Pedro de la Vega

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Pedro de la Vega
Personal information
Full name Pedro de la Vega [1]
Date of birth (2001-02-07) 7 February 2001 (age 23)
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*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2023 Lanús 103 (13)
2024– Seattle Sounders FC 2 (1)
International career
2019 Argentina U20 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 January 2024

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]

Contents

Club career

Lanús

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]

Seattle Sounders FC

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]

International career

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]

Personal life

Born in Argentina, de la Vega is of Italian descent. [18]

Career statistics

As of 7 January 2021 [6]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lanús 2018–19 Primera División 10031000000131
2019–20 17420101000214
2020–21 [nb 1] 6000006100121
Seattle Sounders FC 2024 MLS31————31
Career total36551107100507

    Notes

    1. ↑ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

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    References

    1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
    2. 1 2 "Pedro De la Vega". World Football. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
    3. ↑ "Pedro de la Vega signing complete, will arrive on Tuesday". Sounder at Heart. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
    4. ↑ "Quién es el 39 de Lanús? Pedro De La Vega, el joven de 17 años que Boca y River no quisieron y ayer fue la figura Granate". Infobae. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
    5. ↑ "Pepo de la Vega debutó en Lanús con 17 años y recibió una ovación cuando volvió al colegio". La Nación. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
    6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Argentina - P. De la Vega". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
    7. ↑ "Ficha Estadistica de PEDRO DE LA VEGA". BDFA. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
    8. ↑ "Quién es Pedro De La Vega, el pibe que alterna entre Lanús y el colegio secundario". Goal. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
    9. ↑ "Argentina, Pedro De La Vega esordisce con il Lanus a 17 anni. E in classe..." Fox Sports. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
    10. ↑ Evans, Jayda (24 January 2024). "Sounders officially announce signing of international star Pedro de la Vega". The Seattle Times . Retrieved 25 January 2024.
    11. ↑ "Pedro de la Vega officially joins Sounders". sounderatheart.com. Sounder at Heart. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
    12. ↑ Lazo, Jessica (24 January 2024). "Scouting Pedro de la Vega: An in-depth look of the Argentine winger's recruiting process". SoundersFC.com. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
    13. ↑ Evans, Jayda (24 February 2024). "Short-handed Sounders fall on road to LAFC in MLS season opener". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
    14. ↑ Evans, Jayda (7 March 2024). "Pedro de la Vega to miss 6-8 weeks, adding to Sounders' injury woes to start season". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
    15. ↑ "Pedro De la Vega, de abanderado en el colegio a entrenar con la Selección Sub 20". Clarín. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
    16. ↑ "Convocados para el Sudamericano Sub 20". AFA. 22 December 2018. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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