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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro de la Vega [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Olavarría, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger [2] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Seattle Sounders FC | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ferrocarril Sud | |||
| 2015–2018 | Lanús | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2023 | Lanús | 103 | (13) |
| 2024– | Seattle Sounders | 19 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Argentina U20 | 12 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 March 2025 | |||
Pedro de la Vega (born 7 February 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC. [3]
De la Vega started his career in the youth of Ferrocarril Sud before joining Lanús in 2015, having previously been rejected in trials with Boca Juniors and River Plate. [4] [5] Having been moved into the Argentine Primera División club's first-team squad for 2018–19, De la Vega was selected for his professional debut on 16 September 2018 during a home loss to Racing Club. [6] [7] He made two further appearances in September against Newell's Old Boys and River Plate respectively. [6] [8] [9] He scored his first goal in the 2019 Copa de la Superliga, netting in a round of sixteen defeat to Vélez Sarsfield. [6]
On 24 January 2024, de la Vega joined Major League Soccer (MLS) side Seattle Sounders FC as a Designated Player for a club record $7.5 million transfer fee, [10] with Lanús retaining a 20% stake in any future sales. He signed a contract with the Sounders through the 2027 MLS season, with a club option for 2028. [11] De la Vega had been scouted by the team six years prior and began negotiations in 2023. [12] He made his MLS debut in the season opener on 24 February against Los Angeles FC and scored a penalty kick in the 2–1 loss. [13] Pedro de la Vega left early in the second half of the team's home match on 2 March with a right hamstrung injury. The Sounders later announced the injury would prevent him from playing for six to eight weeks. [14]
In October 2018, de la Vega was selected to train with the Argentina U20s. [15] In December, De la Vega was picked for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship. [16] In the succeeding May, Fernando Batista called De la Vega up for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland. [17] He featured twelve times across the two tournaments. [6]
Born in Argentina, de la Vega is of Italian descent. [18]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lanús | 2018–19 | Primera División | 10 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 4 | |||
| 2020–21 [nb 1] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 1 | — | 14 | 1 | ||||
| 2021 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 38 | 4 | ||||
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2023 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 40 | 6 | |||||
| Total | 103 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 2 | — | 127 | 16 | |||
| Seattle Sounders FC | 2024 | MLS | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 119 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 17 | ||
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