Matías Vargas
Vargas with Espanyol in 2019
Personal information
Full name Martín Matías Ezequiel Vargas
Date of birth (1997-05-08) 8 May 1997[1]
Place of birth Salta, Argentina
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Shanghai Port
Number 24
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Vélez Sarsfield 75 (15)
2019–2022 Espanyol 42 (0)
2021–2022 → Adana Demirspor (loan) 37 (5)
2022– Shanghai Port 37 (1)
International career‡
2019 Argentina U23 2 (1)
2018 Argentina 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 May 2021

Martín Matías Ezequiel Vargas (born 8 May 1997), nicknamed Monito (in English: "Little Monkey"), is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Chinese club Shanghai Port.

Career

Vélez Sarsfield

Vargas started his professional career with Vélez Sarsfield under Miguel Ángel Russo's coaching, entering the field in a 0–0 draw with Colón for the 2015 Argentine Primera División.[2]

His first game as a starter was against Defensa y Justicia for the 2016–17 Argentine Primera División under Omar De Felippe's coaching, in which he scored a goal to help his team to a 2–1 victory.[3] He went on to play 16 games (13 as a starter) in the season, scoring four goals.

Espanyol

On 14 July 2019, Vargas joined La Liga side RCD Espanyol on a five-year deal,[4] for a reported club record fee of €10.5 million.[5] He made his competitive debut in Europa League third qualifying round as a substitute and also scored a goal in a 3–0 win against Luzern.[6]

On 25 August 2021, Vargas was loaned to Turkish Süper Lig side Adana Demirspor, for one year.[7]

Shanghai Port

On 24 August 2022, Espanyol transferred Vargas to Chinese Super League side Shanghai Port for a fee of around £3.5 million.[8]

International career

Vargas made his international debut for Argentina on 7 September 2018 in a 3–0 win against Guatemala.[9]

Personal life

Vargas' father Omar, nicknamed Mono, was a former footballer who played for San Martín de Mendoza and Gimnasia y Esgrima de Mendoza, among other teams.[10][11]

Honours

Espanyol

Shanghai Port

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "Matías Vargas". RCD Espanyol. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "2015 Tournament statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  3. ↑ "2016/17 Tournament statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  4. ↑ "¡Matías Vargas, nuevo fichaje perico!" [Matías Vargas, new perico signing!] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Official: Espanyol sign Matias 'Monito' Vargas". Marca. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "FC Luzern no match for Espanyol in qualifier in Switzerland". MARCA in English. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Matías Vargas, cedido al Adana Demirspor" [Matías Vargas, loaned to Adana Demirspor] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Matías Vargas, traspassat al Xangai Port FC" [Matías Vargas, transferred to Shanghai Port FC] (in Catalan). RCD Espanyol. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  9. ↑ "Argentina vs. Guatemala - 8 September 2018 - Soccerway".
  10. ↑ "El Mono Vargas alentó a su hijo Matías". Ovación (in Spanish). 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2017-07-30.
  11. ↑ Juan Azor (2015-12-15). "Matías Vargas: "Me falta mucho para ser como mi viejo"". Mas Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-07-30.
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