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Man of La Mancha | |
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Music | Mitch Leigh |
Lyrics | Joe Darion |
Book | Dale Wasserman |
Basis | I, Don Quixote (teleplay) by Dale Wasserman and Don Quixote (novel) by Miguel de Cervantes |
Productions | 1965 Goodspeed Opera House (tryout) 1965 Broadway 1968 West End 1972 Broadway 1972 Film 1977 Broadway 1992 Broadway 2002 Broadway 2019 West End Revival International productions |
Awards | Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Score |
Man of La Mancha is a 1965 musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion, and music by Mitch Leigh. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplayI, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes and his 17th-century novel Don Quixote. It tells the story of the 'mad' knight Don Quixote as a play within a play, performed by Cervantes and his fellow prisoners as he awaits a hearing with the Spanish Inquisition.[1] The work is not and does not pretend to be a faithful rendition of either Cervantes' life or Don Quixote. Wasserman complained repeatedly about people taking the work as a musical version of Don Quixote.[2][3]
The original 1965 Broadway production ran for 2,328 performances and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The musical has been revived four times on Broadway, becoming one of the most enduring works of musical theatre.[4]
The principal song, 'The Impossible Dream', became a standard. The musical has played in many other countries around the world, with productions in Dutch, French (translation by Jacques Brel), German, Hebrew, Irish, Japanese, Korean, Bengali, Gujarati, Uzbek, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Serbian, Slovenian, Swahili, Finnish, Chinese, Ukrainian, Turkish and nine distinctly different dialects of the Spanish language.[5]
Man of La Mancha was first performed at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut in 1965 and had its New York premiere on the thrust stage of the ANTA Washington Square Theatre in 1965.[6]
- 5Foreign language stage adaptations
- 6Awards and nominations
History[edit]
Man of La Mancha started as a non-musical teleplay written by Dale Wasserman for CBS's DuPont Show of the Month program. This original telecast starred Lee J. Cobb, Colleen Dewhurst (who replaced Viveca Lindfors), and Eli Wallach and was performed on a television sound stage. The DuPont Corporation disliked the title Man of La Mancha, thinking that its viewing audience would not know what La Mancha actually meant, so a new title, I, Don Quixote, was chosen. The play was broadcast live on November 9, 1959, with an estimated audience of 20 million.[7] The New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, Billy Rose Collection, has a rare tape of this broadcast.
Years after this television broadcast and after the original teleplay had been unsuccessfully optioned as a non-musical Broadway play, director Albert Marre called Wasserman and suggested that he turn his play into a musical. Mitch Leigh was selected as composer, with orchestrations by Carlyle W. Hall. Unusually for the time, this show was scored for an orchestra with no violins or other traditional orchestral stringed instruments apart from a double bass, instead making heavier use of brass, woodwinds, percussion and utilizing flamenco guitars as the only stringed instruments of any sort.[8]
The original lyricist of the musical was poet W. H. Auden, but his lyrics were discarded, some of them considered too overtly satiric and biting, attacking the bourgeois audience at times. Auden's lyrics were replaced by those of Joe Darion.[9]
Productions[edit]
The musical first played at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut in 1965.[10]Rex Harrison was to be the original star of this production, but although Harrison had starred in a musical role in the stage and film versions of My Fair Lady, the musical demands of the role of Don Quixote were too heavy for him.
After 22 previews, the musical opened Off-Broadway at the experimental thrust-stageANTA Washington Square Theatre in Greenwich Village on November 22, 1965. The show moved to Broadway to the Martin Beck Theatre on March 20, 1968, then to the Eden Theatre on March 3, 1971, and finally to the Mark Hellinger Theatre on May 26, 1971 for its last month, a total original Broadway run of 2,328 performances. Musical staging and direction were by Albert Marre, choreography was by Jack Cole, and Howard Bay was the scenic and lighting designer, with costumes by Bay and Patton Campbell.[4]
Richard Kiley won a Tony Award for his performance as Cervantes/Quixote in the original production, and it made Kiley a bona fide Broadway star.[11] Kiley was replaced in the original Broadway run by first Jose Ferrer on Broadway and in the 1966 National Tour, and then by operatic baritone David Atkinson. Atkinson also performed Cervantes/Quixote in the 1968 National Tour and for all of the matinee performances in the 1972 Broadway revival, which also starred Kiley.[12]
The original cast also included Irving Jacobson (Sancho), Ray Middleton (Innkeeper), Robert Rounseville (The Padre), and Joan Diener (Aldonza). John Cullum, Hal Holbrook, and Lloyd Bridges also played Cervantes and Don Quixote during the run of the production.[4] Keith Andes also played the role.
The musical was performed on a single set that suggested a dungeon. All changes in location were created by alterations in the lighting, by the use of props supposedly lying around the floor of the dungeon, and by reliance on the audience's imagination. More recent productions, however, have added more scenery.[13][14]
The original West End London production was at the Piccadilly Theatre, opening on April 24, 1968 and running for 253 performances. Keith Michell starred, with Joan Diener reprising her original role and Bernard Spear as Sancho.[15][16][17]
The play has been revived on Broadway four times:[4]
- 1972 – with Richard Kiley as Cervantes/Quixote, running for 140 performances
- 1977 – with Richard Kiley as Cervantes/Quixote, Tony Martinez as Sancho Panza and Emily Yancy as Aldonza/Dulcinea, running for 124 performances
- 1992 – with Raul Julia as Cervantes/Quixote and Sheena Easton as Aldonza/Dulcinea, running for 108 performances. Easton was replaced late in the run by Joan Diener.
