| Pedro de la Vega | |
| Fullname: | Pedro de la Vega[1] |
| Birth Date: | 7 February 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Olavarría, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.72 m[2] |
| Position: | Winger |
| Currentclub: | Seattle Sounders FC |
| Clubnumber: | 10 |
| Youthclubs1: | Ferrocarril Sud |
| Youthyears2: | 2015–2018 |
| Youthclubs2: | Lanús |
| Years1: | 2018–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Lanús |
| Caps1: | 103 |
| Goals1: | 13 |
| Years2: | 2024– |
| Clubs2: | Seattle Sounders FC |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Argentina U20 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 24 January 2024 |
Pedro de la Vega (born 7 February 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC.[3]
De la Vega started his career in the youth of Ferrocarril Sud before joining Lanús in 2015, having previously been rejected in trials with Boca Juniors and River Plate.[4] [5] Having been moved into the Argentine Primera División club's first-team squad for 2018–19, De la Vega was selected for his professional debut on 16 September 2018 during a home loss to Racing Club.[6] [7] He made two further appearances in September against Newell's Old Boys and River Plate respectively.[6] [8] [9] He scored his first goal in the 2019 Copa de la Superliga, netting in a round of sixteen defeat to Vélez Sarsfield.[6]
On 24 January 2024, de la Vega joined Major League Soccer (MLS) side Seattle Sounders FC as a Designated Player for a club record $7.5 million transfer fee,[10] with Lanús retaining a 20% stake in any future sales. He signed a contract with the Sounders through the 2027 MLS season, with a club option for 2028.[11] De la Vega had been scouted by the team six years prior and began negotiations in 2023.[12] He made his MLS debut in the season opener on 24 February against Los Angeles FC and scored a penalty kick in the 2–1 loss.[13] Pedro de la Vega left early in the second half of the team's home match on 2 March with a right hamstrung injury. The Sounders later announced the injury would prevent him from playing for six to eight weeks.[14]
In October 2018, de la Vega was selected to train with the Argentina U20s.[15] In December, De la Vega was picked for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.[16] In the succeeding May, Fernando Batista called De la Vega up for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.[17] He featured twelve times across the two tournaments.[6]
Born in Argentina, de la Vega is of Italian descent.[18]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Lanús | 2018–19 | Primera División | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | |||
| 2020–21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Seattle Sounders FC | 2024 | MLS | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Career total | 36 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 7 | |||