Willian Andrés Vargas León (born 12 June 1997) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Barcelona SC.
Vargas began his career at Toreros FC, the affiliate of Barcelona SC. He later moved to Argentina to join the youth team of Boca Juniors.
He returned to Ecuador in 2018 to join Guayaquil City, making his debut in continental competition in the Copa Sudamericana in 2021.
In 2022, Vargas joined Independiente del Valle on loan and was part of the team that won the Copa Ecuador and the Copa Sudamericana that year.
On 11 January 2024, Vargas joined Barcelona SC.
On 28 July 2024, Vargas moved to Mexico to join Liga MX side Mazatlán on loan.
Vargas has represented Ecuador at under-20 level.
He played his first match in a friendly against Chile on 9 November 2016, but was substituted in the 15th minute with his team going on to lose 1âÂÂ0. The same sides faced again on 11 November with Vargas playing the whole game as Ecuador lost 2âÂÂ0.
Vargas was called up to the Ecuador squad for the 2017 South American U-20 Championship on home soil. In the tournament he only played once, being sent off for a second yellow card in the 46th minute in the 1âÂÂ0 loss against Brazil. He did not feature again as Ecuador eventually ended as runners-up, losing the final 2âÂÂ1 to Uruguay.
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Independiente del Valle