Carlos Vela

Mexican association football actor
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Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido ( hold 1 March 1989 ) is a mexican master football player who captains and plays for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC. Described as a versatile player who can play as a forth, winger, and attacking midfielder, Vela is known for being a creative actor and prolific scorer. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

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Vela started his career at Mexican cabaret Guadalajara, where he caught the center of assorted european clubs after finishing as the top scorer at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, finally joining Premier League club Arsenal that class. After joining Arsenal, he had loanword spells at spanish clubs Salamanca and Osasuna, equally well as chap English clubhouse West Bromwich Albion, settling with Real Sociedad in 2011, initially on lend and then permanently the watch season. In his six-year spell with La Real, Vela played in 250 matches and scored 73 goals. In January 2018, he joined Los Angeles FC, winning the Supporters ‘ Shield and the MLS Golden Boot in his irregular class, and setting a new league record for most goals in a season, with 34. He was besides voted Most Valuable Player. Vela made his introduction with the senior Mexico national team in 2007 in a friendly match against Brazil, and scored his first goal for his country in a friendly against Guatemala. He participated in Mexico ‘s CONCACAF Gold Cup victory in 2009, and participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Vela rejected all subsequent call-ups for more than three years, including friendlies, World Cup qualifiers, and versatile major tournaments including the 2014 FIFA World Cup, citing versatile reasons for his refusals. In November 2014, Vela made his come back to the national team and participated in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2018 FIFA World Cup .

early life sentence [edit ]

Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido was born 1 March 1989 in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico to Enrique Vela, an iron welder from Campeche, and Nella Garrido, a stay at home plate mother from Tabasco. [ 4 ] His father had played semi-professional football but an injury caused by a tear ligament caused him to retire. Vela ‘s forefather enrolled him into local football teams. Vela ‘s first club was Ko Cha Wolis, [ 5 ] which translates to “ Kicking Round Ball ” in Mayan. He learned a draw and made significant development and progress during his time spend there, according to Félix Alcalá, his coach at the clock. [ 4 ] In school, Vela played both basketball and football simultaneously, which caused many problems between his coaches. His father made him decide to focus on alone one sport at the age of 12, in which Vela chose football. Enrique Vela was frustrated at the fact that his son was not being scouted ascribable to living in Cancún. Around the like time, José Luis Real of C.D. Guadalajara ‘s youth system sent scouts to Cancún in 2001, where Vela caught their eye. He was summoned to a youth tournament in Buenos Aires with Guadalajara as a modest test period with amateur expenses. [ citation needed ] In 2003, during a local competition held in Ciudad Victoria, Vela was seen and was presented with offers with local teams of the Primera División. He finally joined Guadalajara in 2003, though he never received a call up to the baseball club ‘s first-team team, therefore not being able to make his professional debut in Mexico. [ 4 ]

Club career [edit ]

guadalajara [edit ]

Vela ‘s career started with Guadalajara, alongside his brother Alejandro. After winning the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Mexico and finishing as the top scorer with five goals, Jorge Vergara, owner and club president of Guadalajara, agreed to sign him. Since Vela ‘s family lived in the then-recently-storm-stricken Cancún, he asked that the club help relocate them as a condition of his sign. Vela had previously shown his great affection to his beget, whose birthday fell on the day on which Mexico beat Brazil in the final of the U-17 World Cup, by carrying the cup to his father and dedicating his Golden Boot to him. [ 6 ]

arsenal [edit ]

Vela attracted sake from a number of european clubs, and finally Arsenal won the race for his touch in November 2005 on a five-year manage for a £ 125,000 fee that rose to £550,000 after he played 50 first-team games. [ 7 ] however, since English work license restrictions for non-EU citizens prevented him from playing in England, Arsenal promptly loaned him out to Spanish clubhouse Celta de Vigo in February 2006, but he was returned right away with no games played. [ 8 ]

Salamanca and Osasuna loans [edit ]

