Roland Vargas-Aguilera | |
Fullname: | Roland Vargas-Aguilera |
Birth Date: | December 7, 1979 |
Birth Place: | Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthclubs1: | Academia Tahuichi Aguilera |
Years1: | 1998–1999 |
Clubs1: | Blooming |
Years2: | 2000–2001 |
Clubs2: | Columbus Crew |
Caps2: | 18 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2001–2002 |
Clubs3: | Oriente Petrolero |
Years4: | 2001 |
Clubs4: | New England Revolution |
Caps4: | 1 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2003–2004 |
Clubs5: | Virginia Beach Mariners |
Caps5: | 26 |
Goals5: | 10 |
Years6: | 2004–2005 |
Clubs6: | Rochester Raging Rhinos |
Caps6: | 36 |
Goals6: | 4 |
Years7: | 2006 |
Clubs7: | Virginia Beach Mariners |
Caps7: | 11 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2007 |
Clubs8: | Huracán del Paso |
Caps8: | 11 |
Goals8: | 2 |
Years9: | 2008 |
Clubs9: | Montreal Impact |
Caps9: | 23 |
Goals9: | 1 |
Years10: | 2008 |
Clubs10: | → Trois-Rivieres Attak (loan) |
Caps10: | 2 |
Goals10: | 2 |
Years11: | 2009 |
Clubs11: | Cleveland City Stars |
Caps11: | 29 |
Goals11: | 3 |
Years12: | 2010 |
Clubs12: | TTM Phichit |
Caps12: | 20 |
Goals12: | 2 |
Years13: | 2011 |
Clubs13: | Chiangrai United F.C. |
Caps13: | 20 |
Goals13: | 4 |
Years14: | 2012 |
Clubs14: | PTT Rayong F.C. |
Caps14: | 30 |
Goals14: | 6 |
Years15: | 2013 |
Clubs15: | Phuket F.C. |
Caps15: | 20 |
Goals15: | 4 |
Years16: | 2019 |
Clubs16: | Virginia Beach United |
Caps16: | 10 |
Goals16: | 1 |
Pcupdate: | 2014 |
Roland "Pato" Vargas-Aguilera (born December 7, 1979, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Aguilera began his career in his native Bolivia, attending the prestigious Tahuichi Academy (which also produced Marco Etcheverry and Jaime Moreno), before moving to the United States to play soccer in 2000.
Aguilera was drafted in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft by the Columbus Crew. He went on to play for several teams in both Major League Soccer and the USL First Division, spending extended periods of time with the Virginia Beach Mariners and the Rochester Raging Rhinos.[1]
In 2008 and played in 23 matches for the Montreal Impact.[2] In 2008, he was loaned to the Impact's farm team the Trois-Rivières Attak of the Canadian Soccer League where he made his debut on June 27, 2008, in a 4–0 victory over TFC Academy.[3] [4] He recorded his first and second goal for Attak the next day on June 28 against TFC Academy in a 3–0 victory.[5] On December 2, 2008, Impact announced the release of Aguilera.[6]
He subsequently signed for the newly promoted USL First Division side Cleveland City Stars for the 2009 season.[7]