Sergio Vargas (footballer, born 1965)

Not to be confused with Sergio Vargas (footballer, born 1980).

Sergio Vargas
1986
Personal information
Full name Sergio Bernabé Vargas Buscalia
Date of birth (1965-08-17) 17 August 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Chacabuco, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Independiente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1992 Independiente 101 (0)
1992 Emelec 14 (0)
1993–2002 Universidad de Chile 428 (0)
2003 Unión Española 15 (0)
2004–2005 PSM Makassar 26 (0)
Total 584 (0)
International career
2001 Chile 10 (0)
Managerial career
2010 Jugendland
2011 Deportes Temuco
2013 Universidad Iberoamericana
2014 Curicó Unido
2015 Trasandino
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergio Bernabé Vargas Buscalia (born 17 August 1965 in Chacabuco, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine born Chilean naturalised football manager and former football goalkeeper. He received ten caps for the Chile national team during his career. Vargas retired in 2005.

Club career

Vargas began his career in Independiente. After three seasons at the club with 98 appearances, he left for Club Sport Emelec of Ecuador. However Vargas left after a season to join Universidad de Chile.

Vargas, with other players such as Luis Musrri, Rogelio Delgado, Esteban Valencia, Marcelo Salas and Rodrigo Goldberg, helped Universidad de Chile to win the Primera División de Chile in 1994 and again in 1995. Before 1994, Universidad de Chile last won the championship in 1969.

Vargas will continue to win the Copa Chile in 1998 with Universidad de Chile. In 2000, he won the double with Universidad de Chile, winning both the Primera División de Chile and Copa Chile.

Vargas earned the nickname "Superman" for his constant saves in the air, especially in the last few moments.[1]

In 2002, the president of Universidad de Chile, Dr. René Orozco [es], terminated Vargas's contract. Vargas then left for Unión Española where he stayed for as season. He then went to PSM Makassar in Indonesia. After two seasons, Vargas retired from soccer in 2005.

Recently entitled football coach, after a brief passage as technical manager at Universidad de Chile.

International career

Vargas was summoned for selection by Argentina U17 team but played for Chile in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Vargas made his debut match against Uruguay on 24 April 2001, which Chile lost 0–1 to an own goal.

He was also capped for the 2001 Copa América, playing four matches as Chile were knocked out in the quarterfinals.

Managerial career

In 2010, Vargas began his coaching career with Sportverein Jugendland Fussball in the Chilean Tercera B.[2] The next year, he moved to Deportes Temuco in the Tercera A.[3]

In 2014, he coached Curicó Unido in the Primera B[4] and, in 2015, he coached Trasandino in the Segunda División Profesional.[5]

In addition, Vargas has worked as sports director of Universidad de Chile on two steps: from 2006 to 2007[6] and from 2019 to 2021 alongside Rodrigo Goldberg.[7]

In January 2023, he assumed as Sport Manager of Barnechea.[8]

Personal life

His son, Emanuel, has been a professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[9] In addition, he is the father-in-law of the former Chile international midfielder Manuel Iturra.[10]

After his retirement, Vargas has worked as a football commentator and analyst in different TV and radio media, such as Canal del Fútbol, Mega, Chilevisión, Fox Sports Chile and ADN Radio Chile. In addition, he has worked for the newspaper La Tercera.[11]

Honours

Club

Independiente
Universidad de Chile

References

  1. ^ https://www.webcitation.org/5knOgSjiU?url=http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/7673/anuarios/ca1995.html
  2. ^ "Sergio Vargas es el reemplazante de Eduardo Bonvallet en equipo de Peñaflor". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). 4 February 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Sergio Vargas es el nuevo entrenador de Deportes Temuco". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 23 December 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  4. ^ Sánchez, Alonso (29 December 2013). "Sergio Vargas se transforma en el nuevo técnico de Curicó". www.24horas.cl (in Spanish). 24 horas. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  5. ^ "SERGIO VARGAS, DT DE TRASANDINO: "SE ESTÁ ENCONTRANDO UNA REGULARIDAD"" (in Spanish). ANFP. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  6. ^ González Lucay, Carlos (22 April 2019). "El olvidado paso directivo de Sergio Vargas en la U" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  7. ^ Parker, Matías (26 April 2021). "Sergio Vargas, ídolo y director deportivo de la U: "Me resbala lo que pueda decir Johnny Herrera"" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  8. ^ Rubio, Jorge (9 February 2023). "Detalles del primer gran fichaje de Superman Vargas como gerente deportivo de Barnechea". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Conoce a: Emanuel Vargas, el "Superboy" que quiere igualar a su padre". La Tercera (in Spanish). La Tercera. 17 February 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  10. ^ Ferrero, Samuel (12 February 2016). "Nadia, la mujer de Colocho Iturra: Siempre me toca hacer la mudanza sola" (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Las Últimas Noticias. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Sergio Vargas llega a radio ADN para ser parte de Los Tenores" (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2022.