Carlos Vela
Vela with Real Sociedad in 2016
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| Full name | Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1989 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cancún, Mexico | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Winger | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Real Sociedad | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Guadalajara | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Arsenal | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2012 | Arsenal | 29 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | → Celta (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | → Salamanca (loan) | 31 | (8) | ||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | → Osasuna (loan) | 33 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | → Real Sociedad (loan) | 35 | (12) | ||||||||||||
| 2012– | Real Sociedad | 158 | (51) | ||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Mexico U17 | 8 | (5) | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | Mexico U20 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2007– | Mexico | 48 | (15) | ||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:11, 28 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2016 |
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Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido (born 1 March 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Sociedad and the Mexico national team.
Vela started his career at Mexican club Guadalajara, where he caught the eye of various European clubs after finishing as the top scorer at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, finally joining Premier League club Arsenal that year. After joining Arsenal, he had loan spells at Spanish clubs Salamanca and Osasuna, as well as fellow English club West Bromwich Albion, finally joining Real Sociedad on initially loan, then permanently on 10 August 2012.
Vela made his debut with the senior Mexico national team in 2007 in a friendly match against Brazil, and scored his first goal for Mexico in a friendly against Guatemala. He participated in Mexico's CONCACAF Gold Cup victory in 2009, and participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. His last participation with the national team came on 29 March 2011 in a match against Venezuela, with Vela rejecting all subsequent call-ups including friendlies, World Cup qualifiers and various major tournaments including the 2014 World Cup, citing various reasons for his refusals. In November 2014, Vela made his return to the national team.
Aside from his Mexican nationality, Vela holds a Spanish passport.
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