Daniel Vargas (born 1 September 1986) is a Mexican male

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

player, a member of

Mexico men's national volleyball team The Mexico men's national volleyball team represents Mexico in international volleyball competitions. In the 1950s the squad twice won a medal (silver and bronze) at the Pan American Games. The dominant forces in men's volleybal ...

, where he played at the

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2016 Rio, and at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Poland. Before joining the national team, Daniel played for

Pumas UNAM Club Universidad Nacional, A.C., commonly referred to as UNAM, is a professional football club based in Ciudad Universitaria of Mexico City, Mexico. The club competes in the Liga MX, the top division in the Mexican football league system. Fo ...

, while doing his masters and undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Career

During the summer of 2016, Vargas along with

, ended their 48-year absence in the Olympic Games, when they secured the final place at stake for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games through the World Olympic Qualification Tournament, which took place in their home turf in Mexico City.

Clubs

(2014)

References

1986 births Living people Mexican men's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic volleyball players for Mexico Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Mexico City {{Mexico-volleyball-bio-stub