Vargas in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Carlos Alonso Vargas Tenorio[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1999-02-14)14 February 1999 (age 27)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ciudad Juárez,Chihuahua, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft9+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Tijuana | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Tijuana | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2021 | América | 47 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | →Morelia (loan) | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | →Mazatlán (loan) | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Mazatlán | 41 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2026 | Cruz Azul | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Mexico U20 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Mexico U21 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:14, 16 January 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 November 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
Carlos Alonso Vargas Tenorio (born 14 February 1999) is a Mexican professionalfootballer who plays as aleft-back.
In 2014, Vargas first joinedTijuana'syouth academy. In 2017, first-team coachMiguel Herrera promoted 18 year-old Vargas to the team competing in that year’s Clausura tournament.[2]
On 17 March 2017, Vargas made his debut againstSantos Laguna. He started the match and played all 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw.[3] He made twelve appearances as Tijuana finished the tournament in first place and managed to reach the semifinals of the playoffs.

In June 2017, Vargas joinedAmérica, reuniting with manager Miguel Herrera. He made his debut on 22 July againstQuerétaro. He started in the match which ended in a 0–1 defeat.
On 18 January 2023,Cruz Azul announced the signing of Vargas fromMazatlán.[4] Vargas made his season debut on 4 February, againstTigres UANL and tore his rightACL in the 14th minute of the match.[5]
On 25 October 2018, Vargas was called up byDiego Ramírez to participate in the2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[6] He would attain an injury during Mexico's first group stage match againstNicaragua and was subsequently ruled out for the rest of the tournament.[7]
Vargas was included in the final roster that participated at the2018 Toulon Tournament.[8] He would go on to appear in all five matches, as Mexico would go to the final againstEngland, where Mexico lost 1–2.[9]
Vargas was included in the final roster that participated in the2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.[10] He appeared in two group stage matches as Mexico finished last in their group with one point.
Vargas is described as "quick in anticipating opponent's movements and strong in the air."[11]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Continental[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tijuana | 2016–17 | Liga MX | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| América | 2017–18 | Liga MX | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Liga MX | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | Liga MX | 8 | 0 | — | — | 1[d] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Total | 47 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 71 | 0 | ||
| Morelia (loan) | 2019–20 | Liga MX | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||
| Mazatlán (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga MX | 21 | 1 | — | — | — | 21 | 1 | |||
| Mazatlán | 2021–22 | Liga MX | 28 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Liga MX | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Cruz Azul | 2022–23 | Liga MX | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Liga MX | 4 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Liga MX | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 134 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 166 | 2 | ||
América
Cruz Azul