- 2002 – with Brian Stokes Mitchell as Cervantes/Quixote, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Aldonza/Dulcinea, and Ernie Sabella as Sancho Panza, running for 304 performances; Marin Mazzie took over as Aldonza (Dulcinea) on July 1, 2003. This production featured Scenic and Costume Design by Paul Brown, Lighting Design by Paul Gallo, Sound design by Tony Meola and Projection design by Elaine J. McCarthy.
In the film Man of La Mancha (1972), the title role went to Peter O'Toole (singing voice dubbed by Simon Gilbert), James Coco was Sancho, and Sophia Loren was Aldonza.[18]
Hal Linden played Quixote in the show's 1988 U.S. National tour,[19] and Robert Goulet played Quixote in the 1997–98 U.S. National tour.[20]
A studio-made recording of the score was released in 1996, conducted by Paul Gemignani and starring Plácido Domingo as Quixote, Mandy Patinkin as Sancho, Julia Migenes as Aldonza, Jerry Hadley as the Priest and Samuel Ramey as the Innkeeper.[21]
In 2014, Man of La Mancha featured as part of the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.[22]
The Shakespeare Theatre Company produced Man of La Mancha as part of their 2014-2015 season. The production starred Anthony Warlow as Quixote and Amber Iman as Aldonza/Dulcinea.[23]
In 2019, the play received a West End revival with a production at the London Coliseum. Kelsey Grammer starred as Cervantes/Quixote, Danielle de Niese as Aldonza/Dulcinea, Peter Polycarpou as Sancho, and Nicholas Lyndhurst as the Govenor/Innkeeper.[24]
Synopsis[edit]
In the late sixteenth century, failed author-soldier-actor and tax collector Miguel de Cervantes has been thrown into a dungeon by the Spanish Inquisition, along with his manservant. They have been charged with foreclosing on a monastery. Their fellow prisoners attack them, eager to steal the contents of the large trunk Cervantes has brought with him. However, a sympathetic criminal known as 'the Governor' suggests setting up a mock trial instead. Only if Cervantes is found guilty will he have to hand over his possessions. A cynical prisoner, known as 'the Duke,' charges Cervantes with being an idealist and a bad poet. Cervantes pleads guilty, but then asks if he may offer a defense, in the form of a play, acted out by him and all the prisoners. The 'Governor' agrees.
Cervantes takes out a makeup kit and costume from his trunk, and transforms himself into Alonso Quijano, an old gentleman who has read so many books of chivalry and thought so much about injustice that he has lost his mind and set out as a knight-errant. Quijano renames himself Don Quixote de La Mancha, and goes off to find adventures with his 'squire', Sancho Panza. ('Man of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote)')
Don Quixote warns Sancho that they are always in danger of being attacked by Quixote's mortal enemy, an evil magician known as the Enchanter. Suddenly he spots a windmill, mistakes it for a four-armed giant, attacks it, and receives a beating from the encounter. Quixote decides that he lost the battle because he was never properly knighted. He then mistakes a rundown inn for a castle and orders Sancho to announce their arrival by blowing his bugle.
Cervantes talks some prisoners into assuming the roles of the inn's serving wench and part-time prostitute Aldonza, and a group of muleteers who are propositioning her. Aldonza fends them off sarcastically ('It's All The Same'), but eventually deigns to accept their leader, Pedro, who pays in advance.
Don Quixote enters with Sancho, asking for the lord of the castle. The Innkeeper (played by The Governor) humors Don Quixote as best he can. Quixote sees Aldonza and declares that she is his lady, Dulcinea, to whom he has sworn eternal loyalty ('Dulcinea'). Aldonza, used to rough treatment, is first flabbergasted and then annoyed at Quixote's kindness, and is further aggravated when the Muleteers turn Quixote's tender ballad into a mocking serenade.
Meanwhile, Antonia, Don Quixote's niece, has gone with Quixote's housekeeper to seek advice from the local priest, who realizes that the two women are more concerned with the embarrassment Quixote's madness may bring them, than with his actual welfare ('I'm Only Thinking of Him').
Cervantes chooses 'the Duke' to play Dr. Sanson Carrasco, Antonia's fiancé, a man just as cynical and self-centered as the prisoner who is playing him. Carrasco is upset at the idea of marrying into the family of a madman, but the priest convinces Carrasco that it would be a worthy challenge to use his abilities to cure his prospective uncle-in-law. Carrasco and the priest set out to bring Don Quixote back home ('I'm Only Thinking of Him [Reprise]').
Back at the inn, Sancho delivers a missive from Don Quixote to Aldonza courting her favor and asking for a token of her esteem. Aldonza provides the requested token: an old dishrag. She asks Sancho why he follows Quixote, but he can come up with no explanation other than 'I Really Like Him'. Alone, Aldonza ponders Quixote's behavior and her inability to laugh at him ('What Do You Want of Me?') In the courtyard, the muleteers once again taunt Aldonza with a suggestive song ('Little Bird, Little Bird'). Pedro makes arrangements with her for an assignation later.
