Sergio Bernabé Vargas Buscalia (born 17 August 1965 in Chacabuco

Chacabuco, Buenos Aires

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, Buenos Aires

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) is a former Chile

Chile

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an football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 goalkeeper

Goalkeeper (football)

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. He obtained a total number of ten caps for the Chilean national team

Chile national football team

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 during his career. Vargas retired in 2005.

Club career

Vargas began his career in Independiente

Club Atlético Independiente

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. After three seasons at the club with 98 appearances, he left for Club Sport Emelec

Club Sport Emelec

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 of Ecuador

Ecuador

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. However Vargas left after a season to join Universidad de Chile.

Vargas, with other players such as Luis Musrri

Luis Musrri

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, Rogelio Delgado

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, Esteban Valencia, Marcelo Salas

Marcelo Salas

José Marcelo Salas Melinao , better known as El Matador, Shileno or simply Marcelo Salas, is a former football player from Chile. He, along with world cup veterans, 3 time Best Player of America Elías Figueroa and former Real Madrid and Inter Milan forward Iván Zamorano, has been one of Chile's...

 and Rodrigo Goldberg

Rodrigo Goldberg

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, helped Universidad de Chile to win the Primera División de Chile in 1994 and again in 1995. Before 1994, Universidad de Chile last won the championship in 1969.

Vargas will continue to win the Copa Chile

Copa Chile

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 in 1998 with Universidad de Chile. In 2000, he won the double

The Double

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 with Universidad de Chile, winning both the Primera División de Chile and Copa Chile.

Vargas earned the nickname "Superman" for his constant saves in the air, especially in the last few moments.

In 2002, the President of Universidad de Chile, Dr. Rene Orozco, terminated Vargas's contract. Vargas then left for Unión Española

Unión Española

Club Unión Española S.A.D.P is a professional Chilean football based in Independencia, Santiago de Chile. Founded by a Spanish immigrants on 18 May 1897, Unión Española have participated in the top-tier of Chilean football for all of their existence but two seasons in the late '90s .Unión Española...

 where he stayed for as season. He then went to PSM Makassar

PSM Makassar

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 in Indonesia

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. After two seasons, Vargas retired from soccer in 2005.

Recently entitled football coach, after a brief passage as technical manager at Universidad de Chile.

International career

Vargas was summoned for selection by Argentina

Argentina national football team

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 U17 team but played for Chile

Chile national football team

The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895. They have appeared in eight World Cup tournaments and were hosts of the 1962 FIFA World Cup finishing in...

 in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

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.

Vargas made his debut match against Uruguay

Uruguay national football team

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 on 24 April 2001, which Chile lost 0-1 to an own goal

Own goal

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.

He was also capped for the 2001 Copa América

Copa América 2001

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, playing four matches as Chile was knocked out in the quarterfinals.

Club

Universidad de Chile

• • Primera División de Chile: 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000
  • Copa Chile
    Copa Chile
    The Copa Chile is an annual cup competition for Chilean football teams. Due to time constraints and club pressure, the trophy was cancelled in 2000, but returned in 2008...
    
    : 1998, 2000