Juan Pablo Vargas

Juan Pablo Vargas Campos (born 6 June 1995) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a defender for Categoría Primera A club Millonarios and the Costa Rica national team.[2][3]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vargas and the second or maternal family name is Campos.
Juan Pablo Vargas
Vargas with Deportes Tolima in 2019
Personal information
Full name Juan Pablo Vargas Campos[1]
Date of birth (1995-06-06) 6 June 1995[1]
Place of birth Sarchí, Costa Rica
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Millonarios
Number 5
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Alajuelense 35 (3)
2016–2017 → Belen (loan) 34 (4)
2018–2019 Deportes Tolima 17 (0)
2020– Millonarios 99 (3)
International career‡
2017– Costa Rica 13 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 December 2022

Club career

Vargas came through the academy at Liga Deportiva Alajuelense and was promoted to the main squad by coach Óscar Ramírez on 30 May 2013, along with the other youth Ronald Matarrita and Steve Garita.[4]

Vargas has achieved great form playing for Millonarios and has been called the best defender playing in the Colombian league, with some tongue-in-cheek comparisons with Lionel Messi after an assist in a 4–1 win against Cortuluá.[5] Vargas played as Millionarios reached the final of the Copa Colombia in September 2022.[6]

International career

Vargas made his senior Costa Rica debut at the 2017 Copa Centroamericana, playing in a 3–0 win over Belize on January 15, 2017.[7] He scored his first goal for the national team in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against the United States, netting the opener in a 2–0 victory on March 30, 2022.[8] In November 2022, Vargas was named to Costa Rica's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[9]

List of goals scored by Juan Pablo Vargas
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.30 March 2022Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica United States1–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.1 December 2022Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar Germany2–12–42022 FIFA World Cup

Honours
Millonarios

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Costa Rica (CRC)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 7. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. "Juan Pablo Vargas | MLSsoccer.com". mlssoccer.
  3. "Costa Rica – J. Vargas – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  4. "Steve Garita, Ronald Matarrita and Juan Pablo Vargas arrive at the Alajuelense first team". Aldia.cr.
  5. "Juan Pablo Vargas "dressed up as Messi" and distributed an extraordinary assistance in Colombia". futbolcentoamerica.com.
  6. "Costa Rica: Juan Pablo Vargas one step away from making history with Millionaires in Colombia". futbolcentroamerica.com.
  7. "Copa Centroamericano Belize vs. Costa Rica". worldfootball.com.
  8. Sierra, Julian (30 March 2022). "VIDEO: El tremendo golazo de cabeza de Juan Pablo Vargas que tiene a Costa Rica ganándole a USA".
  9. "Suarez names Costa Rica squad for Qatar 2022".
  10. "Repretel : Juan Pablo Vargas salió campeón de copa con Millonarios". Repretel (in Spanish). 2 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.


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