Carlos Vela

**Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido** (born 1 March 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer. He played as a winger who captained MLS club Los Angeles FC.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Salamanca (loan)||Segunda División|31|8|1|0|—|—|—|32|8|||||
|Osasuna (loan)|2007–08|La Liga|33|3|—|—|—|—|33|3||||||
|rowspan="4"|Arsenal|2008–09|Premier League|14|1|4|1|3|4|8|0|—|29|6||
|2009–10|Premier League|11|1|4|0|2|1|5|0|—|22|2||||
|2010–11|Premier League|4|1|1|0|4|0|4|2|—|13|3||||
|West Bromwich Albion (loan)|2010–11|Premier League|8|2|—|—|—|—|8|2||||||
|Real Sociedad (loan)|2011–12|La Liga|35|12|2|0|—|—|—|37|12|||||
|rowspan="7"|Real Sociedad|2012–13|La Liga|35|14|2|0|—|—|—|37|14||||
|2013–14|La Liga|37|16|7|2|—|8|3|—|52|21|||||
|2014–15|La Liga|29|9|1|1|—|2|0|—|32|10|||||
|2015–16|La Liga|35|5|1|0|—|—|—|36|5||||||
|2016–17|La Liga|35|9|4|1|—|—|—|39|10||||||
|2017–18|La Liga|13|1|2|0|—|2|0|—|17|1|||||
|rowspan="7"|Los Angeles FC|2018|MLS|28|14|2|1|1|0|—|—|31|15|||
|2019|MLS|31|34|3|2|2|2|—|—|36|38|||||
|2020|MLS|7|4|—|1|0|5|5|—|13|9|||||
|2021|MLS|20|5|—|—|—|—|20|5|||||||
|2022|MLS|32|12|3|0|3|0|—|—|38|12|||||
|2023|MLS|34|9|0|0|1|0|8|3|2|2|45|14|||

### International

|colspan=3|Mexico national team||
| --- | --- | --- |
|2007|2|1|
|2008|11|3|
|2009|9|3|
|2010|11|2|
|2011|2|0|
|2014|2|2|
|2015|11|4|
|2016|1|0|
|2017|15|3|
|2018|8|1|

#### International goals

- _Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first._

|Goal|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|16 October 2007|Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States||**1**–1|2–3|Friendly|
|2.|8 June 2008|Soldier Field, Chicago, United States||**3**–0|4–0||
|3.|15 June 2008|Reliant Stadium, Houston, United States||**1**–0|2–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|4.|21 June 2008|Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico|**1**–0|7–0|||
|5.|23 June 2009|Georgia Dome, Atlanta, United States||**1**–0|4–0|Friendly|
|6.|26 July 2009|Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States||america undefeated|5–0|2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup|
|7.|10 October 2009|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico||**4**–1|4–1|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|8.|3 March 2010|Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States||**2**–0|2–0|Friendly|
|9.|3 June 2010|Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels, Belgium||**1**–0|2–1||
|10.|12 November 2014|Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands||**1**–0|3–2||
|11.|**2**–1||||||
|12.|9 July 2015|Soldier Field, Chicago, United States||**2**–0|6–0|2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup|
|13.|15 July 2015|Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, United States||**2**–0|4–4||
|14.|13 October 2015|Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico||**1**–0|1–0|Friendly|
|15.|13 November 2015|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico||**3**–0|3–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|16.|1 June 2017|MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States||**3**–0|3–1|Friendly|
|17.|11 June 2017|Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico||**1**–1|1–1|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|
|18.|10 October 2017|Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras||**2**–1|2–3||
|19.|23 June 2018|Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, Russia||0-295|2–1|2018 FIFA World Cup|

## Honours

**Los Angeles FC**
- MLS Cup: 2022
- Supporters' Shield: 2019, 2022

**Mexico U17**
- FIFA U-17 World Championship: 2005

**Mexico**
- CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2009, 2015
- CONCACAF Cup: 2015

**Individual**
- FIFA U-17 World Championship Golden Boot: 2005
- Real Sociedad Player of the Year: 2011–12, 2013–14
- La Liga Player of the Month: December 2013, November 2014
- MLS All-Star: 2018, 2019, 2022
- MLS Best XI: 2018, 2019, 2022
- MLS Player of the Month: March 2019, April 2019, September 2019
- MLS Golden Boot: 2019
- MLS MVP Award: 2019
- CONCACAF Champions League Team of the Tournament: 2020, 2023
- Best MLS Player ESPY: 2022

## Other websites

- Real Sociedad official profile
- 2010 FIFA World Cup profile

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Carlos Vela
- **image**: Mex-Kor_(21)_(cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Vela with Mexico national football team, Mexico at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
- **fullname**: Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido
- **birth place**: Cancún, Mexico
- **height**: 1.78 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward, winger (association football), winger, attacking midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 2002–2005
- **youthclubs1**: C.D. Guadalajara, Guadalajara
- **youthyears2**: 2005–2006
- **youthclubs2**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **years1**: 2005–2012
- **clubs1**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps1**: 29
- **goals1**: 3
- **years2**: 2005–2006
- **clubs2**: → RC Celta de Vigo, Celta Vigo (loan)
- **caps2**: 0
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2006–2007
- **clubs3**: → UD Salamanca, Salamanca (loan)
- **caps3**: 31
- **goals3**: 8
- **years4**: 2007–2008
- **clubs4**: → CA Osasuna, Osasuna (loan)
- **caps4**: 33
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 2010–2011
- **clubs5**: → West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion (loan)
- **caps5**: 8
- **goals5**: 2
- **years6**: 2011–2012
- **clubs6**: → Real Sociedad (loan)
- **caps6**: 35
- **goals6**: 12
- **years7**: 2012–2018
- **clubs7**: Real Sociedad
- **caps7**: 184
- **goals7**: 54
- **years8**: 2018–2023
- **clubs8**: Los Angeles FC
- **caps8**: 152
- **goals8**: 78
- **nationalyears1**: 2005
- **nationalteam1**: Mexico national under-17 football team, Mexico U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 5
- **nationalyears2**: 2007
- **nationalteam2**: Mexico national under-20 football team, Mexico U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 8
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2007–2018
- **nationalteam3**: Mexico national football team, Mexico
- **nationalcaps3**: 72
- **nationalgoals3**: 19
- **pcupdate**: 22 October 2023