At the end of the season, Vela was sent to Spanish Segunda División club Salamanca, on loan for the 2006–07 season. [ 9 ] He had a successful stay there, creating many of Salamanca ‘s 53 goals, eight of which he scored himself. [ 10 ] After his lend spell with Salamanca ended, bigger clubs of La Liga, such as Levante, Osasuna, and Almería, were all interest in taking him on lend from Arsenal for whom he was still ineligible to play as he still had so far to receive a exploit allow. [ 11 ] Eventually, a annual lend move to Osasuna was agreed, with the choice of an extension for another year. No permanent wave choice, however, had been included in the deal. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] On 31 October 2007, he scored his inaugural finish with Osasuna, in a match against Real Betis, a performance that went on to earn respective plaudits from the spanish weigh. [ 14 ]

return to Arsenal [edit ]

Vela at Arsenal ( 26 April 2009 ) Vela playing for Arsenal ( 2010 ) On 22 May 2008, Vela was granted a work license that allowed him to play in England. Arsenal coach Arsène Wenger confirmed that Vela would be involved with the first base team in the coming season and that he viewed Vela as a striker in Eduardo ‘s mold. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Vela made his competitive debut for Arsenal on 30 August 2008 in their Premier League match against Newcastle United, coming on as a substitute for Robin van Persie in the 63rd moment. Arsenal won the pit 3–0. In his full debut on 23 September 2008, against Sheffield United in the League Cup, Vela scored a hat-trick in a 6–0 succeed, with his irregular finish voted as one of Arsenal ‘s Greatest 50 Goals. [ 17 ] The match was besides celebrated for featuring Arsenal ‘s youngest ever side, with an modal historic period of 19. [ 18 ] On 8 March 2009, in the FA Cup Fifth Round tie against Burnley, Vela scored the first goal in a 3–0 acquire by chipping the ball over the custodian and into the goal. [ 19 ] He scored his beginning finish in the Premier League for Arsenal away to Portsmouth on 2 May 2009 [ 20 ] making him precisely the second Mexican player to score a goal in the Premier League. On 28 April, Vela was excluded from Arsenal ‘s coach school term as a precaution ascribable to the 2009 swine influenza outbreak. Two of Vela ‘s friends from Mexico visited him over the weekend and Arsenal were asked to keep him off. He returned to training the future day, however, after being given the all-clear. [ 21 ] Vela missed Arsenal ‘s pre-season crusade of the 2009–10 season after suffering an ankle wound which kept him out until September. He returned to action on 22 September by coming off the terrace in Arsenal ‘s 2–0 winnings by assisting the first base and scoring the second base goal against West Bromwich Albion in the League Cup. On 21 November 2009, he made his first appearance of the season in the Premier League aside to Sunderland, playing 21 minutes after coming on as a substitute for Eduardo. Vela renewed his contract with Arsenal on 10 December 2009. [ 22 ] On 4 May 2010, Vela played his fiftieth game in an Arsenal shirt, against Blackburn Rovers. On 9 May, he scored the fourthly goal of Arsenal ‘s victory over Fulham. Vela scored his first goal of the season against Bolton Wanderers in a 4–1 home win on 11 September 2010. [ 23 ] On 15 September, Vela scored two goals in the UEFA Champions League when Arsenal beat portuguese english Braga 6–0. [ 24 ]

West Bromwich Albion ( lend ) [edit ]

On 28 January 2011, Vela joined West Brom on loan until the end of the 2010–11 temper. He made his debut on 1 February 2011 in a 2–2 draw against Wigan Athletic, playing 58 minutes of the game. [ 25 ] He scored his foremost goal coming in as a substitute for the Baggies in his one-third match for the baseball club with a 92nd-minute equalizer against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 20 February 2011. Vela once again scored for West Brom in the dying minutes of a crippled against Stoke City to salvage a 1–1 draw after coming on as a belated ersatz. [ 26 ]

actual Sociedad ( loan ) [edit ]

