Pablo Nicolás Vargas Romero (; born 15 September 1992), known as Nicolás Vargas, is a Chilean

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that currently plays for the

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club

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as a defender.

Career

Youth career

Vargas started his career at

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club O'Higgins. He progressed from the under categories club all the way to the senior team.

O'Higgins

Vargas was part of the youth teams of O'Higgins before to be promoted to the first team in 2012 by

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. On 2013 is sent on loan to Barnechea, come back for the Apertura 2013-14. On December 10, 2013, he won the Apertura 2013-14 with O'Higgins and was the captain of team. In the tournament, he played in 11 of 18 matches. In 2014, he won the

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against

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, playing the 90 minutes of the match, and failing a penalty in the penalty shoot-out. He participated with the club in the

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where they faced

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and

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, being third and being eliminated in the group stage.

Deportes Copiapó

In June 2023, he joined

Honours

Club

;O'Higgins *

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: Apertura 2013-14 *

: 2014

Individual

;O'Higgins *Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014

References

External links

Nicolás Vargas
at Football-Lineups * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vargas, Nicolas 1992 births Living people Footballers from Rancagua Chilean men's footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers A.C. Barnechea footballers Audax Italiano footballers Coquimbo Unido footballers Ñublense footballers Deportes Copiapó footballers Chilean Primera División players Primera B de Chile players Men's association football defenders