Rolando Vargas (footballer)

Rolando Vargas
Personal information
Full name Rolando Vargas Romero[1]
Date of birth (1939-04-10)10 April 1939
Date of death 22 June 2025(2025-06-22) (aged 86)
Position(s) Forward, midfielder
Youth career
Atlético Magallanes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Club Bolívar
0000–1962 Always Ready
1962–1965 The Strongest
1966–1967 Jorge Wilstermann
1969–1973 The Strongest
International career
1965–1967 Bolivia 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rolando Vargas Romero (10 April 1939 – 22 June 2025) was a Bolivian footballer. He was capped five times for Bolivia in 1967,[2] and played for them at the 1967 South American Championship.[3] He was playing for The Strongest when the Viloco tragedy happened, which killed 74 people, including 17 of The Strongest's players. However, Vargas was not on the plane at the time.[1]

Vargas died on 22 June 2025, at the age of 86.[1][4] His brother, Edgar, was also a footballer.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Siles, Ramiro (22 June 2025). "Murió Rolando Vargas, un Tigre de toda la vida". PREMIUM BOLIVIA (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "Rolando Vargas". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "South American Championship 1967". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. 1 2 Mesa, Carlos (25 June 2025). "Rolando Vargas, Tigre de toda la vida. Un Señor Stronguista". Historia del Fútbol Boliviano (in Spanish).

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