On 15 August 2011, Arsenal announced that Vela would be loaned out to Spanish baseball club Real Sociedad, submit to a medical. [ 27 ] After passing the medical examination, he was formally presented on 17 August 2011. [ 28 ] On 4 December 2011, Vela scored a bicycle kick finish to equalise for Real Sociedad, his second of the season, against Málaga before teammate Diego Ifrán scored a belated achiever to make the score 3–2. Vela scored the only goal for real Sociedad in a 2–1 loss to Barcelona, making it his third base goal for the season. [ 29 ] In early February 2012, rumours of Vela ‘s future at Arsenal began to surface, claiming that he wished to stay in Spain with Real Sociedad. Vela has been quoted saying, “ I do n’t want to return to Arsenal. I have asked my agentive role to negotiate with Arsenal to stay here. ” [ 30 ]

substantial Sociedad [edit ]

After making over 30 appearances in all competitions and scoring 12 goals, Vela was officially transferred to Real Sociedad from Arsenal on 17 July 2012, for an undisclosed fee. [ 31 ] The deal was confirmed by Arsenal on 10 August. [ 32 ] He was given the number 11 shirt. During the 2012–13 season, Vela played predominantly on the veracious wing and scored 14 goals, adenine well as having nine assists. There had been speculation in the media that he would return to Arsenal, however no talks took seat between the two teams. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] Vela started the 2013–14 season, scoring once and assisting the early in the team ‘s 2–0 gain over Getafe. [ 35 ] He scored doubly, a header and a stoppage-time individual goal, to confirm Real Sociedad ‘s progress to the group stages of the Champions League at Lyon ‘s expense. [ 36 ] On 23 November, he scored four goals in La Real’ s 4–3 gain over Celta de Vigo. [ 37 ] On 20 January 2014, it was announced that Vela had won La Liga Player of the Month for December after his performances against clubs such as real Betis, Granada, Real Madrid, and Barcelona. [ 38 ] On 5 May 2014, Vela scored in the 1–1 draw against Granada. The goal was Vela ‘s 15th league affect of the season—surpassing his total of 14 from the former season—and his 20th in all competitions. [ 39 ] He was nominated at the season ‘s LFP Awards for the Best forward in the league, losing out to Cristiano Ronaldo. [ 40 ] On 24 June, Vela signed a four-year contract extension which will keep him at Real Sociedad until 2018. [ 41 ] Vela scored his first goal of the 2014–15 season in Real Sociedad ‘s 4–2 winnings against Real Madrid on 1 September 2014. [ 42 ] On 28 November, he scored all of the side ‘s goals as they beat Elche 3–0 for newfangled director David Moyes ‘ foremost victory at the club. [ 43 ] These were three of his four league goals that calendar month, which once again earned him the La Liga ‘s Player of the Month award. [ 44 ] On 31 January 2015, during Real Sociedad ‘s 1–4 league defeat to Real Madrid, Vela was subbed off in the 17th minute ascribable to a knee injury, which was later reported to be ligament damage, and would require surgery. [ 45 ] Though it was initially reported that Vela would miss the remainder of the season, [ 45 ] it was confirmed through a club instruction that the injury was an home meniscus tear and that Vela would be out for two months. [ 46 ] He made his return on 22 March against Córdoba, being substituted on for Esteban Granero in the 66th infinitesimal and providing an serve in Real Sociedad ‘s 3–1 winnings. [ 47 ] On 25 October 2015, Vela scored his beginning two goals of the 2015–16 season in Real Sociedad ‘s 4–0 gain over Levante. [ 48 ] On 9 March 2016, it was reported that Vela had been separated from the first team after he failed to report for training two days earlier, claiming he was suffering from gastroenteritis, though a photograph began circulating on social media of him attending a Chris Brown concert in Madrid hours after the team ‘s 1–1 trace against Levante. [ 49 ] [ 50 ] He was ultimately fined by the cabaret and ruled out for the team ‘s adjacent match against Celta de Vigo. [ 51 ] Sociedad coach Eusebio Sacristán, however, named Vela in the squad for the match against Celta, appearing as a second-half ersatz in the 0–1 loss. [ 52 ] On 10 April 2017, Vela played in his 200th league match for Real Sociedad in the side ‘s 3–1 victory against Sporting de Gijón, a well as becoming the alien musician with the second-most appearances for the club behind Darko Kovačević. [ 53 ] On 8 August 2017, Real Sociedad announced an agreement with Major League Soccer for Vela to move to the league in 2018. [ 54 ] Two days late, it was announced that he would join expansion team Los Angeles FC as their first Designated Player when the transfer window opens on 1 January 2018. [ 55 ] On 20 December 2017, Vela played in his final match for Real Sociedad, scoring the final goal in the team ‘s 3–1 acquire over Sevilla. [ 56 ]