The priest and Dr. Carrasco arrive, but cannot reason with Don Quixote. Quixote becomes distracted by a barber who passes by the inn, wearing his shaving basin on his head to ward off the sun's heat ('The Barber's Song'). Quixote threatens the barber with a sword and snatches the basin, declaring it is the 'Golden Helmet of Mambrino', which makes its wearer invulnerable. Dr. Carrasco and the priest leave, with the priest impressed by Don Quixote's view of life and wondering if curing him is really worthwhile ('To Each His Dulcinea').
Quixote still wishes to be officially dubbed a knight: he plans to stand vigil all night over his armor in the inn's courtyard, and then have the Innkeeper (whom he mistakes for a nobleman) grant him knighthood the following morning. Aldonza encounters Quixote in the courtyard and confronts him; Quixote does his best to explain the ideals he follows and the quest he is on ('The Impossible Dream'). Pedro enters, furious at being kept waiting, and slaps Aldonza. Enraged, Don Quixote takes him and all the other muleteers on in a fight ('The Combat'). Don Quixote has no martial skill, but by luck and determination – and with the help of Aldonza and Sancho – he prevails, and the muleteers are all knocked unconscious. But the noise attracts the attention of the Innkeeper, who tells Quixote that he must leave. Quixote apologizes for the trouble but reminds the Innkeeper of his promise to dub him knight. The Innkeeper does so ('Knight of the Woeful Countenance').
Quixote then declares that he must comfort the wounded muleteers, because chivalry requires kindness to one's enemies. Aldonza, impressed, says that she will help the muleteers instead. But when she comes to them with bandages, they beat her, rape her, and carry her off ('The Abduction'). Quixote, unaware of this, contemplates his recent victory and new knighthood ('The Impossible Dream' – first reprise).
At this point, the Don Quixote play is brutally interrupted when the Inquisition enters the dungeon and drags off an unwilling prisoner to be tried. The Duke taunts Cervantes for his look of fear, and accuses him of not facing reality. This prompts Cervantes to passionately defend his idealism.
The Don Quixote play resumes ('Man of La Mancha' – first reprise). Quixote and Sancho have left the inn and encounter a band of Gypsies ('Moorish Dance') who take advantage of Quixote's naiveté and steal everything they own, including Quixote's horse Rocinante and Sancho's donkey Dapple. [25] Quixote and Sancho are forced to return to the inn. Aldonza also shows up at the inn, bruised and ashamed. Quixote swears to avenge her, but she tells him off, flinging her real, pitiful history in his face and blaming him for allowing her a glimpse of a life she can never have. She begs him to see her as she really is but Quixote can only see her as his Dulcinea ('Aldonza').
Suddenly, another knight enters. He announces himself as Don Quixote's mortal enemy, the Enchanter, in the form of the 'Knight of the Mirrors'. He insults Aldonza, so Quixote challenges him to combat. The Knight of the Mirrors and his attendants bear huge mirrored shields, and as they swing them at Quixote ('Knight of the Mirrors'), the glare blinds him. The Knight taunts Quixote, forcing him to see himself as the world sees him: a fool and a madman. Don Quixote collapses, weeping. The Knight of the Mirrors removes his helmet – he is really Dr. Carrasco, returned with his latest plan to cure Quixote.
Cervantes announces that the story is finished, but the prisoners are dissatisfied with the ending. They prepare to burn his manuscript when he asks for the chance to present one last scene. The governor agrees.
Quixote is back at home, and has fallen into a coma. Sancho tries to cheer him up ('A Little Gossip'), and Alonso opens his eyes. He is now sane: he gives his name as Alonso Quijano and thinks his knightly career was just a dream. However, he feels close to death, and asks the priest to help him make out his will. Aldonza suddenly forces her way into the room. She has come to visit Quixote because she can no longer bear to be anyone but Dulcinea. When he does not recognize her, she sings a reprise of 'Dulcinea' and tries to help him remember the words of 'The Impossible Dream.' Suddenly, he remembers everything and rises from his bed, calling for his armor and sword so that he may set out again ('Man of La Mancha' – second reprise). But it is too late – in mid-song, he cries out and falls dead. The priest sings 'The Psalm' (Psalm 130 in Latin) for the dead. Sancho is distraught at his friend's death. Aldonza tries to comfort him, saying that Alonso Quijano may be dead but Don Quixote lives on. When Sancho addresses her as Aldonza, she replies, 'My name is Dulcinea.'
The Inquisition enters to take Cervantes to his trial, and the prisoners, finding him not guilty, return his manuscript. It is his (as yet) unfinished novel, Don Quixote. As Cervantes and his servant mount the staircase to go to their impending trial, the prisoners, led by the girl who played Dulcinea, sing 'The Impossible Dream' in chorus.
Musical numbers[edit]
- 'Overture'
- 'Man of La Mancha (I, Don Quixote)' – Don Quixote, Sancho
- 'Food, Wine, Aldonza!' – Muleteers
- 'It's All the Same' – Aldonza
- 'Dulcinea' – Don Quixote
- 'I'm Only Thinking of Him' – Antonia, Padre, Housekeeper
- 'We're Only Thinking of Him' – Antonia, Carasco, Padre, Housekeeper
- 'The Missive' – Sancho
- 'I Really Like Him' – Sancho
- 'What Does He Want of Me?' – Aldonza
- 'Little Bird, Little Bird' – Muleteers
- 'Barber's song' – Barber
- 'Golden Helmet of Mambrino' – Don Quixote, Sancho & Barber
- 'To Each His Dulcinea' – Padre
- 'The Impossible Dream' – Don Quixote
- 'The Combat (instrumental)' – orchestra
- 'The Dubbing' – Innkeeper, Aldonza & Sancho
- 'Knight of the Woeful Countenance' - Innkeeper
- 'Little Bird, Little Bird (reprise)' leading into an instrumental entitled...
