Fullname: | Miguel Ángel Vargas Mañán |
Birth Date: | 15 June 1996 |
Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
Position: | Goalkeeper |
Currentclub: | Cienciano |
Clubnumber: | 25 |
Youthyears1: | 2008–2015 |
Youthclubs1: | Universidad Católica |
Years1: | 2015–2020 |
Caps1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2017 |
Clubs2: | → Deportes Santa Cruz (loan) |
Caps2: | 36 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2019 |
Clubs3: | → Cobresal (loan) |
Caps3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 2020 |
Clubs4: | → Unión La Calera (loan) |
Caps4: | 1 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2021 |
Clubs5: | Unión La Calera |
Caps5: | 2 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2022– |
Clubs6: | Cienciano |
Caps6: | 3 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2013 |
Nationalteam1: | Chile U17 |
Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 2015 |
Nationalteam2: | Chile U20 |
Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Pcupdate: | 1 May 2021 |
Ntupdate: | 22 January 2015 |
Miguel Ángel Vargas Mañán (born 15 June 1996) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Cienciano del Cusco as a goalkeeper.
Along with Chile U20, he won the L'Alcúdia Tournament in 2015.[1]
He got his first call up to the senior Chile squad for a friendly against Paraguay in September 2015.[2]
Vargas is of Peruvian descent and has been with the Chile national team at under levels. Also, his grandfather, Gustavo Vargas, was a goalkeeper who played for Peruvian club Alianza Lima.[3] Since December 2021, Vargas holds the Peruvian nationality,[4] so he is eligible to play for Peru.[5]
He is nicknamed Manotas (Big Hands) since he was a child due to the fact that a football coach noticed he wore a big gloves in a training session for Colo-Colo.[6]