Miguel Alejandro Vargas Soto (born 15 May 1969) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a

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for clubs in Chile and Greece.

Club career

A product of

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

youth system, Vargas took part of the first team thanks to the coach

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and made five appearances in 1988 in the league, as well as in the

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. He also was with them in the 1995 season. In both the 1987 and 1989 seasons, he played on loan at

Rangers de Talca Club Social de Deportes Rangers is a Chilean football (soccer), football club based in the city of Talca. The club was founded November 2, 1902 and plays in the Chilean Primera División B, second level of the Chilean football system. Their home g ...

. In the

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, he also played for

Deportes Antofagasta Deportes Antofagasta is a Chilean football club based in the city of Antofagasta currently playing in the Primera B Of Chile. The club's home stadium is the Estadio Bicentenario Calvo y Bascuñán, which has a capacity of 21,178. History The c ...

(1992),

Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded in 1958 and has played in the Chilean Primera División since being promoted in 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sán ...

(1994),

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(1996) and

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. In the

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, he played for

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(1991), Magallanes (1993) and

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(1998). Abroad, he played for

OFI Crete OFI Football Club (, ''Heraklion Sportsmen Club 1925 FC''), commonly referred to as OFI, is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Heraklion, on the island of Crete. It is part of the O.F.I. (sports club), OFI mul ...

in the

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from 1999 to 2000, becoming the third Chilean to play for the club after

Alejandro Hisis Alejandro Hisis Anaya (born 16 February 1962) is a retired Chilean association football, football defender. Career Hisis was born in Valparaíso. He played for several clubs in Latin America and Europe, including Colo-Colo, Club de Fútbol M ...

and Jaime Vera.

Coaching career

He began his career as coach at the

academies and works for the

youth system since 2019.

References

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Miguel Vargas
at Mi.CSDColo-Colo.cl * 1969 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean Primera División players Colo-Colo footballers Rangers de Talca footballers C.D. Antofagasta footballers Coquimbo Unido footballers Unión Española footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Primera B de Chile players Audax Italiano footballers Deportes Magallanes footballers Santiago Morning footballers Super League Greece players OFI Crete F.C. players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Men's association football midfielders Chilean football managers 20th-century Chilean sportsmen {{Chile-footy-midfielder-stub