Kerwin Vargas
{{short description|Colombian footballer (born 2002)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Calderón|Vargas|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Kerwin Vargas
|image = NCFC vs Charlotte (2025 US Open Cup) 005 (Vargas).jpg
|caption = Vargas with Charlotte FC in 2025
|fullname = Kerwin Andrés Calderón Vargas
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|1|2|df=y}}
|birth_place = Concordia, Magdalena, Colombia
|height = 1.80 m
|position = Forward
|currentclub = Charlotte FC
|clubnumber = 18
|youthyears1 =
|youthclubs1 = Cundy FC
|youthyears2 = 2011–2016
|youthclubs2 = CA Santa Marta
|youthyears3 = 2017
|youthclubs3 = Boca Juniors de Cali
|youthyears4 = 2018–2020
|youthclubs4 = Academia Europea
|youthyears5 = 2020–2021
|youthclubs5 = Feirense
|years1 = 2021–2022 |clubs1 = Feirense |caps1 = 28 |goals1 = 7
| years2 = 2022–
| clubs2 = Charlotte FC
| caps2 = 75
| goals2 = 10
|nationalyears1 =
|nationalteam1 =
|nationalcaps1 =
|nationalgoals1 =
|club-update = 14:57, 27 October 2024 (UTC)
|nationalteam-update =
}}
Kerwin Andrés Calderón Vargas (born 2 January 2002) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club Charlotte FC.
Club career
Born in a small village in Concordia, Magdalena, Colombia, Vargas started his career with Cundy FC, before moving to CA Santa Marta at the age of nine.{{cite web|url=https://www.abola.pt/nnh/2021-09-21/feirense-jogador-sensacao-da-liga-2-na-pista-de-falcao/905744|title=Jogador Sensação da Liga 2 na Pista de Falcao|trans-title=Sensational Player of Liga 2 on Falcao's Track|date=21 September 2021|accessdate=1 November 2021|website=abola.pt|language=Portuguese}} He left for a short spell with Boca Juniors de Cali at the age of 15, but returned to CA Santa Marta, who were later renamed Academia Europea.{{cite web|url=https://santamartaaldia.co/kerwin-calderon-vargas-el-concordiano-que-se-probara-en-el-centro-de-formacion-del-oporto/|title=Kerwin Calderón Vargas, el concordiano que se probará en el Centro de Formación del Oporto|trans-title=Kerwin Calderón Vargas, the Concordian who will be tested at the Porto Training Center|date=2 September 2019|accessdate=1 November 2021|website=santamartaaldia.co|language=Portuguese}}
After trialling with numerous top teams across Europe, he moved to Portugal in 2020, and signed for Feirense.
Career statistics
{{updated|match played on 7 October 2023}}{{Soccerway|kerwin-calderon-vargas/749676}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Club statistics | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Feirense
|28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 8 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Charlotte FC
|2022 |13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | |||
| 2023
|Major League Soccer |27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 2 | |
| colspan="3"|Career totals
!68 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 10 |
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References
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External links
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{{Charlotte FC squad}}
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Category:Footballers from Magdalena Department
Category:Colombian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Liga Portugal 2 players
Category:Major League Soccer players
Category:Boca Juniors de Cali footballers
Category:C.D. Feirense players
Category:Colombian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Category:21st-century Colombian sportsmen
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