Los Angeles FC [edit ]

2018 temper [edit ]

On 8 August 2017, it was announced that Vela had been signed by Los Angeles FC, becoming the first designated actor of the team [ 57 ] [ 58 ] and officially joining the team on 1 January 2018. [ 59 ] On 4 March 2018, Vela made his debut with Los Angeles FC, providing an aid for Diego Rossi ‘s goal in the team ‘s 1–0 victory over Seattle Sounders FC. [ 60 ] On 10 March, Vela would score his first finish with Los Angeles, scoring the final finish in a 5–1 thrashing against Real Salt Lake. [ 61 ] On 31 March, Vela became the first player ever to score in the El Tráfico bowler hat against LA Galaxy ; he scored the first two goals of the game in Los Angeles ‘ dramatic 3–4 frustration. [ 62 ] On 13 April, he would score the first goal in a 2–0 succeed over the Vancouver Whitecaps. [ 63 ] A week by and by he would go on to convert a penalty during Los Angeles ‘ 5–3 win over Montreal Impact. [ 64 ] On 13 May, he would score Los Angeles ‘ moment goal in a 2–2 connect against New York City FC. [ 65 ] A couple of days late he would score his teams ‘ lone goal against the Portland Timbers in a 2–1 loss. [ 66 ] On 26 July 2018, after conducting a popular right to vote on Twitter, Vela was voted to captain the MLS slope in the 2018 MLS All-Star Game against Juventus, [ 67 ] where they initially tied the match 1–1 but went on to lose 5–3 in penalties. [ 68 ] Following the passing of club captain Laurent Ciman, Vela was named as succeeding captain. [ 69 ] On 22 September 2018, Vela provided two assists to Walker Zimmerman in the 2–0 victory over San Jose Earthquakes. [ 70 ] On 12 October, in a league match against Houston Dynamo, he was involved in all of his team ‘s goals in a 4–2 victory as he scored a brace and contributed two assists. [ 71 ] In November 2018, he would be named into the MLS Best eleven of 2018. [ 72 ]

2019 season [edit ]

anterior to the beginning of the 2019 season, it was reported by Mundo Deportivo that there was interest from spanish cabaret Barcelona to acquire him on lend, [ 73 ] with Vela finally revealing “ It was actually near. ” [ 74 ] On 30 March 2019, Vela scored his first hat-trick with LAFC in their 5–0 away win against the San Jose Earthquakes. [ 75 ] Vela scored both goals in a 2–3 personnel casualty to city rivals LA Galaxy on 19 July ; his first finish was his twentieth league goal of the season and he became the fastest player in MLS history to reach that milestone. [ 76 ] He was voted as captain for the second consecutive season via social media for the 2019 MLS All-Star Game against Atlético Madrid. [ 77 ]

2020 season [edit ]

