
Josip Iličić chipped the ball over Napoli's defence in the twenty-eighth minute of the 2014 Coppa Italia final and Vargas met it on the volley with the left foot Peru knew best, the one goal Fiorentina got in Rome that night. He took third place at the Copa América in 2011 and 2015, won 62 caps for Peru, reached the Champions League round of sixteen with Fiorentina, and once beat Juventus's keeper inside five minutes in Turin. Career record: 62 caps and 4 goals for Peru; club career at Club Universitario de Deportes, Catania, ACF Fiorentina.
| 2002–2004 | Club Universitario de Deportes |
| 2005–2006 | Club Atlético Colón |
| 2006–2008 | Catania |
| 2008–2015 | ACF Fiorentina |
| 2012–2013 | Genoa CFC |
| 2015–2016 | Real Betis Balompié |
| 2017–2018 | Club Universitario de Deportes |
| Peru | 62 caps, 4 goals |
Peru legends whose careers overlapped Vargas's
One rank above: Víctor Benítez at #15.
One rank below: Roberto Challe at #17.
Peru's editorial top five: Teófilo Cubillas · Héctor Chumpitaz · César Cueto · Hugo Sotil · Teodoro Fernández.