- 'The Abduction' – Muleteers
- 'The Impossible Dream (reprise)' – Don Quixote
- 'Man of La Mancha (reprise)' – Don Quixote
- 'Moorish Dance (instrumental)' – Moors
- 'Aldonza' – Aldonza
- 'Knight of the Mirrors (choreographed instrumental sequence)' – orchestra
- 'A Little Gossip' – Sancho
- 'Dulcinea (reprise)' – Aldonza
- 'The Impossible Dream (reprise)' – Aldonza & Don Quixote
- 'Man of La Mancha (reprise)' – Don Quixote, Aldonza & Sancho
- 'The Psalm' – Padre
- 'Finale Ultimo: The Impossible Dream (reprise)' – Company
Foreign language stage adaptations[edit]
Bulgarian[edit]
- A Bulgarian adaptation for television (Bulgarian: Човекът от Ла Манча, romanized: Chovekat ot La Mancha) was released in 1968 directed by Asen Trayanov and Grisha Ostrovski, starring Kosta Tsonev, Nikola Anastasov, Grigor Vachkov, Konstantin Kotsev, Vasil Mihaylov and Tatyana Lolova.[26]
- A Bulgarian stage adaptation was realized directed by Grisha Ostrovski.
French[edit]
- A French adaptation premiered at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on December 11, 1968. Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel translated the songs and played the lead (the only time he ever adapted songs written by other writers or appeared in a stage musical). Joan Diener reprised her role as Aldonza (this time singing in French).[17][27] It was recorded and issued in 1968 as the album L'Homme de la Mancha.[28]
- Another French version based on Brel's translation was produced in Liège in 1998 and 1999 with José van Dam in the lead role.[29]
- In March 2012, French baritone David Serero performed the lead of role of Don Quixote in a new production, produced by himself, in Paris and Deauville.
Hebrew[edit]
A Hebrew-language production was produced by Giora Godik in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1967.[30][31]
Japanese[edit]
A Japanese-language production entitled The Impossible Dream was produced in Tokyo, Japan, where Matsumoto Kōshirō IX (as Ichikawa Somegorō VI) took the lead role.[31]
Korean[edit]
- A Korean production first opened at the Haeorum Theater of the National Theater of Korea in 2005 under the name Don Quixote. Ryu Jung-han and Kim Seong-ki starred as the main characters.
- In a 2007 production, this time staged under its original name, Cho Seung-woo and Jung Sung-hwa starred as Quixote/Cervantes. They reprised their roles a year later and in 2010.
- Multiple stars played the titular role in the 2012 production, including Hwang Jung-min (who had to step down due to him directing and starring in a production of Sondheim's Assassins and was replaced by Ryu Jung-han), Seo Bum-suk, and Hong Kwang-ho.
- Jung Sung-hwa and Cho Seung-woo played the main character in a 2013 production.
- In a 2015 production marking the tenth anniversary of the musical's first performance in Korea, Jo and Ryu returned in the lead role.
Spanish[edit]
- The first Spanish production opened in 1966 in Madrid, Spain, starring Nati Mistral as Aldonza and the great Spanish baritone Luis Sagi-Vela as Quixote/Cervantes. A cast album was released by Columbia Records featuring four songs, all except the last sung by Sagi-Vela: 'The Impossible Dream', 'Dulcinea', 'Little Bird', and 'What Do You Want From Me'.
- The first Mexican production premiered on February 19, 1969 at the Teatro Manolo Fábregas in Mexico City, with Mistral reprising her acclaimed Aldonza, Claudio Brook as Quixote/Cervantes, and Oscar Pulido as Sancho Panza. The best-selling cast recording was issued by MCA/Decca on LP, and was later re-issued on CD by Honda Music International.
- A Peruvian cast album was released in 1969 as well.
- José Sacristán and Paloma San Basilio starred in an acclaimed Madrid revival in 1998.[32] A 2-disc cast album was issued by EMI-Odeón, recorded live at Teatro Lope de Vega.
- A 2004 revival opened at the Teatro Calderón in Madrid and also toured throughout Spain, finishing in Barcelona.
- On september 28, 2016, a new production opened at the Teatro de los Insurgentes in Mexico City, with Benny Ibarra as Quixote/Cervantes, Ana Brenda Contreras as Aldonza and Carlos Corona as Sancho Panza.
Swedish[edit]
- The first Swedish production opened September 1, 1967 at Malmö Stadsteater (now Malmö Opera). Starring in the three lead roles were Lars Ekman, Maj Lindström and K G Lindström.
Chinese[edit]
- A Cantonese production entitled 'The Heroic Spirit of a Warrior' opened in 1982 in Hong Kong, starred Yiu Tsang-Pak as the leading role. Another Cantonese production with a new title 'Sleepwalking Knight of La Mancha' opened in Hong Kong in 2004, with Yiu Tsang-Pak returning as the leading role. The book was re-translated by Rupert Chan.
