Personal information | |||
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Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Heart of Midlothian | ||
Number | 77 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2020 | Herediano | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2020–2024 | Herediano | 55 | (12) |
2020–2022 | → Municipal Grecia (loan) | 28 | (5) |
2023–2024 | → Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 25 | (4) |
2024– | Heart of Midlothian | 3 | (1) |
International career | |||
2023– | Costa Rica U23 | 11 | (5) |
2023– | Costa Rica | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024 (UTC) |
Kenneth Gerardo Vargas (born 17 April 2002) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Heart of Midlothian. [1]
Vargas played for Municipal Grecia on loan from C.S. Herediano. After returning to Herediano, he scored on his senior league debut for the club, against Grecia, on 15 January 2022. [2] He went on to score 10 goals in 41 appearances in the Liga FPD, the Costa Rican first division, in 2022. [3]
On 7 August 2023, Vargas joined Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian on a season-long loan deal from Herediano, with an option to purchase outright. [4] Vargas was permanently signed by Heart of Midlothian on 26 March 2024 on a 5 season contract. [5]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Grecia | 2020–21 | Liga FPD | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | Liga FPD | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 3 | |||
Total | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | ||
Herediano | 2021–22 | Liga FPD | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 [a] | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
2022–23 | Liga FPD | 33 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 [b] | 0 | 8 [a] | 0 | 52 | 12 | |
2023–24 | Liga FPD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [c] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 45 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 67 | 14 | ||
Heart of Midlothian | 2023–24 | Scottish Premiership | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 [d] | 0 | 3 [e] | 0 | 37 | 8 |
Career totals | 101 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 131 | 26 |
Capped at under-23 level, [7] Vargas received his first call-up to the Costa Rica national football team in 2021. [8] In October 2022 he was again called up to the national team set-up but didn't make an appearance from the substitute bench. [9]
His father, also called Kenneth Vargas and nicknamed “Huevo”, was a professional footballer in Costa Rica who played as a striker. Kenneth Vargas Jnr is subsequently nicknamed “Huevito”. [10]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Heart of Midlothian | ||
Number | 77 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2020 | Herediano | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2020–2024 | Herediano | 55 | (12) |
2020–2022 | → Municipal Grecia (loan) | 28 | (5) |
2023–2024 | → Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 25 | (4) |
2024– | Heart of Midlothian | 3 | (1) |
International career | |||
2023– | Costa Rica U23 | 11 | (5) |
2023– | Costa Rica | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024 (UTC) |
Kenneth Gerardo Vargas (born 17 April 2002) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Heart of Midlothian. [1]
Vargas played for Municipal Grecia on loan from C.S. Herediano. After returning to Herediano, he scored on his senior league debut for the club, against Grecia, on 15 January 2022. [2] He went on to score 10 goals in 41 appearances in the Liga FPD, the Costa Rican first division, in 2022. [3]
On 7 August 2023, Vargas joined Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian on a season-long loan deal from Herediano, with an option to purchase outright. [4] Vargas was permanently signed by Heart of Midlothian on 26 March 2024 on a 5 season contract. [5]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Grecia | 2020–21 | Liga FPD | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | Liga FPD | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 3 | |||
Total | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | ||
Herediano | 2021–22 | Liga FPD | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 [a] | 0 | 14 | 2 | |
2022–23 | Liga FPD | 33 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 [b] | 0 | 8 [a] | 0 | 52 | 12 | |
2023–24 | Liga FPD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [c] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 45 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 67 | 14 | ||
Heart of Midlothian | 2023–24 | Scottish Premiership | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 [d] | 0 | 3 [e] | 0 | 37 | 8 |
Career totals | 101 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 131 | 26 |
Capped at under-23 level, [7] Vargas received his first call-up to the Costa Rica national football team in 2021. [8] In October 2022 he was again called up to the national team set-up but didn't make an appearance from the substitute bench. [9]
His father, also called Kenneth Vargas and nicknamed “Huevo”, was a professional footballer in Costa Rica who played as a striker. Kenneth Vargas Jnr is subsequently nicknamed “Huevito”. [10]