Marcelo Vega (footballer, born 1971)

Francisco Marcelo Vega Cepeda (born 12 August 1971) is a retired Chilean football midfielder. is known for being one of the best creative midfielder in the history of Chile. Marcelo vega debuted at a very young age in football at age 14 saving regional atacama from relegation,after that year he was winning the title fighting to be the scorer of the championship with 16 years. colo colo and union espaola fought for the signing of marcelo vega who was already talking about one of the best talents in chile, finally reaching the union española, having a first year of adaptation and after the arrival of DT Nelson Acosta they won 2 consecutive Chile Cup Marcelo Vega was the best player and scorer in these cups,After a friendly match between Seville and the union española, the Sevillo football club thought about signing Marcelo Vega who already had a pre-agreement with the Logroño club ,Finally, Marcelo Vega arrived at the Logroñes club at a very young age, which was very rare in those days for a Chilean player to go to Europe early, his first match was against Real Madrid, which Marcelo Vega had a spectacular performance ,There was already talk that the Napoli FC club wanted to have him in their team for next year unfortunately marcelo vega had a conflict with the technician and decided to cancel his contract with the club in Logroño and decided to return to Chile , In his early return to Chile he came to colo colo de dt mirko jozic which vega adapted in a very good way and they ended up winning the championship 6 dates from the end ,after being 3 years in colo colo vega he decided to terminate his contract after having conflicts with the coach who was criticized by all the fans for not citing vega which had been sanctioned for a fight in training finally cites him for the classic of chile, colo colo vs u from chile which marcelo vega was the main engine of colo colo's triumph after that he went to regional atacama club. Upon arriving back at the Atacama Regional Club, the qualifiers for the 1998 World Cup in France began. Marcelo Vega was a fundamental part of this process, which interested several clubs in Chile and Europe. marcelo vega decided to continue his career at the santiago wanderes club which saved him from the demise and every weekend gave touches of talent which made him win the title in the national team , upon reaching the last qualifying dates, which vega had been a fundamental figure in most of the matches, vega was not at 100%, which dt Nelson acosta decided to leave him on the bench in one of the most important matches Chile vs Peru. Which team that won practically won the World Cup quota after a first half in which Peru had several times Chile managed to get the first goal but Peru did not under his arms, enters Marcelo Vega who changed the face of the game giving 3 assists clear and thanks to him a player from Peru was expelled, leaving the best player of the match with Marcelo Salas , Marcelo vega came out as the biggest assistant of these qualifying conmebol france 98, At the end of the qualifiers, several clubs in Europe wanted to have Marcelo Vega, but a potential Major League Soccer that was willing to hire the best South American players to strengthen their league proposed an offer that Vega could not refuse since they wanted him to be the figure of the Meterstar since DC United had Marco Etcheverry and Tampa Bay had Carlos pibe Valderrama, after being 2 years in the mls being in the Major League Soccer All-Star Game he decided to go to rancig club an Argentine club with an immense history which in his debut Vega came out as the best player of the match leaving note 10 before belgrano ,After an injury that left him out 3 games, he returns to one of the most important games against Boca Junior that had Riquelme and Carlos Tevez as the main stars of the club, they manage to tie them at the La Bombonera stadium , After finishing the closing session, racing wanted to renew Vega but they did not reach an agreement, so the club union español decided to have him for the 2002 championship. Vega arrived as a great star of the championship having very good performances, he made the goal of the year, the fans were crying out for Vega to return to the national team, which was looking for a replacement for the team that went to the 1998 World Cup. After having reached the quarterfinals of the championship losing to Colo Colo in a match where the Union had a better chance of winning since in the first leg they had won 2-0, Vega was signed by the Cienciano club which was one of the best players Unfortunately for that championship, the leader who took the Science Club to Vega did not resign and for his loyalty, Vega also arrived at the University of Chile Club. He was capped 30 times and scored 1 goal for the Chilean national team between 1991 and 1998. At the 1998 FIFA World Cup he played 45 minutes in the round of 16 match versus Brazil.

In 2009, he participated in the Chilean reality show called 1810, but was eliminated.[1]