Pedro de la Vega (born 7 February 2001) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a winger for Lanús.

Club career

De la Vega started his career in the youth of Ferrocarril Sud before joining Lanús in 2015, having previously been rejected in trials with

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and River Plate. Having been moved into the

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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

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. He made two further appearances in September against Newell's Old Boys and River Plate respectively. He scored his first goal in the

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, netting in a round of sixteen defeat to Vélez Sarsfield.

International career

In October 2018, De la Vega was selected to train with the Argentina U20s. In December, De la Vega was picked for the

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. In the succeeding May, Fernando Batista called De la Vega up for the

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in Poland. He featured twelve times across the two tournaments.

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* 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province Argentine footballers Argentina youth international footballers Argentina under-20 international footballers Association football forwards Argentine Primera División players Club Atlético Lanús footballers Olympic footballers of Argentina Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Argentina-footy-forward-2000s-stub