He began his career as coach at the Colo-Colo academies [14] and works for the Colo-Colo youth system since 2019. [15]

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