1989 - Today
Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido (born 1 March 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer who captains and plays for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC. Described as a versatile player who can play as a forward, winger, and attacking midfielder, Vela is known for being a creative player and prolific scorer.Vela started his career at Mexican club Guadalajara, where he caught the eye of various European clubs after finishing as the top scorer at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, eventually joining Premier League club Arsenal that year. After joining Arsenal, he had loan spells at Spanish clubs Salamanca and Osasuna, as well as fellow English club West Bromwich Albion, settling with Real Sociedad in 2011, initially on loan and then permanently the following season. In his six-year spell with La Real, Vela played in 250 matches and scored 73 goals. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlos Vela has received more than 3,600,076 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Carlos Vela is the 3,364th most popular soccer player (down from 3,342nd in 2019), the 293rd most popular biography from Mexico (down from 270th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Carlos Vela ranks 3,364 out of 16,880. Before him are Markus Babbel, Roy Bentley, Michel Der Zakarian, Fredy Guarín, Pedro Zaballa, and Kaoru Kakinami. After him are João Paulo, Andriy Bal, Kim Joo-sung, John Heitinga, Walter Casagrande, and Toshio Matsuura.
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 3,358
1924 - 2018
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 3,359
1963 - Present
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 3,360
1986 - Present
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 3,361
1938 - 1997
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 3,362
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 3,363
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 3,364
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 3,365
1958 - 2014
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 3,366
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 3,367
1983 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 3,368
1963 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 3,369
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 3,370
Among people born in 1989, Carlos Vela ranks 78. Before him are Daniel Parejo, Lucy Hale, Sofiane Feghouli, Matthew Lewis, Kim Woo-bin, and Kim Bum. After him are Enner Valencia, Aleix Vidal, Marcel Hirscher, Joe Jonas, Taeyeon, and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 72
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 73
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.29
Rank: 74
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 75
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 76
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 77
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 78
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 79
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 80
1989 - Present
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 81
1989 - Present
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 82
1989 - Present
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 83
1989 - Present
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 84
Among people born in Mexico, Carlos Vela ranks 293 out of 585. Before him are Claudio Suárez (1968), Henry Eyring (1901), Roque González Garza (1885), Valentín Canalizo (1794), Rafael Garza Gutiérrez (1896), and Martín Luis Guzmán (1887). After him are Pedro Nájera (1929), Miguel Alcubierre (1964), Joaquín Capilla (1928), Sergio Obeso Rivera (1931), Alaska (1963), and Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez (1942).
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 287
1901 - 1981
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 288
1885 - 1962
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 289
1794 - 1850
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 290
1896 - 1974
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 291
1887 - 1976
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 292
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 293
1929 - 2020
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 294
1964 - Present
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 295
1928 - 2010
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 296
1931 - 2019
HPI: 43.95
Rank: 297
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 298
1942 - 2020
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 299
Among soccer players born in Mexico, Carlos Vela ranks 28. Before him are Raúl Cárdenas (1928), Giovani dos Santos (1989), Horacio Casarín (1918), Raymundo Rodríguez (1905), Claudio Suárez (1968), and Rafael Garza Gutiérrez (1896). After him are Pedro Nájera (1929), Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez (1942), Alfredo Sánchez (1904), Javier Hernández (1961), Luis Pérez (1908), and Jared Borgetti (1973).
1928 - 2016
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 22
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 23
1918 - 2005
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 24
1905 - 2000
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 25
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 26
1896 - 1974
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 27
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 28
1929 - 2020
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 29
1942 - 2020
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 30
1904 - 2000
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 31
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 32
1908 - Present
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 33
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 34