Jeisson Vargas

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Jeisson Vargas
Personal information
Full name	Jeisson Andrés Vargas Salazar
Date of birth	(1997-09-15) 15 September 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Recoleta, Santiago, Chile^[1]
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2011–2014	Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2016	Universidad Católica	33	(9)
2016–2019	Montreal Impact	19	(4)
2016–2017	→ Estudiantes (loan)	9	(0)
2017	→ Universidad Católica (loan)	11	(1)
2019	→ Universidad Católica (loan)	3	(0)
2020–2021	Unión La Calera	54	(13)
2022–2023	Universidad de Chile	22	(0)
2023	→ Al-Rayyan (loan)	11	(4)
2024	Huachipato	3	(0)
International career
2015–2017	Chile U20	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 September 2024

Jeisson Andrés Vargas Salazar (born 15 September 1997) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

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Vargas made his debut for Universidad Católica playing the last 15 minutes against Universidad de Concepción in 2014.

In January 2018, Vargas signed with MLS side Montreal Impact.^[2]

In 2023, he joined Qatari club Al-Rayyan on loan from Universidad de Chile on a deal for six months.^[3]

In January 2024, Vargas joined Huachipato.^[4] In August of the same year, he ended his contract with Huachipato and moved to Europe to join Bosnian club FK Željezničar.^[5] Due to documentation issues, he could not sign with them.^[6]