| Gabriel Vargas | |
| Fullname: | Gabriel Alejandro Vargas Venegas |
| Birth Date: | 8 December 1983 |
| Birth Place: | Concepción, Chile |
| Height: | 1.73 m |
| Currentclub: | Deportes Concepción |
| Clubnumber: | 23 |
| Position: | Striker |
| Youthclubs1: | Juventud Kennedy |
| Youthyears2: | 1998–2001 |
| Youthclubs2: | Deportes Concepción |
| Years1: | 2001–2005 |
| Clubs1: | Deportes Concepción |
| Caps1: | 50 |
| Goals1: | 5 |
| Years2: | 2005 |
| Clubs2: | Andes IK |
| Caps2: | – |
| Goals2: | – |
| Years3: | 2006 |
| Clubs3: | Deportes Puerto Montt |
| Caps3: | 34 |
| Goals3: | 7 |
| Years4: | 2007 |
| Clubs4: | Cobresal |
| Caps4: | 32 |
| Goals4: | 17 |
| Years5: | 2008–2009 |
| Clubs5: | Universidad de Concepción |
| Caps5: | 58 |
| Goals5: | 37 |
| Years6: | 2010–2011 |
| Caps6: | 48 |
| Goals6: | 25 |
| Years7: | 2012–2016 |
| Clubs7: | Universidad de Concepción |
| Caps7: | 135 |
| Goals7: | 53 |
| Years8: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs8: | Patronato |
| Caps8: | 14 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Years9: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs9: | Curicó Unido |
| Caps9: | 57 |
| Goals9: | 9 |
| Years10: | 2020– |
| Clubs10: | Deportes Concepción |
| Caps10: | 32 |
| Goals10: | 10 |
| Club-Update: | 29 September 2021 |
Gabriel Alejandro Vargas Venegas (born 8 December 1983), known as Gabriel Vargas, is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays as striker for Deportes Concepción in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.
He began on the youth squad of Deportes Concepción and debuted in 2002. After he was released in 2005, he moved to Norway to work as a stevedor,[1] at the same time he played for Norwegian Third Division club Andes IK.[2] In 2006, he played for Puerto Montt. In 2007, Vargas played for Cobresal where he was one of the team's leading goal scorers for the year. In the 2007 Clausura tournament, Vargas scored 11 goals.
In 2008, he moved to Universidad de Concepción. Then he moved to Universidad de Chile, to play 2010 Apertura and 2010 Copa Libertadores.
He is nicknamed El Arcángel del Gol (The Goal Archangel) due to the fact that his name is Gabriel just like the biblical character.[3]