On 18 February 2020, Vela played his beginning professional match against a mexican baseball club, León, in the foremost peg of that year ‘s CONCACAF Champions League beat of 16 which ended in a 0–2 away loss. [ 90 ] On 27 February, during the second leg of the circle, Vela would score a brace, contributing to a 3–2 aggregate victory, helping LAFC qualify into the quarter-finals. [ 91 ] On 1 March, Vela scored LAFC ‘s only goal against newcomers Inter Miami CF, which his team won 1–0. On 6 July, Los Angeles FC announced that Vela would be not traveling with the club for the MLS is Back Tournament in Orlando, Florida because of his wife ‘s pregnancy. [ 92 ] Vela returned to action with the team on 22 August, in a 2–0 loss to rivals LA Galaxy, [ 93 ] but had to be substituted out ascribable to an injury on his left stifle, ruling him out for an indefinite sum of time. [ 94 ] After two months, he returned to the play field on 25 October facing LA Galaxy again, coming on as a second-half substitute and sealing the 2–0 victory with a nick goal during blockage time, thus becoming the leading scorer of El Tráfico history with 10 goals. [ 95 ] [ 96 ] On 16 December, following the CONCACAF Champions League ‘s presumption after the COVID-19 pandemic, Vela scored a penalty to equalize for LAFC in their quarter-final victory against Mexican side Cruz Azul, as they came from behind to advance to the future round. [ 97 ] On 19 December, after his side were devour 0–1 with a man sent off, Vela scored a pair within the first two minutes of the second half in LAFC ‘s semi-final match against Club América in a 3–1 victory, as they became the first gear MLS team to defeat three Mexican sides in the lapp Champions League tournament. [ 98 ] Three days former, Vela played all 90 minutes in LAFC ‘s 2–1 frustration to Tigres UANL in the final. [ 99 ] [ 100 ] He was subsequently included in the competition ‘s best eleven, having scored a entire of five goals in the tournament. [ 101 ]

2021 season [edit ]

On April 17, 2021, Vela played his first base peer against new MLS club Austin FC. however, he was subbed at the 22nd infinitesimal due to injury. He returned on May 16 in a 2-0 loss to the Seattle Sounders. Vela came into the match at the 70th moment. On June 23, Vela scored his first gear finish of the season against FC Dallas, which resulted in a 2-0 winnings for LAFC. During the match against Vancouver Whitecaps, Vela injured his right quadruplet and was subbed at the 16th minute. As a consequence, Vela missed the 2021 MLS All-Star Game. [ 102 ]

International career [edit ]

youth [edit ]

Vela played in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, held in Peru, where he helped Mexico to victory. He would go on to score 3 goals in the group stage, 1 against Uruguay in a 2–0 win and 2 against Australia in a 3–0 winnings. He would besides score Mexico ‘s final examination goal in a 3–1 victory against Costa Rica during a.e.t. during the quarterfinals, and once reaching the concluding against Brazil, he scored Mexico ‘s first goal in their 3–0 victory. He subsequently finished as top scorer with five goals, claiming the Adidas Golden Boot. [ 6 ] Vela was separate of the under-20 team that participated at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup .

senior [edit ]

early years [edit ]

During his bide at Osasuna, Vela made his external debut for the senior national team on 12 September 2007, in a friendly peer against Brazil, losing 3–1. [ 103 ] On 18 October 2007, he scored his first aged external finish for Mexico in a friendly against Guatemala in Los Angeles. [ 104 ] On 8 June 2008, Vela scored his second aged external finish in a friendly against Peru in the twentieth minute to help Mexico to a 4–0 victory. A catch subsequently for Mexico, he scored in their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying opener against Belize making the match 1–0. In the reappearance leg against Belize, he again scored the opening finish of the equal and beginning the 7–0 rout in prefer of El Tri. In July 2009, Vela represented Mexico at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He started in Mexico ‘s opener against Nicaragua. Five minutes into the match, an opposing player tackled Vela and he fell awkwardly on his right field leg. X-rays, however, showed he did not break anything and could play again in the tournament. [ 105 ] Mexico advanced to the semi-finals against Costa Rica, where Vela would make his reappearance in the 81st minute. After extra time, the game was tied 1–1 and went to penalties. After Guillermo Ochoa saved Froylán Ledezma ‘s penalty, Vela scored Mexico ‘s fifth penalty to send them to the final. In the final examination against the United States, Vela was brought on at half meter with the score deadlocked at 0–0. Mexico went on to defeat the United States 5–0 with Vela providing the elapse to Giovani do Santos for the first base punishment, creating the second goal, scoring the third and assisting the fourth. [ 106 ] On 10 October 2009, during a World Cup qualifying match against El Salvador, Vela scored one goal and provided an assist in a 4–1 victory, helping Mexico for the tournament. On 3 June 2010, Vela scored his first external goal against a team from Europe, in a friendly match against Italy. He scored the first goal of the game with an assist from Giovani suffice Santos. Mexico would win the couple 2–1. [ 107 ] In the open match of the tournament against hosts South Africa, he was a start collectivist, coming out on the 69th infinitesimal for Cuauhtémoc Blanco in a 1–1 tie. In the postdate group match against France, Vela was subbed off in the 31st moment for Pablo Barrera due to injury and would miss the surveil matches against Uruguay and Argentina. [ 108 ] [ 109 ]

