Sebastián Vegas
![]() Vegas with Monterrey at the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sebastián Ignacio Vegas Orellana | ||
| Date of birth | 4 December 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
León (on loan from Monterrey) | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Audax Italiano | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013 | Audax Italiano B | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2017 | Audax Italiano | 54 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | → Morelia (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Morelia | 81 | (8) |
| 2020–2021 | Mazatlán | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Monterrey (loan) | 32 | (2) |
| 2021– | Monterrey | 108 | (3) |
| 2025 | → Colo-Colo (loan) | 22 | (2) |
| 2026– | → León (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Chile U17 | 4 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Chile U20 | 13 | (1) |
| 2015– | Chile | 21 | (2) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:25, 8 February 2025 (UTC) | |||
Sebastián Ignacio Vegas Orellana (Latin American Spanish: [seβasˈtjam ˈbeɣas];[a] born 4 December 1996) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga MX club León, on loan from Monterrey.
Club career
As a player of Monterrey, Vegas returned to Chile in January 2025 and joined Colo-Colo on a one-year loan.[1][2][3] Back to Mexico, he was loaned out to León for the 2026 season.[4]
International career
Vegas represented Chile U20 at friendly tournaments in 2014,[5][6][7] and 2015 South American Championship and won the 2015 L'Alcúdia Tournament.[8]
Vegas got his first call up to the senior Chile squad for a friendly against the United States in January 2015.[9]
Career statistics
International
- As of match played 8 February 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 2018 | 4 | 1 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 2 | |
International goals
- As of match played on 26 March 2021. Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.[10]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 16 November 2018 | Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile | 1–3 | 2–3 | Friendly | |
| 2. | 11 December 2021 | Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles, United States | 1–0 | 1–0 |
Honours
Monterrey
Chile U20
Chile
Individual
- CONCACAF Champions League Team of the Tournament: 2021
- IFFHS CONCACAF Team of the Year: 2021[11]
Notes
- ↑ In isolation, Sebastián is pronounced [seβasˈtjan].
References
- ↑ González, Christian (22 January 2025). "Colo Colo no para: Sebastián Vegas se toma los exámenes médicos para firmar por el Cacique". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ↑ "Mercado de fichajes: Estos son los montos que pagó Colo Colo por Méndez, Alarcón y Vegas". Bolavip Chile (in Spanish). 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ↑ Suárez, Cristóbal (9 December 2025). "Se despidió de sus compañeros: el jugador que vivió su última jornada en Colo Colo". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 December 2025.
- ↑ "Muy pocas veces presentan a un chileno en el exterior así: "Un homenaje para toda la gente"". Diario AS (in Spanish). 26 December 2025. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
- ↑ "La Sub 20 ya tiene nómina para el torneo de Qatar". SoyChile (in Spanish). 28 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ↑ "Chile: nómina de la selección Sub 20 para el torneo "Cuatro Naciones Chile 2014"". CONMEBOL (in Spanish). 4 October 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ↑ "Los resultados del torneo sub 20 Cuatro Naciones". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Cooperativa. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
- ↑ Roggero, José (19 August 2015). "¡La Roja sub 20 es campeona en L'Alcúdia!". El Mostrador (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ↑ "Chile boss Jorge Sampaoli names home-based squad for the USA friendly". ca2015.com. 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ↑ "Vegas, Sebastián". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ↑ "IFFHS MEN'S CONTINENTAL TEAMS OF THE YEAR 2021 - CONCACAF".
External links
- Sebastián Vegas at Soccerway
Categories:
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Santiago, Chile
- Men's association football defenders
- Chilean men's footballers
- 21st-century Chilean sportsmen
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chile men's under-20 international footballers
- Chile men's youth international footballers
- Chile men's international footballers
- Audax Italiano footballers
- Atlético Morelia players
- Mazatlán F.C. footballers
- C.F. Monterrey players
- Colo-Colo footballers
- Club León footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Segunda División Profesional de Chile players
- Liga MX players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- 2021 Copa América players
- CONCACAF Champions Cup–winning players
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