Rodrigo Vargas (soccer, born 1978)

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Rodrigo Vargas
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Playing for Melbourne Victory against Gamba Osaka in April 2008.
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Alejandro Vargas
Date of birth (1978-10-20) 20 October 1978 (age 44) [1]
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Central defender
Team information
Current team
 Nunawading City
Number 17
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996 Springvale White Eagles FC 17 (0)
1997–1999 Port Melbourne Sharks 67 (1)
1999–2004 Melbourne Knights FC 127 (4)
2004–2006 Green Gully Cavaliers 60 (9)
2006–2012 Melbourne Victory FC 139 (6)
2012–2016 Green Gully Cavaliers 111 (7)
2017–2018 Dandenong Thunder 33 (0)
2018 Bulleen Lions 10 (0)
2019– Nunawading City
International career‡
2009 Australia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 August 2009

Rodrigo Alejandro "Roddy" Vargas (born 20 October 1978) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a central defender for the Victorian State League Division 1 club Nunawading City FC, but is mostly known for his time at Melbourne Victory FC, Green Gully Cavaliers and at Melbourne Knights FC, where he was club captain.

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Club career

Vargas began his career at the Victorian Premier League side, Springvale City, where he debuted at the age of 17 under Gus McLeod. [2] After three seasons with Port Melbourne, at the age of 21, he was recruited by National Soccer League side Melbourne Knights FC. He had a very successful tenure at the club, playing in over 100 games in five seasons as well as being awarded the captaincy. When the National Soccer League came to an end in 2004, he moved to the Victorian Premier League side Green Gully in 2005, where he developed a reputation as a goal scoring defender from set pieces.

Vargas was drafted into Melbourne Victory FC in 2006 after a successful trial, and soon became a key member of the Victory back line. He was the subject in a controversy when he was allegedly called a "black monkey" by the Newcastle United Jets midfielder, Stuart Musialik. [3] Vargas was a key member of the Melbourne Victory team in their first appearance in the Asian Champions League in 2008 against Chunnan Dragons at the Telstra Dome. Vargas capped off a great performance with a brilliant goal, the club's second ever in Asia and only the second by Vargas for Melbourne Victory. Vargas was also captain for Melbourne Victory in their pre-season Cup win over Wellington Phoenix on 6 August 2008. [4] On 28 March 2012, it was announced that he had been released from Melbourne Victory after six seasons with the club. [5]

Two days later, Green Gully Cavaliers announced that he would rejoin his brother Andy at their club. [6] He played his first match for them the next day. On 23 February 2013, Rodrigo Vargas was charged by the FFV with entering the field of play without permission and directing violent conduct towards an opposing Bentleigh Greens player during a pre-season practice match between Green Gully and Bentleigh. At a tribunal hearing on 13 March 2013 he pleaded guilty and was banned from FFV football until 14 April 2013. [7] Vargas helped Green Gully secure the 2013 Dockerty Cup.

After being released by Green Gully after the 2016 season, Vargas joined NPL Victoria 2 side Dandenong Thunder SC. [2] After his brother Andy was sacked as coach of Thunder in June 2018, Vargas joined FC Bulleen Lions.

International career

Born in Australia, Vargas is of Chilean descent. He was included in the Australia national football team for the AFC World Cup qualification matches against Qatar and Iraq and an international friendly against Ghana, but did not play his first international game until January 2009 against Indonesia for an Asian Cup qualification match.[ citation needed ]

Honours

With Melbourne Victory FC:

Personal honours:

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References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
  2. 1 2 Kulas, Damir. "Vargas finds new home at Thunder". The Corner Flag. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Musialik suspended for one game
  4. ↑ "Vargas embraces captaincy". Sportal. 13 August 2009. Archived from the original on 23 February 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  5. ↑ "Motorsport Video |Motorsport Highlights, Replays, News, Clips".
  6. ↑ "Green Gully Cavaliers sign Rodrigo Vargas". www.greengully.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "FFV Disciplinary Hearing" (PDF). FFV. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
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