nationalcaps birth_date currentclub pcupdate years youthyears caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption fullname ntupdate birth_place nationalteam height clubnumber nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
8 8 44 1 march 1989 real sociedad 19:49 , 29 august 2015 -lrb- utc -rrb- 2002 2007 -- 2008 2011 2011 -- 2012 2012 -- -- 2005 2005 -- 2006 2006 -- 2007 2002 -- 2005 2005 -- 2006 29 0 31 33 8 35 103 3 0 8 3 2 12 39 200 2005 2007 2007 -- krasnodar-real sosiedad -lrb- 24 -rrb- . jpg carlos vela vela with real sociedad in 2014 carlos alberto vela garrido 26 july 2015 cancun , mexico mexico u17 mexico u20 mexico 1.77 m ftin 0 on 11 5 0 13 guadalajara arsenal guadalajara -lrb- loan -rrb- → west bromwich albion -lrb- loan -rrb- arsenal → real sociedad -lrb- loan -rrb- real sociedad → salamanca -lrb- loan -rrb- → osasuna forward / winger carlos vela

carlos vela

carlos alberto vela garrido -lrb- born 1 march 1989 -rrb- is a mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward or winger for la liga club real sociedad and the mexico national team .
he started his career at mexican club c.d. guadalajara and caught the eye of various european clubs after finishing as the top scorer at the 2005 fifa u-17 world championship , finally 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 , finally joining real sociedad on loan , then permanently on 10 august 2012 .
vela made his debut with the senior national team in 2007 in a friendly match against brazil , and scored his first goal for mexico in a friendly against guatemala .
he participated in mexico 's concacaf gold cup victory in 2009 , and participated in the 2010 fifa world cup held in south africa .
his last participation with the national team came on 29 march 2011 in a match against venezuela , with vela rejecting all subsequent call-ups including friendlies , world cup qualifiers and various major tournaments including the 2014 world cup , citing various reasons for his refusals .
in november 2014 vela made his return to the national team .
aside from his mexican nationality , vela holds a spanish passport .
