Carlos Vega (footballer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vega and the second or maternal family name is Mena.
Carlos Vega
Personal information
Full name Carlos Rafael Vega Mena
Date of birth (1973-04-12) 12 April 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Chile
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992-1995 Magallanes
1994 → Municipal Talagante (loan)
1996 FC Gossau 8 (4)
1996 Real Zacatecas 20 (12)
1997 Colo-Colo 0 (0)
1997 → Deportes Puerto Montt (loan) 3 (1)
1997 → Ñublense (loan) 12 (2)
1998 Deportes Tolima
1999 O'Higgins 2 (1)
2001 Persema Malang
2001 Malang United
2004 Sorrento
Managerial career
Sorrento
Chile Nuevo
Ellenbrook United
Perth Saints
2019–2020 Northern Redbacks (youth)
2020–2021 Northern Redbacks
2021– Perth RedStar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos Rafael Vega Mena is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Chile and abroad.

Club career

Vega played football for thirteen years for clubs in his homeland, Switzerland, Mexico, Colombia, Indonesia and Australia.[1]

After his stints in Switzerland, Magallanes, with whom he won the league title of the Chilean Tercera División in 1995 scoring two goals in the final match,[2] and the Mexican side Real Zacatecas, he joined Colo-Colo in 1997.[3] After having no chances to play in the league, he was loaned to Deportes Puerto Montt.[4]

The next season, he played for Colombian side Deportes Tolima[5] and returned to Chile in 1999 to play for O'Higgins, coinciding again with Sergio Villegas,[6] with whom had played in Colo-Colo and Deportes Puerto Montt.[7]

In 2001, he moved abroad again and played for Indonesian side Persema Malang, later Malang United,[8] where he coincided with his compatriot Jimmy Rojas.[9]

His last club was Sorrento FC in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia in 2004.[1]

Coaching career

In 2003, he attended INAF [es] (National Football Institute) in his homeland and graduated as a football manager, starting to coach in 2004 when he came to Australia.[10]

Coaching both male and female Juniors and Seniors, he has worked for Sorrento FC, Chile Nuevo, Ellenbrook United and Perth Saints before coaching Northern Redbacks at both youth and senior level from 2019 to 2021.[1]

In 2021, he joined Perth RedStar.[11][12]

Personal life

In Australia, he also worked as an individual trader until 2019.[13]

His daughter, Natalia, has played football for both Perth Saints Boys U13 and Northern Redbacks U16.[10]

Honours

Magallanes

References

  1. ^ a b c "2021 NPLW Coaches Announcement". Northern Redbacks. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b Rivas, Ilich (2 November 2022). "Los dos títulos de Magallanes en Tercera División". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  3. ^ (Pelotudos Chile) Venezuela, el único país que vio jugar a Paulao por Colo Colo on Facebook (in Spanish). 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ Reyes, Luis (10 January 2019). "Traumáticos casos de refuerzos que marcaron a Colo Colo" (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  5. ^ Calvo, Rodrigo (2 November 1998). "Buzón de Rodrigo" (in Spanish). La Nación (Costa Rica). Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Historia - EL RETORNO A LA SERIE DE HONOR" (in Spanish). O'Higgins F.C. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Puerto Montt 1997 - Campeonato de Apertura". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  8. ^ Stokkermans, Karel (22 February 2013). "Indonesia 2001". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Persema Malang di Liga Indonesia 2001". ngalam.id (in Indonesian). 20 March 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Coaches Corner - Carlos Vega Mena U16's". Northern Redbacks. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Carlos Vega Mena Looks Ahead To The Top Four Cup Final". Impetus. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  12. ^ Bennett, Neil (1 September 2022). "NPLW WA 2022 Season Review - Part 2". Beyond 90. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  13. ^ "CARLOS RAFAEL VEGA MENA - WA AUSTRALIA". www.auscompanies.com. Retrieved 5 January 2023.