[1] In 2002, the president of Universidad de Chile, Dr. René Orozco [es], terminated Vargas's contract.

Recently entitled football coach, after a brief passage as technical manager at Universidad de Chile.

Vargas was summoned for selection by Argentina U17 team but played for Chile in 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

In 2010, Vargas began his coaching career with Sportverein Jugendland Fussball in the Chilean Tercera B.

[5] In addition, Vargas has worked as sports director of Universidad de Chile on two steps: from 2006 to 2007[6] and from 2019 to 2021 alongside Rodrigo Goldberg.