- The first Mandarin Chinese production of the musical opened Dec. 2015 in Shanghai, China, starring Kain Liu as Don Quixote/Cervantes. This production used 'I, Don Quixote' as title, and was directed by American director Joseph Graves. In May 2016, the show premiered in Beijing with Kain Liu repeating the title role.
Bengali[edit]
- A Bengali adaptation by Arun Mukherjee entitled Dukhi Mukhi Joddha was staged in Calcutta in 1994 by the theater group Chetana, under his direction.
- In April 2018 Chetana once again staged a much elaborate adaptation of the musical under the direction of Sujan (Neel) Mukhopadhyay, entitled Don...Takye Bhalo Lagye and starring Suman Mukhopadhyay in the title role.
German[edit]
- The first German language version was written by Robert Gilbert and started on 4 January 1968 in Vienna with Dietrich Haugk as director. Don Quixote/cervantes was played by Josef Meinrad, Aldonza by Blanche Aubry and Sancho Panza by Fritz Muliar. The production was quite successful and subsequentially shown in other German speaking theaters. A recording with the German cast was published by Polydor within the same year.[33][34]
- An Austrian version of the musical, in German, was presented on Austrian television in 1994, with Karl Merkatz (playing Cervantes and Quixote at the age of sixty-four) and Dagmar Hellberg in the leading roles.[35][unreliable source?]
Others[edit]
The musical has been and continues to be produced in many other languages around the world, and in 2012 and 2013 played in Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, China, Poland, Dominican Republic, Chile, Russia, and in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cast albums are available in many languages including German from the 1968 Vienna performance (Der Mann von La Mancha) and the 1969 Hamburg cast (Der Mann von La Mancha), the 1969 Dutch cast (De Man van La Mancha), the 1970 Norwegian cast (Mannen frå La Mancha), the 1997 Polish cast (Człowiek Z La Manchy), the 1997 Czech cast (Muž Z la Manchy), the 2001 Hungarian cast (La Mancha Lovagja), and many others.[31]
Awards and nominations[edit]
Original Broadway production[edit]
Year | Award Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
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1966 | Tony Award | Best Musical | Won | |
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical | Richard Kiley | Won | ||
Best Direction of a Musical | Albert Marre | Won | ||
Best Original Score | Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion | Won | ||
Best Choreography | Jack Cole | Nominated | ||
Best Scenic Design | Howard Bay | Won | ||
Best Costume Design | Howard Bay and Patton Campbell | Nominated |
1977 Broadway revival[edit]
Year | Award Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
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1978 | Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Richard Kiley | Nominated |
2002 Broadway revival[edit]
Year | Award Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2003 | Tony Award | Best Revival of a Musical | Nominated | |
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical | Brian Stokes Mitchell | Nominated | ||
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Nominated | ||
Drama Desk Award | Outstanding Revival of a Musical | Nominated | ||
Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Brian Stokes Mitchell | Nominated | ||
2004 | Grammy Award | Best Musical Show Album | Nominated |
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- Wasserman, Dale. The Impossible Musical – The Man of La Mancha Story (2003) Applause Books, New York
External links[edit]
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Full name | Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido | ||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 1 March 1989 (age 30) | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||
Current team | Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||
Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||
2002–2005 | Guadalajara | ||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Arsenal | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
2005–2012 | Arsenal | 29 | (3) | ||||||||||||
2005–2006 | → Celta de Vigo (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
2006–2007 | → Salamanca (loan) | 31 | (8) | ||||||||||||
2007–2008 | → Osasuna (loan) | 33 | (3) | ||||||||||||
2010–2011 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 8 | (2) | ||||||||||||
2011–2012 | → Real Sociedad (loan) | 35 | (12) | ||||||||||||
2012–2017 | Real Sociedad | 184 | (54) | ||||||||||||
2018– | Los Angeles | 45 | (30) | ||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
2005 | Mexico U17 | 8 | (5) | ||||||||||||
2007 | Mexico U20 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||
2007– | Mexico | 72 | (19) | ||||||||||||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:00, 24 March 2019 (UTC) |
Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido (born 1 March 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Los Angeles and the Mexico national team.
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 initially on loan and then permanently on 10 August 2012. He joined Los Angeles FC in January 2018.
