Obed Vargas
Mexico
MID
Age
20
Appearances
0
Goals
0
About Obed Vargas
Named in Javier Aguirre's final 26, Obed Vargas heads to the 2026 World Cup as a midfielder for Mexico, who take their place in the finals automatically as one of the three co-hosts. The Atletico Madrid midfielder is 20 at kick-off and valued at around €10 million.
Alaska-born and eligible through dual US-Mexican nationality, he chose to represent Mexico at senior level and earned a move to Atletico Madrid. His path to the senior side ran through age-group football with both the United States and Mexico, and he arrives with 21 youth-international caps and 6 senior caps to his name. This season his club line reads 13 appearances and 1 goal. Mexico open their Group A campaign against South Africa on 11 June 2026, with South Korea and the Czech Republic to follow.
Alaska-born and eligible through dual US-Mexican nationality, he chose to represent Mexico at senior level and earned a move to Atletico Madrid. His path to the senior side ran through age-group football with both the United States and Mexico, and he arrives with 21 youth-international caps and 6 senior caps to his name. This season his club line reads 13 appearances and 1 goal. Mexico open their Group A campaign against South Africa on 11 June 2026, with South Korea and the Czech Republic to follow.
World Cup 2026 Stats
Appearances
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Minutes played
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Goals
0
Assists
0
Key passes
0
Accuracy
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Playing Style
Obed Vargas is a central midfielder known for breaking up play, a right-footed presence in the middle of the pitch. His game is built on winning the ball back, the ball-winning side of central midfield. He stands 1.75 m and is right-footed, and this season he has logged 750 minutes of club football. That ball-winning profile is what he brings to Javier Aguirre's midfield options at the 2026 World Cup.
World Cup History
The 2026 World Cup will be Obed Vargas's first. He has no previous senior World Cup appearances, having made his senior Mexico debut in October 2024. His place in the finals comes after Javier Aguirre named him in Mexico's confirmed 26-man squad. For a midfielder who only made his senior international bow in 2024, a place in Mexico's squad for the 2026 World Cup marks a notable step in his career.
National Team
Mexico
Tier 3
£17m
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Goal Rush Impact
Vargas's contribution for Mexico is in midfield: a ball-winning central midfielder who breaks up play in front of the back line. His club season this term reads 13 appearances and 1 goal, the work of a young midfielder still building his senior numbers. On the Goal Rush card Mexico are a Tier 3 side at £17m. That ball-winning work in the middle of the pitch is what Mexico get from him at the finals.
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Vargas at the 2026 World Cup
Vargas is a confirmed midfielder in Javier Aguirre's 26-man Mexico squad for the 2026 World Cup. As co-hosts, Mexico open Group A against South Africa on 11 June, with South Korea and the Czech Republic to come.
Picking Mexico in Goal Rush
A Tier 3 team, Mexico are set at £17m for the tournament. Vargas is a young midfield option in Aguirre's 26, named for his first World Cup with the co-hosts.
Obed Vargas World Cup 2026 FAQs
Mexico are a Tier 3 team at £17m on the Goal Rush card. Vargas is one of their midfielders rather than a goalscorer, named in Javier Aguirre's confirmed 26, so for Goal Rush he is a squad name at that mid-tier team price.
Vargas is a central midfielder for Mexico, a ball-winning presence known for breaking up play. He plays his club football for Atletico Madrid and is part of Javier Aguirre's national-team squad for the 2026 World Cup, named in Mexico's final 26-man group.
No. The 2026 World Cup will be Vargas's first. He has no previous senior World Cup appearances, reaching the tournament for the first time after his place in Mexico's 26-man squad was confirmed. Mexico are in the finals automatically as one of the three co-hosts.
Vargas plays his club football for Atletico Madrid. He is named among Mexico's midfielders in Javier Aguirre's final 26, with the co-hosts opening their Group A campaign against South Africa in mid-June.
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