Gonzalo Vargas

{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (born 1981)}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gonzalo Vargas

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Gonzalo Sebastián Vargas Abella

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|9|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

| height = {{height|m=1.75}}

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2001–2004

| clubs1 = Defensor Sporting

| caps1 = 124

| goals1 = 54

| years2 = 2004–2006

| clubs2 = Gimnasia de La Plata

| caps2 = 55

| goals2 = 27

| years3 = 2006–2009

| clubs3 = Monaco

| caps3 = 8

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2007–2008

| clubs4 = → Sochaux (loan)

| caps4 = 10

| goals4 = 3

| years5 = 2008–2009

| clubs5 = → Atlas (loan)

| caps5 = 32

| goals5 = 10

| years6 = 2009–2011

| clubs6 = Atlas

| caps6 = 24

| goals6 = 3

| years7 = 2010–2011

| clubs7 = → Argentinos Juniors (loan)

| caps7 = 22

| goals7 = 4

| years8 = 2011–2012

| clubs8 = Gimnasia de La Plata

| caps8 = 23

| goals8 = 4

| years9 = 2012–2013

| clubs9 = Bella Vista

| caps9 = 8

| goals9 = 13

| years10 = 2013–2014

| clubs10 = Rampla Juniors

| caps10 = 28

| goals10 = 13

| nationalyears1 = 2002–2007

| nationalteam1 = Uruguay

| nationalcaps1 = 10

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| club-update = 1 November 2012

| nationalteam-update =

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Gonzalo Sebastián Vargas Abella (born 22 September 1981) is a Uruguayan former football striker. He last played for Rampla Juniors.

Vargas is nicknamed Turbo because of his explosive dribbles and high speed sprints.

Career

=Club=

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.{{cite web|title=Gonzalo Vargas prêté par Monaco|url=http://www.fcsochaux.fr/fr/index.php/flux-rss-m/44-arrivee/183-|website=fcsochaux.fr/|publisher=Sochaux|access-date=24 September 2015|date=31 August 2007}} 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.{{cite news|title=Gonzalo Vargas, a préstamo al Argentinos Juniors |newspaper=Medio Tiempo |date=2010-07-01 |url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/mexico/noticias/2010/07/01/gonzalo-vargas-a-prestamo-al-argentinos-juniors |language=es |access-date=2010-07-03 }}

=National team=

He has been capped by the Uruguay national side 10 times, and he has scored 3 goals.

=International goals=

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|1||May 23, 2006||Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles||{{fb|ROM}}||1–0||2–0 (W)||Friendly

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|2||May 23, 2006||Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles||{{fb|ROM}}||2–0||2–0 (W)||Friendly

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|3||February 6, 2007||Estadio General Santander, Cúcuta||{{fb|COL}}||3–0||3–1 (W)||Friendly

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