Vela made his debut with the senior Mexico national team in 2007 in a friendly match against Brazil, and scored his first goal for his country in a friendly against Guatemala. He participated in Mexico's CONCACAF Gold Cup victory in 2009, and participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Vela rejected all subsequent call-ups for more than three years, including friendlies, World Cup qualifiers, and various major tournaments including the 2014 FIFA World Cup, citing various reasons for his refusals. In November 2014, Vela made his return to the national team and participated in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
- 2Club career
- 2.2Arsenal
- 2.3Return to Arsenal
- 3International career
- 3.2Mexico national team
- 5Outside of football
- 6Career statistics
- 6.2International
- 7Honours
Early life[edit]
Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido was born 1 March 1989 in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico to Enrique Vela, an iron welder from Campeche, and Nella Garrido, a stay at home mother from Tabasco.[2] His father had played semi-professional football but an injury caused by a torn ligament caused him to retire. At the age of four, Vela's father enrolled him into local football teams. Vela's first club was Ko Cha Wolis,[3] which translates to 'Kicking Round Ball' in Mayan. He learned a lot and made significant development and progress during his time spent there, according to Félix Alcalá, his coach at the time.[2]
In school, Vela played both basketball and football simultaneously, which caused many problems between his coaches. His father made him decide to focus on only one sport at the age of 12, in which Vela chose football. Enrique Vela was frustrated at the fact that his son was not being scouted due to living in Cancún. Around the same time, José Luis Real of C.D. Guadalajara's youth system sent scouts to Cancún in 2001, where Vela caught their eye. He was summoned to a youth tournament in Buenos Aires with Guadalajara as a small trial period with unpaid expenses.[citation needed]
In 2003, during a local competition held in Ciudad Victoria, Vela was seen and was presented with offers with local teams of the Primera División. He eventually joined Guadalajara in 2003, though he never received a call up to the club's first-team squad, thus not being able to make his professional debut in Mexico.[2]
Club career[edit]
Guadalajara[edit]
Vela's career started with Guadalajara, alongside his brother Alejandro. After winning the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship with Mexico and finishing as the top scorer with five goals, Jorge Vergara, owner and club president of Guadalajara, agreed to sign him. Since Vela's family lived in the then-recently-storm-stricken Cancún, he asked that the club help relocate them as a condition of his signing. Vela had previously shown his great affection to his father, whose birthday fell on the day on which Mexico beat Brazil in the final of the U-17 World Cup, by carrying the cup to his father and dedicating his Golden Boot to him.[4]
Arsenal[edit]
Vela attracted interest from a number of European clubs, and eventually Arsenal won the race for his signature in November 2005 on a five-year deal for a £125,000 fee that rose to £550,000 after he played 50 first-team games.[5] However, since English work permit restrictions for non-EU citizens prevented him from playing in England, Arsenal quickly loaned him out to Spanish club Celta de Vigo in February 2006, but he was returned right away with no games played.[6]
Salamanca (loan)[edit]
At the end of the season, Vela was sent to Spanish Segunda División club Salamanca, on loan for the 2006–07 season.[7] He had a successful stay there, creating many of Salamanca's 53 goals, eight of which he scored himself.[8]
Osasuna (loan)[edit]
After his loan spell with Salamanca ended, bigger clubs of La Liga, such as Levante, Osasuna and Almería, were all interested in taking him on loan from Arsenal for whom he was still ineligible to play as he still had yet to receive a work permit.[9] Eventually, a one-year loan move to Osasuna was agreed, with the option of an extension for another year. No permanent option, however, had been included in the deal.[9][10][11] On 31 October 2007, he scored his first goal with Osasuna, in a match against Real Betis, a performance that went on to earn several plaudits from the Spanish press.[12]
Return to Arsenal[edit]
Carlos Vela at Arsenal (26 April 2009).
Vela (right) and former teammate Aaron Ramsey against Stoke City (5 December 2009).
Carlos Vela featuring for Arsenal (2010).
On 22 May 2008, Vela was granted a work permit that allowed him to play in England. Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger confirmed that Vela would be involved with the first team in the coming season and that he viewed Vela as a striker in Eduardo's mould.[13][14]
Vela made his competitive debut for Arsenal on 30 August 2008 in their Premier League match against Newcastle United, coming on as a substitute for Robin van Persie in the 63rd minute. Arsenal won the match 3–0. In his full debut on 23 September 2008, against Sheffield United in the League Cup, Vela scored a hat-trick in a 6–0 win, with his second goal voted as one of Arsenal's Greatest 50 Goals.[15] The match was also notable for featuring Arsenal's youngest ever side, with an average age of 19.[16]
On 8 March 2009, in the FA Cup Fifth Round tie against Burnley, Vela scored the first goal in a 3–0 win by chipping the ball over the keeper and into the goal.[17] He scored his first goal in the Premier League for Arsenal away to Portsmouth on 2 May 2009[18] making him just the second Mexican player to score a goal in the Premier League. On 28 April, Vela was excluded from Arsenal's training session as a precaution due to the 2009 swine flu outbreak. Two of Vela's friends from Mexico visited him over the weekend and Arsenal were asked to keep him away. He returned to training the next day, however, after being given the all-clear.[19]
Vela missed Arsenal's pre-season campaign of the 2009–10 season after suffering an ankle injury which kept him out until September. He returned to action on 22 September by coming off the bench in Arsenal's 2–0 win by assisting the first and scoring the second goal against West Bromwich Albion in the League Cup. On 21 November 2009, he made his first appearance of the season in the Premier League away to Sunderland, playing 21 minutes after coming on as a substitute for Eduardo. Vela renewed his contract with Arsenal on 10 December 2009.[20] On 4 May 2010, Vela played his 50th game in an Arsenal shirt, against Blackburn Rovers. On 9 May, he scored the fourth goal of Arsenal's victory over Fulham.
