Jorge Vargas (footballer, born 1993)

Jorge Estuardo Vargas
Personal information
Full name Jorge Estuardo Vargas García[1]
Date of birth (1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 (age 31)[1]
Place of birth Guatemala[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Xelajú
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Comunicaciones 2 (0)
2015 Antigua 5 (1)
2015–2016 Comunicaciones 1 (0)
2017–2018 Guastatoya 60 (14)
2018–2020 Comunicaciones 61 (14)
2020–2023 Guastatoya 142 (27)
2023- Xelajú 0 (0)
International career‡
Guatemala U20
2018– Guatemala 21 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 July 2021

Jorge Estuardo Vargas García (born 26 February 1993) is a Guatemalan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Xelajú and the Guatemalan national team.

In 2013, he was called up to participate in the 2013 Copa Centroamericana in Costa Rica.

On 15 August 2018, he was called up once more and debuted in a friendly match against Cuba in a 3–0 victory.

On 5 September 2019, Vargas scored his first national for Guatemala in a major tournament against Anguilla in a decisive 10–0 victory in the CONCACAF Nations League.[2]

International goals

Scores and results list Guatemala's goal tally first
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 5 September 2019 Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala  Anguilla 1–0 10–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C
2. 4 June 2021  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9–0 10–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Comunicaciones
Guastatoya

References

  1. ^ a b c d Jorge Vargas at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Game Detail". www.concacafnationsleague.com. Retrieved 14 February 2020.


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