Pedro de la Vega
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pedro de la Vega[1] | ||
Date of birth | 7 February 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Olavarría, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger[2] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Seattle Sounders FC | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
Ferrocarril Sud | |||
2015–2018 | Lanús | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2023 | Lanús | 103 | (13) |
2024– | Seattle Sounders FC | 2 | (1) |
International career | |||
2019 | Argentina U20 | 12 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 January 2024 |
Pedro de la Vega (born 7 February 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Seattle Sounders FC.[3]
Club career
[edit]Lanús
[edit]De la Vega started his career in the youth of Ferrocarril Sud before joining Lanús in 2015, having previously been rejected in trials with Boca Juniors and River Plate.[4][5] Having been moved into the Argentine Primera División club's first-team squad for 2018–19, De la Vega was selected for his professional debut on 16 September 2018 during a home loss to Racing Club.[6][7] He made two further appearances in September against Newell's Old Boys and River Plate respectively.[6][8][9] He scored his first goal in the 2019 Copa de la Superliga, netting in a round of sixteen defeat to Vélez Sarsfield.[6]
Seattle Sounders FC
[edit]On 24 January 2024, de la Vega joined Major League Soccer (MLS) side Seattle Sounders FC as a Designated Player for a club record $7.5 million transfer fee,[10] with Lanús retaining a 20% stake in any future sales. He signed a contract with the Sounders through the 2027 MLS season, with a club option for 2028.[11] De la Vega had been scouted by the team six years prior and began negotiations in 2023.[12] He made his MLS debut in the season opener on 24 February against Los Angeles FC and scored a penalty kick in the 2–1 loss.[13] Pedro de la Vega left early in the second half of the team's home match on 2 March with a right hamstrung injury. The Sounders later announced the injury would prevent him from playing for six to eight weeks.[14]
International career
[edit]In October 2018, de la Vega was selected to train with the Argentina U20s.[15] In December, De la Vega was picked for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.[16] In the succeeding May, Fernando Batista called De la Vega up for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.[17] He featured twelve times across the two tournaments.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Born in Argentina, de la Vega is of Italian descent.[18]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 7 January 2021[6]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lanús | 2018–19 | Primera División | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
2019–20 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | ||
2020–21[nb 1] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
Seattle Sounders FC | 2024 | MLS | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
Career total | 36 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 7 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Argentina" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Pedro De la Vega". World Football. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "Pedro de la Vega signing complete, will arrive on Tuesday". Sounder at Heart. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Quién es el 39 de Lanús? Pedro De La Vega, el joven de 17 años que Boca y River no quisieron y ayer fue la figura Granate". Infobae. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Pepo de la Vega debutó en Lanús con 17 años y recibió una ovación cuando volvió al colegio". La Nación. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Argentina - P. De la Vega". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Ficha Estadistica de PEDRO DE LA VEGA". BDFA. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Quién es Pedro De La Vega, el pibe que alterna entre Lanús y el colegio secundario". Goal. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Argentina, Pedro De La Vega esordisce con il Lanus a 17 anni. E in classe..." Fox Sports. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ Evans, Jayda (24 January 2024). "Sounders officially announce signing of international star Pedro de la Vega". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Pedro de la Vega officially joins Sounders". sounderatheart.com. Sounder at Heart. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ Lazo, Jessica (24 January 2024). "Scouting Pedro de la Vega: An in-depth look of the Argentine winger's recruiting process". SoundersFC.com. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ Evans, Jayda (24 February 2024). "Short-handed Sounders fall on road to LAFC in MLS season opener". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ Evans, Jayda (7 March 2024). "Pedro de la Vega to miss 6-8 weeks, adding to Sounders' injury woes to start season". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Pedro De la Vega, de abanderado en el colegio a entrenar con la Selección Sub 20". Clarín. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Convocados para el Sudamericano Sub 20". AFA. 22 December 2018. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "Lista de convocados para el Mundial". AFA. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ 🖉"Da Capaldo e Valentini a Maestro Puch: tutti gli oriundi nel mirino di Mancini per l'Italia - TUTTOmercatoWEB.com". www.tuttomercatoweb.com.
External links
[edit]- Pedro de la Vega at Soccerway
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Buenos Aires Province
- Argentine men's footballers
- Argentina men's youth international footballers
- Argentina men's under-20 international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Argentine Primera División players
- Club Atlético Lanús footballers
- Olympic footballers for Argentina
- Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Designated Players (MLS)
- Seattle Sounders FC players
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Argentine expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent
- Major League Soccer players
- Argentine football forward stubs