hiatus [edit ]

On 21 September 2010, the Mexican Football Federation announced that Vela and teammate Efraín Juárez would be suspended from the Mexico home team for six months for their involvement in a party on 7 September in Monterrey following a game with Colombia. [ 110 ] Vela and 12 other players were besides fined 50,000 mexican colombian peso ( approximately US $ 3,953 as of 24 September 2010 ), used to help the flood victims in the Mexican department of state of Veracruz. [ 111 ] After his abeyance, Vela returned to the national team after forefront bus José Manuel de la Torre called him up for a friendly meet against Venezuela in March 2011, his final peer with the national team for three years. He was omitted from that year ‘s Gold Cup which Mexico went on to win. Vela was included in the preliminary roll for the 2011 Copa América but Arsenal refused to allow him to go, citing that it was n’t a CONCACAF tournament. [ 112 ] He refused a call-up to participate in the 2012 London Olympics, which Mexico went on to win, due to wanting to establish himself with his newfangled baseball club Real Sociedad. [ 113 ] He declined a third time to join the national team in March 2013 for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers against the United States and Honduras due to personal reasons. [ 114 ] After De La Torre was sacked, Vela declared his wish to return to play for Mexico. In September 2013, Víctor Manuel Vucetich called him up for World Cup qualifiers against Panama and Costa Rica ; however, Vela declined once again to come back to the national team. [ 115 ] Afterwards, Vucetich refused to make any more comments regarding Vela, calling it a “ closed case ”. [ 116 ] On 3 February 2014, modern national team coach Miguel Herrera flew to Spain with officials from the Mexican Football Federation to meet with Vela and gauge his interest in representing the national team. After the meeting, Vela expressed that he was not “ 100 percentage mentally cook to represent Mexico ”, subsequently ruling out his engagement in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [ 117 ]

return [edit ]

