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My Take
I have a soft spot for goalkeepers, and Camilo Vargas embodies why. Rising out of Bogotá with Independiente Santa Fe, collecting league titles and a Copa Colombia before pushing into Atlas in Liga MX, he has quietly become Colombia's last line of defense. Strikers get the headlines; keepers live one mistake away from disaster, every single match. At 1.85 m he commands his box without flash, and that unglamorous reliability is exactly what I admire. The man built abroad on top of a hometown foundation, and longevity at that position is its own kind of greatness in my book.
Overview
Camilo Andrés Vargas Gil (born 9 March 1989) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club Atlas and the Colombia national team. Vargas began his career with Independiente Santa Fe, winning two Categoría Primera A titles and the Copa Colombia in 2009, before moving to Atlético Nacional in 2015.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Camilo Vargas
- Name (Japanese)
- カミロ・バルガス
- Reading
- かみろ・ばるがす
- Born
- March 9, 1989 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Snake
- Origin
- Bogotá, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 185 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.