Pato Aguilera

Roland Vargas-Aguilera
Personal information
Full name	Roland Vargas-Aguilera
Date of birth	December 7, 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Academia Tahuichi Aguilera
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–1999	Blooming
2000–2001	Columbus Crew
2001–2002	Oriente Petrolero
2001	New England Revolution
2003–2004	Virginia Beach Mariners
2004–2005	Rochester Raging Rhinos
2006	Virginia Beach Mariners
2007	Huracán del Paso
2008	Montreal Impact
2008	→ Trois-Rivieres Attak (loan)
2009	Cleveland City Stars
2010	TTM Phichit
2011	Chiangrai United F.C.
2012	PTT Rayong F.C.
2013	Phuket F.C.
2019	Virginia Beach United
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2014

Roland "Pato" Vargas-Aguilera (born December 7, 1979, in Santa Cruz de la Sierra) is a Bolivian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career[edit]

Youth[edit]

Aguilera began his career in his native Bolivia, attending the prestigious Tahuichi Academy (which also produced Marco Etcheverry and Jaime Moreno), before moving to the United States to play soccer in 2000.

Professional[edit]

Aguilera was drafted in the 2000 MLS SuperDraft by the Columbus Crew. He went on to play for several teams in both Major League Soccer and the USL First Division, spending extended periods of time with the Virginia Beach Mariners and the Rochester Raging Rhinos.^[1]

In 2008 and played in 23 matches for the Montreal Impact.^[2] In 2008, he was loaned to the Impact's farm team the Trois-Rivières Attak of the Canadian Soccer League where he made his debut on June 27, 2008, in a 4–0 victory over TFC Academy.^[3]^[4] He recorded his first and second goal for Attak the next day on June 28 against TFC Academy in a 3–0 victory.^[5] On December 2, 2008, Impact announced the release of Aguilera.^[6]

He subsequently signed for the newly promoted USL First Division side Cleveland City Stars for the 2009 season.^[7]

References[edit]

^ "Roland Aguilera | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
^ Pato Aguilera, Stefano Pesoli And Dwight Barnett Join The Impact
^ Glover, Robin (June 27, 2008). "June 27, 2008 CSL TFC Academy vs Trois-Rivieres Attak (by KAS from Voyageurs message board)". Rocket Robin's HomePage.
^ "Attak FC". 2009-02-12. Archived from the original on 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2017-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Glover, Robin (June 28, 2008). "Results of the Saturday June 28, 2008 CSL game between TFC Academy and Trois-Rivieres Attak played at Lamport Stadium in Toronto at 3:00pm". Rocket Robin's Home Page.
^ "Impact announce player moves". Archived from the original on 2011-09-18. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
^ Pato Aguilera: The Traveling Man Finds A Home

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[1] "Roland Aguilera | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2017-05-25.

[2] Pato Aguilera, Stefano Pesoli And Dwight Barnett Join The Impact

[3] Glover, Robin (June 27, 2008). "June 27, 2008 CSL TFC Academy vs Trois-Rivieres Attak (by KAS from Voyageurs message board)". Rocket Robin's HomePage.

[4] "Attak FC". 2009-02-12. Archived from the original on 2009-02-12. Retrieved 2017-05-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[5] Glover, Robin (June 28, 2008). "Results of the Saturday June 28, 2008 CSL game between TFC Academy and Trois-Rivieres Attak played at Lamport Stadium in Toronto at 3:00pm". Rocket Robin's Home Page.

[6] "Impact announce player moves". Archived from the original on 2011-09-18. Retrieved 2009-04-06.

[7] Pato Aguilera: The Traveling Man Finds A Home

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