Nelson Vargas
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nelson Vargas | ||
| Date of birth | August 6, 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Standard Liege | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1997 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 30 | (3) |
| 1998–2000 | Miami Fusion | 54 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| U.S. U-17 | |||
| U.S. U-20 | |||
| 1991–1994 | United States | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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For the Colombian road cyclist with the same name see Nélson Vargas
Nelson Vargas (born August 6, 1974 in Holyoke, Massachusetts) is a retired American soccer forward spent five seasons in Major League Soccer and earned four caps with the United States men's national soccer team. He was also a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Vargas attended Miami Coral Park High School and played youth soccer with Inter Juventus in Miami. After high school, he chose to forgo college and moved to Europe to train with Valencienne in France and Sporting Club of Portugal. He signed his first professional contract at the age of 16 to play for Standard Liege in Belgium.
The Tampa Bay Mutiny selected Vargas in the twelfth round (117th overall) in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He spent two seasons with the Mutiny before the Miami Fusion selected Vargas in the 1997 MLS Expansion Draft. On July 25, 2000 while playing in an Open Cup game in Saginaw, Michigan, Vargas sustained a right ankle sprain that turned out to be a career-ending injury. After three seasons in Miami, the Fusion waived Vargas on November 2000.
In 1991, Vargas was a member of the United States men's national under-17 soccer team at the U-17 World Youth Championship which went 3-0 in the first round. In the second round, the team tied Qatar 1-1 in regulation only to fall 5-4 in penalty kicks.
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