Fabiola Vargas
Fabiola Arizbeth Vargas Curiel (born 23 March 1975) is a Mexican football manager and former player. She is the current manager of Atlas (women). During her career as player she represented Mexico from 1994 to 2001.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fabiola Arizbeth Vargas Curiel | ||
| Date of birth | 23 March 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Atlas (women) (Manager) | ||
| International career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2001 | Mexico | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2017–2018 | Tijuana (women) (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2021 | Necaxa (women) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Tijuana (women) | ||
| 2022– | Atlas (women) | ||
Career
Early career
Fabiola Vargas was born in Mexico City on 23 March 1975, she lived her early years in the Tepito neighborhood but later moved to Coacalco in the State of Mexico, where she started playing basketball and football. When she was 17 she decided to dedicate full time to football.[3][4]
She started playing in local leagues where she was discovered by scouts of the Mexican Football Federation who invited her to join to the Mexico women's national football team.[2]
Club career
In 1997, she moved to Canadá to play with the semi-professional team Omega Soccer.[4]
Vargas retired in 2001.[3]
International career
Vargas represented Mexico from 1994 to 2001. During this time she participated in the 1994 and 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship and in the 2000 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup.[3]
Managerial career
Vargas went on to prepare as coach in the National School for Football Coaches in Guadalajara. After graduating in 2003, she coached and worked as an assistant in several amateur and semi-professional teams from Guadalajara, including Gansos de Etzatlán and the football team of the Universidad de Guadalajara.[4]
In 2017, Vargas was invited by Andrea Rodebaugh to work as an assistant manager at Tijuana's female section of the newly created Liga MX Femenil.[5]
On 5 July 2018, Vargas was announced as Necaxa's new manager.[6][7]
Managerial statistics
- As of 24 August 2020
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Necaxa (women) | 5 July 2018 | Present | 61 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 30 | 120 | −90 | 8.20 | [1] |
References
- ^ a b "Fabiola Arizbeth Vargas Curiel". Liga MX Femenil. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Fabiola Vargas, al Mando Necaxista" (in Spanish). Liga MX Femenil. 23 May 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Rayo de igualdad". Once Diario (in Spanish). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "¿Y quién es o qué ha hecho Fabiola Vargas?". Fut Femenil (in Spanish). 6 July 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Fabiola Vargas, una larga carrera dentro del fútbol femenil". Espartanas MX (in Spanish). 27 March 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Necaxa presenta a Fabiola Vargas como nueva entrenadora". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). 5 July 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Presentan a Fabiola Vargas como nueva DT de Necaxa". Campeonas.mx (in Spanish). 6 July 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2020.