Pedro Vega (footballer, born 1979)

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Pedro Vega
Personal information
Vega training with Las Palmas in 2009
Full name	Pedro Antonio Vega Rodríguez
Date of birth	(1979-07-19) 19 July 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Vega de San Mateo, Spain
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
	Las Palmas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	Las Palmas B
1999–2004	Las Palmas	65	(8)
1999–2000	→ Universidad LP (loan)	21	(4)
2000–2001	→ Granada (loan)	35	(5)
2001–2002	→ Universidad LP (loan)	34	(14)
2004–2008	Poli Ejido	138	(31)
2008–2009	Levante	25	(6)
2009–2013	Las Palmas	39	(2)
2010	→ Universidad LP (loan)	15	(2)
Total		372	(72)
International career
1999	Spain U20	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Antonio Vega Rodríguez (born 19 July 1979) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a left winger.

Club career

Vega was born in Vega de San Mateo, Las Palmas, Canary Islands. During his career he played mainly for UD Las Palmas and neighbouring Universidad de Las Palmas CF, who acted as the former's farm team for several years. He amassed Segunda División totals of 267 games and 47 goals over the course of 12 seasons, representing in the competition Las Palmas, Polideportivo Ejido and Levante UD; he scored a career-best at the professional level 11 goals in the 2004–05 and 2005–06 campaigns, helping the second club finish 13th and 15th respectively.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Vega retired in June 2013 at the age of nearly 34, after a third stint with Las Palmas^[4] which consisted of three official matches – two in the Copa del Rey^[5]^[6]– and 15 minutes of action in his last year.

References

^ "El Poli Ejido frena en seco al Numancia" [Poli Ejido stop Numancia in their tracks]. Marca (in Spanish). 23 April 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
^ "El Poli Ejido fue el menos malo" [Poli Ejido were the least bad]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 5 June 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
^ "Pedro Vega ejecuta a un Vecindario sin reacción" [Pedro Vega executes lethargic Vecindario]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 29 October 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
^ "Pedro Vega vuelve a Las Palmas tras romper con el Levante" [Pedro Vega returns to Las Palmas after cutting ties with Levante]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). 2 June 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
^ "Las Palmas se aprovecha del despropósito del Rayo (0–0)" [Las Palmas profit from Rayo hot-headedness (0–0)] (in Spanish). Terra. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
^ "Las Palmas acaba en pie el penúltimo asalto" [Las Palmas standing after penultimate round]. Marca (in Spanish). 13 December 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2014.

External links

Pedro Vega at BDFutbol
Pedro Vega at Soccerway