Carlos Vela

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Carlos Vela
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Carlos Vela at the 2018 World Cup
Personnel
Surname Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido
birthday March 1, 1989
place of birth Cancun ,  Mexico
size 175 cm
position striker
Juniors
Years station
2002-2005 Deportivo Guadalajara
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2006-2011 Arsenal FC 29 0(3)
2006 →  Celta Vigo  (loan) 0 0(0)
2006-2007 →  UD Salamanca  (loan) 31 0(8)
2007-2008 →  CA Osasuna  (loan) 33 0(3)
2011 →  West Bromwich Albion  (loan) 8 0(2)
2011-2017 Real Sociedad 219 (66)
2018– Los Angeles FC 59 (48)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2005 Mexico U17 8 0(5)
2007 Mexico U20 8 0(0)
2007– Mexico 72 (19)
1 Only league games are given.
As of October 6, 2019

2 As of July 16, 2020

Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido (born March 1, 1989 in Cancun ) is a Mexican football player . His older brother Alejandro is also a professional football player .

society

At the end of 2005 he moved from Chivas Guadalajara to Arsenal , but was loaned to Celta Vigo for half a year in February 2006 . The reason for this was that Arsenal had not received the mandatory work permit for Vela. Since Celta Vigo had signed too many foreigners, he was not used there either. For the 2006/07 season he was then awarded to the second division UD Salamanca , where he scored 8 goals in 31 games. Since there was still no work permit for English professional football after this season, it was awarded again, this time to the CA Osasuna in the Spanish Primera División . For Osasuna he played 33 games in the 2007/08 season and scored three goals. On May 22nd, 2008 Vela got the work permit required to play for Arsenal. He had been part of the professional squad of Arsenal FC since the 2008/09 season and was jersey number 12. Due to the injury of Robin van Persie, Vela came to some appearances in the current season in the league and in the Champions League , in which he stood for Could recommend starting lineup.

For the second half of the 2010/11 season Vela was loaned to West Bromwich Albion , for the 2011/12 season to Real Sociedad . After a convincing season in Spain, he was signed for the 2012/13 season. On March 30, 2014, Vela made his 100th La Liga game for Real Sociedad.

For the MLS season in 2018 moved to the newly founded Vela MLS - Franchise Los Angeles FC . He received a contract effective January 1, 2018 and became the first Designated Player in the history of the franchise. In the season 2019 the Mexicans broke with his 34 goals in the regular season the first in the pre-season record set by Josef Martínez , who 31 times had met. This earned him the election of the season's MVP .

National team

The striker was the 2005 winner of the “ golden shoe ” (5 goals) at the U-17 World Cup in Peru and thus had a large share in winning the title for Mexico. At the U-20 World Cup in Canada in 2007 , he made it to the quarter-finals with Mexico. He was next to Giovanni dos Santos and Chicharito , as the greatest hope for future successes of the Mexican national team .

For the 2018 World Cup , he made the jump to the Mexican squad . In the second group game, he scored the opening goal in a 2-1 win against South Korea from the penalty spot.

Achievements and Awards

successes

Awards

Web links

Commons : Carlos Vela  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vela joins West Bromwich Albion on loan ( January 31, 2011 memento in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Vela and Botelho go on loan to Spain ( Memento of March 23, 2012 on WebCite )
  3. ↑ Carlos Vela finalises Real Sociedad switch ( Memento of 12 August 2012 at the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ LAFC Signs Carlos Vela As First Designated Player In Club History , lafc.com, August 10, 2017, accessed December 22, 2017.
  5. ↑ MLS goalscorer: Carlos Vela outshines Zlatan Ibrahimovic , ran.de, accessed on October 9, 2019
  6. ↑ 34 goals in 31 games: Vela elected MVP of the MLS before Ibrahimovic and Co. , transfermarkt.de, accessed on November 5, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Vela, Carlos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vela Garrido, Carlos Alberto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION mexican soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Cancun , Mexico