Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gonzalo Vargas Abella | ||
Date of birth | 22 September 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Bella Vista | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2004 | Defensor Sporting | 94 | (43) |
2004–2006 | Gimnasia de La Plata | 55 | (27) |
2006–2009 | Monaco | 8 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Sochaux (loan) | 10 | (3) |
2008–2009 | → Atlas (loan) | 32 | (10) |
2009–2011 | Atlas | 24 | (3) |
2010–2011 | → Argentinos Juniors (loan) | 22 | (4) |
2011–2012 | Gimnasia de La Plata | 23 | (4) |
2012– | Bella Vista | 2 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2002–2007 | Uruguay | 10 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2012. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 July 2010 |
Gonzalo Vargas Abella (born 22 September 1981 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan football striker. He plays for C.A. Bella Vista.
Vargas is nicknamed Turbo because of his explosive dribbles and high speed sprints.
He also played for Defensor Sporting (2002–2004) and the Argentine team Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (2005–2006). On 31 August 2007, Vargas signed for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard on loan from AS Monaco. On June 23, 2008, he was presented as the new forward for F.C. Atlas, following Bruno Marioni's departure from the club. He was given the number 9 jersey.
Vargas returned to Argentina to play for Argentinos Juniors on loan for the 2010-11 Argentine Primera División season.
He has been capped by the Uruguay national side 10 times, and he has scored 3 goals.