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My Take
Vargas fascinates me as a footballer from baseball-mad Venezuela, a country where choosing the pitch over the diamond is already a quiet act of defiance. At 174cm, he was no towering striker, so I picture a forward who lived by cleverness and quick feet rather than brute force. The number ten he wears in his social handle hints at a playmaker's instincts, a conductor more than a battering ram. Now retired, he leaves behind the kind of journey I always root for: a kid from Guatire in Miranda state who set out from a small town to test himself against the wider world.
Overview
Ronald Alejandro Vargas Aranguren (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈronal(d) ˈβaɾɣas]; born 2 December 1986) is a Venezuelan former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ronald Vargas
- Name (Japanese)
- ロナルド・バルガス
- Reading
- ろなるど・ばるがす
- Born
- December 2, 1986 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Tiger
- Origin
- Guatire, Miranda, Venezuela
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 174 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
Association football player — see all → · More people from Venezuela →
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.