Ernesto Vargas

{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (born 1961)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Vargas|Rodríguez|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Ernesto Vargas

|image =

|fullname = Ernesto Vargas Rodríguez

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1961|5|1|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

|position = Forward

|height = 1.69 m

|years1 = 1979–1986

|clubs1 = Peñarol

|caps1 = 157

|goals1 = 41

|years2 = 1987–1988

|clubs2 = Nacional

|caps2 = 86

|goals2 = 20

|years3 = 1989

|clubs3 = Real Oviedo

|years4 = 1990

|clubs4 = L.D.U. Quito

|years5 = 1991

|clubs5 = Nacional

|years6 =

|clubs6 = Cerrito

|years7 =

|clubs7 = Universitario

| nationalyears1 = 1979–1981

| nationalteam1 = Uruguay

| nationalcaps1 = 12

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}}

{{MedalCountry|{{fb|URU}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Mundialito}}

{{Medal|Winner|1980 Uruguay|}}

}}

Ernesto Vargas Rodríguez (born May 1, 1961) is a Uruguayan former footballer.