M. Vargas

Vargas's current-season form is up 18% on last season (Season 34→40), while his Rating eased 44→38. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 42).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Al-Fateh · 11th	29	8	4	7.07	38	40
2024/25	Al-Fateh · 10th	20	7	4	7.13	44	34
2024/25	SHANGHAI SIPG	27	12	10	7.91	—	—
2023/24	SHANGHAI SIPG	21	1	3	7.06	—	—
2022/23	SHANGHAI SIPG	17	1	7	7.5	—	—
2021/22	Adana DemirsporLoan · 9th	35	5	13	7.13	51	42

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 6 earlier seasons in the full career.

Argentina · international

Side	Apps	G
Argentina	2	0

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerCentre-forward

M. Vargas is a 29-year-old centre-forward at Al-Fateh, enjoying a standout season — 8 goals and 4 assists in 29 appearances, a Season grade of 40, top 38% of Pro League centre-forwards. On long-term scout potential he's rated 38.4, ranking 163rd of 317 in the Pro League. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter (78.5% of available minutes). He brings 0.45 goal contributions per 90 (0.3 goals, 0.15 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Vargas.

Judged on this season alone, Vargas graded 40 — a solid campaign that ranks top 38% of the 45 centre-forwards in the Pro League, on 8 goals and 4 assists in 29 appearances (0.45 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 34 → 40). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 38, 21st of 45 of the 45 centre-forwards in the Pro League. At 29 Vargas is in his prime years, and a market index of 10.4 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Vargas is operating at his career peak — the 2021/22 level is the level.

Peak: 2021/22Holding levelBreakout: 2021/22Stepped up 2021/22

Current potential21st of 45 centre-forwards · Pro League Current seasonTop 38% centre-forwards · Pro League17th-best centre-forward in the Pro League163rd in the Pro League · potential21st-highest potential centre-forward in the Pro League

38.4

Ratingi

21st of 45 centre-forwards

39.9

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

78.5%

Minutes

a regular starter

0.45

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · Al-Fateh finished 11th of 18 · a mid-table side

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.28

Goals / app

8 goals in 29 appearances (0.28 per game) for a mid-table side. He also laid on 4 assists, so the all-round involvement reads 12 goal contributions (0.41 per appearance).

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 78.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Final-third output. 0.45 goal contributions per 90 (0.3 goals, 0.15 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 38.4, Vargas carries the 21st-highest potential of the centre-forwards in the Pro League of 45. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.45 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.1× now → 0.8× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %78.5%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.3

Assists / 900.15

Goal contribution / 900.45

Defensive actions / 901.199

Player flow

Goal involvements12

Shot conversion %34.8

Shot accuracy %46.9

Pass accuracy %70

Dribble success %43.3

Cards / 900.15

Foul involvement / 902.286

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~19), then tapers with age. At 29, Vargas sits on 10.4, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Vargas's projected Rating — 38.4 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.