Eduardo Vargas

Eduardo Vargas (2011)

Eduardo Jesús Vargas Rojas ( born November 20, 1989 in Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean football player.

  • 2.1 Title
  • 2.2 Awards

Career

Clubs

Vargas played at youth first times in various clubs in the Chilean municipality of Renca. In 2006 he moved to first division side CD Cobreloa. There, the then 16 -year-old was first used in the third-rate second- team of the club, but was soon in the top league for use. After he had already gained a reputation at a young age and had risen to the youth national team of his country, he was obliged in 2010 by 16 -time champion Chilean club Universidad de Chile. In his new club he succeeded in 2011, the big breakthrough when he was in 36 league games hit 17 times and became the top scorer of Copa Sudamericana. Therefore His good performances also made top clubs from Europe attention to Vargas.

He eventually moved into the winter break 2011/12 to Italy for Napoli. The transfer fee for the at that time 22 years old Vargas was according to media reports at around 12 million euros. In Naples he came on January 12, 2012 in the Coppa Italia on his debut. Even though the team was at the end of season cup winners, his first half year in Italy was generally mixed, because in the league, he was not one single time in the starting eleven, not quite able to also competitive goal. The start of the 2012/13 season was good for him, however, than get him on the opening day of the Europa League game against AIK Solna three goals. Nevertheless, he was able to conquer a regular place, so he was loaned out in January 2013 for one year to Brazil to Gremio. There should play matches in the Copa Libertadores and in the Série A.

On January 23, 2014 Vargas was until the end of the season in the Spanish La Liga to Valencia on loan. On February 1 of the year he was in a match against FC Barcelona for the first time for his new club on the pitch. A week later he scored his first goal.

National

In 2008, Vargas should participate with the Chilean U- 20 at the South American Championship in Venezuela, but he missed due to injury. For the A- team, he was on 20 January 2010 for the first time used. In September 2011, he gained great attention when he scored both goals for Chile at a 2:3 defeat against world and European champions Spain.

Achievements

Title

  • Tournament winners from Toulon: 2009
  • Chilean Champion: 2011
  • Copa Sudamericana winner: 2011
  • Italian Cup Winners: 2011/12

Awards

  • Chilean Footballer of the Year: 2011
  • Scorer in the Copa Sudamerica: 2011
  • Best player of Copa Sudamerica: 2011
  • Best player of the Primera División: 2011
  • Best striker in the Primera División: 2011
  • Second in the election to South America Footballer of the Year: 2011
Valencia CF 2011–12 Serie A Toulon Tournament 2011 Copa Sudamericana 2011–12 Coppa Italia Philippe Senderos Oriol Romeu Vicente Guaita Ricardo Costa (Portuguese footballer) Daniel Parejo Juan Antonio Pizzi Rodrigo Millar
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