Román Vega

Román Vega
Vega with Zenit in 2025
Personal information
Full name Román Gabriel Vega[1]
Date of birth (2004-01-01) 1 January 2004[1]
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Left-back
Team information
Current team
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number 66
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2025 Argentinos Juniors 36 (1)
2022–2023 → Barcelona B (loan) 17 (0)
2025– Zenit Saint Petersburg 19 (0)
International career‡
2022–2023 Argentina U20 5 (1)
2024 Argentina U23 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2024

Román Gabriel Vega (born 1 January 2004) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Russian Premier League club Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Career

Vega started his career with Argentine top flight side Argentinos Juniors.[2][3] In 2022, he was sent on loan to Barcelona Atlètic in the Spanish third tier.[4][5]

On 3 July 2025, Vega signed a five-year contract with Zenit Saint Petersburg in Russia.[6]

Career statistics

As of 23 August 2026
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Argentinos Juniors 2021 Argentine Primera División 10——1[a]020
2022 Argentine Primera División 10———10
2023 Argentine Primera División 00——5[a]050
2024 Argentine Primera División 220203[b]013[c]0400
2025 Argentine Primera División 12110—2[d]0151
Total 3613030210651
Barcelona B (loan) 2022–23 Primera Federación 170———170
Zenit Saint Petersburg 2025–26 Russian Premier League 14090——230
2026–27 Russian Premier League 5020—1[e]080
Total 1901100010310
Career total 721140302201111
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Copa de la Liga Profesional
  2. ↑ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  3. ↑ Eleven appearances in Copa de la Liga Profesional, two appearances in Copa de la Liga Profesional play-offs
  4. ↑ Appearances in Torneo Apertura play-offs
  5. ↑ Appearance in Russian Super Cup

Honours

Zenit Saint Petersburg

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Argentina (ARG)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Quién es Román Vega, el juvenil argentino de 18 años que fue transferido al Barcelona". infobae.com.
  3. ↑ "Román Vega, a Barcelona: los números de la joya de 18 años que vendió Argentinos Juniors". lanacion.com.ar.
  4. ↑ "Román Vega, la joya de Argentinos que acaba de ser incorporado por Barcelona". tycsports.com.
  5. ↑ "Román Vega: "El Barça es un sueño y mi objetivo es quedarme"". sport.es.
  6. ↑ "Роман Вега — в "Зените"!" [Román Vega at Zenit!] (in Russian). FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  7. ↑ ""Зенит" стал 11-кратным чемпионом России и обновил рекорд по количеству титулов" [Zenit became Russian champion for 11th time and updated the record for number of trophies] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  8. ↑ ""Зенит" – обладатель OLIMPBET Суперкубка России" [Zenit is the winner of OLIMPBET Russian Super Cup] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 18 July 2026. Retrieved 18 July 2026.