Vela scored his first goal of the season against Bolton Wanderers in a 4–1 home win on 11 September 2010.[21] On 15 September, Vela scored two goals in the UEFA Champions League when Arsenal beat Portuguese side Braga 6–0.[22]
West Bromwich Albion F.C.(loan)[edit]
On 28 January 2011, Vela joined West Brom on loan until the end of the 2010–11 season. He made his debut on 1 February 2011 in a 2–2 draw against Wigan Athletic, playing 58 minutes of the game.[23] He scored his first goal coming in as a substitute for the Baggies in his third match for the club with a 92nd-minute equaliser against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 20 February 2011. Vela once again scored for West Brom in the dying minutes of a game against Stoke City to salvage a 1–1 draw after coming on as a late substitute.[24]
Real Sociedad (loan)[edit]
On 15 August 2011, Arsenal announced that Vela would be loaned out to Spanish club Real Sociedad, subject to a medical.[25] After passing the medical exams, he was officially presented on 17 August 2011.[26] On 4 December 2011, Vela scored a bicycle kick goal to equalise for Real Sociedad, his second of the season, against Málaga before teammate Diego Ifrán scored a late winner to make the score 3–2. Vela scored the only goal for Real Sociedad in a 2–1 loss to Barcelona, making it his third goal for the season.[27]
In early February 2012, rumours of Vela's future at Arsenal began to surface, claiming that he wished to stay in Spain with Real Sociedad. Vela has been quoted saying, 'I don't want to return to Arsenal. I have asked my agent to negotiate with Arsenal to stay here.'[28][29]
Real Sociedad[edit]
Vela shooting against Levante goalkeeper Gustavo Munúa (September 2012).
After making over 30 appearances in all competitions and scoring 12 goals, Vela was officially transferred to Real Sociedad from Arsenal on 17 July 2012, with the move believed to have cost €3 million.[30] The deal was confirmed by Arsenal on 10 August.[31] He was given the number 11 shirt. During the 2012–13 season, Vela played predominantly on the right wing and scored 14 goals, as well as having nine assists. There had been speculation in the media that he would return to Arsenal, however no talks took place between the two teams.[32][33]
Vela started the 2013–14 season, scoring once and assisting the other in the team's 2–0 win over Getafe.[34] He scored twice, a header and a stoppage-time individual goal, to confirm Real Sociedad's progression to the group stages of the Champions League at Lyon's expense.[35] On 23 November, he scored four goals in La Real's 4–3 win over Celta de Vigo.[36]
On 20 January 2014, it was announced that Vela had won La Liga Player of the Month for December after his performances against clubs such as Real Betis, Granada, Real Madrid and Barcelona.[37]
On 5 May 2014, Vela scored in the 1–1 draw against Granada. The goal was Vela's 15th league strike of the season—surpassing his tally of 14 from the previous season—and his 20th in all competitions.[38] He was nominated at the season's LFP Awards for the Best Forward in the league, losing out to Cristiano Ronaldo.[39] On 24 June, Vela signed a four-year contract extension which will keep him at Real Sociedad until 2018.[40]
Vela scored his first goal of the 2014–15 season in Real Sociedad's 4–2 win against Real Madrid on 1 September 2014.[41] On 28 November, he scored all of the side's goals as they beat Elche 3–0 for new manager David Moyes' first victory at the club.[42] These were three of his four league goals that month, which once again earned him the La Liga's Player of the Month award.[43]
On 31 January 2015, during Real Sociedad's 1–4 league defeat to Real Madrid, Vela was subbed off in the 17th minute due to a knee injury, which was later reported to be ligament damage, and would require surgery.[44] Though it was initially reported that Vela would miss the remainder of the season,[44] it was confirmed through a club statement that the injury was an internal meniscus tear and that Vela would be out for two months.[45] He made his return on 22 March against Córdoba, being substituted on for Esteban Granero in the 66th minute and providing an assist in Real Sociedad's 3–1 win.[46]
On 25 October 2015, Vela scored his first two goals of the 2015–16 season in Real Sociedad's 4–0 win over Levante.[47]
On 9 March 2016, it was reported that Vela had been separated from the first team after he failed to report for training two days earlier, claiming he was suffering from gastroenteritis, though a photo began circulating on social media of him attending a Chris Brown concert in Madrid hours after the team's 1–1 draw against Levante.[48][49] He was ultimately fined by the club and ruled out for the team's next match against Celta de Vigo.[50] Sociedad manager Eusebio Sacristán, however, named Vela in the squad for the match against Celta, appearing as a second-half substitute in the 0–1 loss.[51]
On 10 April 2017, Vela played in his 200th league match for Real Sociedad in the side's 3–1 victory against Sporting de Gijón, as well as becoming the foreign player with the second-most appearances for the club behind Darko Kovačević.[52]
On 8 August 2017, Real Sociedad announced an agreement with Major League Soccer for Vela to move to the league in 2018.[53] Two days later, it was announced that he would join expansion team Los Angeles FC as their first Designated Player when the transfer window opens on 1 January 2018.[54]
On 20 December 2017, Vela played in his final match for Real Sociedad, scoring the final goal in the team's 3–1 win over Sevilla.[55]
Los Angeles FC[edit]
On 8 August 2017, it was announced that Vela had been signed by Los Angeles FC, becoming the first designated player of the team[56][57] and officially joining the team on 1 January 2018.[58]
