Kerwin Andrés Calderón Vargas (born 2 January 2002) is a Colombian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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People
*Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
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for
Major League Soccer
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club
Charlotte FC
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.
Club career
Born in a small village in
Concordia,
Magdalena,
Colombia
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, Vargas started his career with Cundy FC, before moving to CA Santa Marta at the age of nine.
He left for a short spell with
Boca Juniors de Cali
Boca Juniors de Cali is a professional football club which represented the Colombian city of Cali from its creation in 1937 until its exit from professional football in 1957 and again from 2019 onwards competing in the Categoría Primera B, the ...
at the age of 15, but returned to CA Santa Marta, who were later renamed Academia Europea.
Feirense
Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chairma ...
.[ After two years, he joined Charlotte FC for its inaugural season.
Vargas frequently turns somersaults to celebrate goals.
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Career statistics
References
External links
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2002 births
Living people
Footballers from Magdalena Department
Colombian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Liga Portugal 2 players
Major League Soccer players
Boca Juniors de Cali footballers
C.D. Feirense players
Charlotte FC players
Colombian expatriate men's footballers
Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
21st-century Colombian sportsmen
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