In November 2014, after a three-year absence, Vela accepted a call up from Miguel Herrera to the national team for the friendly matches against the Netherlands and Belarus. [ 118 ] He scored twice on his fall as Mexico defeated the dutch 3–2 at the Amsterdam Arena on 12 November. [ 119 ] Vela was called up to participate in the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, [ 120 ] score in the team ‘s opening pit against Cuba on 9 July. [ 121 ] On 15 July, Vela scored his second base goal in the rival in Mexico ‘s 4–4 draw against Trinidad and Tobago. In the quarterfinal and semi-final matches against Costa Rica and Panama, respectively, Vela received two chicken cards, mean he would miss the final examination against Jamaica, [ 122 ] in which Mexico achieved a 3–1 victory. [ 123 ] He was besides called up for the subsequent CONCACAF Cup – a play-off couple to determine CONCACAF ‘s entrance into the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup – against the United States, appearing as an unused substitute in Mexico ‘s 3–2 victory. [ 124 ] In May 2017, he was called up by Juan Carlos Osorio to be included in the roll to participate in the Confederations Cup in Russia. [ 125 ] Appearing as a newcomer in Mexico ‘s inaugural group stage equal against Portugal, he would provide a low cross serve for Javier Hernández to score Mexico ‘s first finish in a couple that was finally tied 2–2. [ 126 ] He would go on to appear in Mexico ‘s final group degree match against Russia and third locate play-off against Portugal. [ 127 ] In May 2018, Vela was named in Mexico ‘s preliminary 28-man team for the World Cup, [ 128 ] and in June, he was named in the final 23-man police squad. [ 129 ] On 23 June, in Mexico ‘s second gear group degree match against South Korea, he scored their first goal via a punishment kick in the 2–1 victory ; it was besides his first World Cup goal for Mexico. [ 130 ] He appeared in all group phase matches and the polish of 16 loss against Brazil. [ 131 ] Following the deviation of coach Osorio, Ricardo Ferretti was appointed as interim director of the national team and did not include him in the roll for the post-World Cup September friendlies. Vela insisted on respecting Ferretti ‘s decision and wished them luck. [ 132 ] In January 2019, Gerardo Martino was named as the newfangled director for the home team and did not call up Vela for his beginning friendlies in March, stating he wanted to see other players in action and that the door is not necessarily closed on future call-ups, although it was indecipherable if Vela wanted to continue his external career. [ 133 ] In May, it was reported that Vela was not interest in being called up for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup. [ 134 ] In November, he stated that he is will to return to the national team if called up. [ 135 ] In May 2020, he declared that the 2018 World Cup was his final appearance with the national team. [ 136 ]

style of play [edit ]

Regarded as a promise player in his youth, gifted with skill and natural flare, former Arsenal director Arsène Wenger described Vela as a actor who is “ … naturally gifted, flying, intelligent and with very good technique ”. [ 137 ] He besides labelled him as a “ limited endowment ”, stating “ I like [ Vela ‘s ] intelligence and his tempo. He scores goals but he can besides create them. ” [ 138 ] Vela ‘s act stylus has been described as being able to “ beat his man off the drivel, ” and “ his linking up with teammates presents danger. [ Looking through his first season ] shows his willingness to work combinations across the entire attacking third of the lurch. ” [ 139 ] A left-footed player, Vela is known for his travel rapidly, proficiency, and sight. [ 140 ] Collin Carpio has noted that while Vela is typically deployed on the justly wing, he can besides play as a hitter, commenting in 2016 : “ [ w ] hen he ‘s in-form, the 27-year-old can be deadly cutting inside from the flanks, and he ‘s raise that he can setup goals for his teammates. ” [ 141 ] He is known for scoring chip goals. [ 142 ]

personal life [edit ]

His old brother, Alejandro, is a early professional football player. [ 143 ] Vela became a father in November 2016 to a son Romeo, with his spanish girlfriend Saioa Cañibano, whom he met during his time at Real Sociedad. [ 144 ] Vela has stated he is not passionate about football, [ 145 ] saying, “ I actually like basketball, I ‘ve constantly said that I would one thousand times rather watch a basketball game than a football one. ” [ 146 ] On 4 March 2020, Los Angeles FC announced that Vela had obtained a park card, qualifying him as a domestic player for Major League Soccer roll purposes. [ 147 ]

Media [edit ]

He appeared on the north american front cover of the FIFA 11 video game along with Kaká and Landon Donovan. [ 148 ] He would appear again on the FIFA 20 MVP Edition. [ 149 ] During the 2019 Major League Soccer temper Vela appeared in a Target commercial aboard LAFC teammate Adama Diomande and early MLS players. [ 150 ]

career statistics [edit ]

baseball club [edit ]

As of match played 7 November 2021.[151][152][153][154]

International [edit ]

As of 2 July 2018.[155]

Mexico

Year
Apps
Goals

2007
2
1

2008
11
3

2009
9
3

2010
11
2

2011
2
0

2014
2
2

2015
11
4

2016
1
0

2017
15
3

2018
8
1

Total
72
19

International goals [edit ]

Scores and results list Mexico’s goal tally first.[156]

Honours [edit ]

Los Angeles FC
Mexico U17
Mexico
Individual