On 4 March 2018, Vela made his debut with Los Angeles FC, providing an assist for Diego Rossi's goal in the team's 1–0 victory over Seattle Sounders FC.[59] On 10 March, Vela would score his first goal with Los Angeles, scoring the final goal in a 5–1 thrashing against Real Salt Lake.[60] On 31 March, Vela became the first player ever to score in the El Tráfico derby against LA Galaxy; he scored the first two goals of the game in Los Angeles' dramatic 3–4 defeat.[61] On 13 April, he would score the first goal in a 2–0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps.[62] A week later he would go on to convert a penalty during Los Angeles' 5–3 win over Montreal Impact.[63] On 13 May, he would score Los Angeles' second goal in a 2–2 tie against New York City FC.[64] A couple of days later he would score the only goal in their loss against the Portland Timbers in a 2–1 loss.[65]
On 26 July 2018, after conducting a popular vote on Twitter, Vela was voted to captain the MLS side in the 2018 MLS All-Star Game against Juventus,[66] where they initially tied the match 1–1 but went on to lose 5–3 in penalties.[67] On 22 September 2018, Vela provided two assists to Walker Zimmerman in the 2–0 victory over San Jose Earthquakes.[68] On 12 October, in a league match against Houston Dynamo, he was involved in all of his team's goals in a 4–2 victory as he scored a brace and contributed two assists.[69] In November 2018, he would be named into the MLS Best XI of 2018.[70]
On 30 March 2019, Vela scored his first hat-trick with LAFC in their 5–0 away win against San Jose Earthquakes.[71]
International career[edit]
Youth[edit]
Mexico U-17
Vela played in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, held in Peru, where he helped Mexico to victory. He would go on to score 3 goals in the group stage, 1 against Uruguay in a 2–0 win and 2 against Australia in a 3–0 win. He would also score Mexico's final goal in a 3–1 victory against Costa Rica during a.e.t. during the quarterfinals, and once reaching the final against Brazil, he scored Mexico's first goal in their 3–0 victory. He subsequently finished as top scorer with five goals, claiming the Adidas Golden Boot.[4]
Mexico U-20
Vela was part of the Mexico U-20 team that participated in various friendlies and the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Mexico national team[edit]
Early years[edit]
During his stay at Osasuna, Vela made his full international debut for the Mexico senior team in a September 2007 friendly against Brazil. On 18 October 2007, he scored his first senior international goal for Mexico in a friendly against Guatemala in Los Angeles.
On 8 June 2008, Vela scored his second senior international goal in a friendly against Peru in the 20th minute to help Mexico to a 4–0 victory. A match later for Mexico, he scored in their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying opener against Belize making the match 1–0. In the return leg against Belize, he again scored the opening goal of the match and beginning the 7–0 rout in favour of El Tri.
In July 2009, Vela represented Mexico at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He started in Mexico's opener against Nicaragua. Five minutes into the match, an opposing player tackled Vela and he fell awkwardly on his right leg. X-rays, however, showed he did not break anything and could play again in the tournament.[72] Mexico advanced to the semi-finals against Costa Rica, where Vela would make his return in the 81st minute. After extra time, the game was tied 1–1 and went to penalties. After Guillermo Ochoa saved Froylán Ledezma's penalty, Vela scored Mexico's fifth penalty to send them to the final. In the final against the United States, Vela was brought on at half time with the score deadlocked at 0–0. Mexico went on to defeat the United States 5–0 with Vela providing the pass to Giovani dos Santos for the first penalty, creating the second goal, scoring the third and assisting the fourth.[73]
On 10 October 2009, Vela scored one goal and assisted a goal in Mexico's 4–1 win over El Salvador which meant Mexico qualified for the 2010 World Cup.
On 3 June 2010, Vela scored his first international goal against a team from Europe, in a friendly match against Italy. He scored the first goal of the game with an assist from Giovani dos Santos. Mexico would win the match 2–1.[74]
During the World Cupgroup match against France, Vela was subbed off in the 31st minute for Pablo Barrera due to injury and would miss the next match against Uruguay.[75]
Hiatus[edit]
On 21 September 2010, the Mexican Football Federation announced that Vela and teammate Efraín Juárez would be suspended from the Mexico national team for six months for their involvement in a party on 7 September in Monterrey following a game with Colombia.[76] Vela and 12 other players were also fined 50,000 Mexican pesos (approximately US$3,953 as of 24 September 2010), used to help the flood victims in the Mexican state of Veracruz.[77]
After his suspension, Vela returned to the national team after head coach José Manuel de la Torre called him up in a friendly match against Venezuela in February 2011. He refused a call-up to participate in the 2012 London Olympics, which Mexico went on to win, due to wanting to establish himself with his new club Real Sociedad.[78] He declined a third time to join the national team in March 2013 for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers against the United States and Honduras due to personal reasons.[79]
After De La Torre was sacked, Vela declared his wish to return to play for Mexico. In September 2013, Víctor Manuel Vucetich called him up for World Cup qualifiers against Panama and Costa Rica; however, Vela declined once again to come back to the national team.[80] Afterwards, Vucetich refused to make any more comments regarding Vela, calling it a 'closed case'.[81] On 3 February 2014, new national team coach Miguel Herrera flew to Spain with officials from the Mexican Football Federation to meet with Vela and gauge his interest in representing the national team. After the meeting, Vela expressed that he was not '100 percent mentally ready to represent Mexico', subsequently ruling out his participation in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[82]
Return[edit]
Vela converting a penalty kick against South Korea at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
In November 2014, after a three-year absence, Vela accepted a call up to the national team for the friendly matches against the Netherlands and Belarus. He scored twice on his return as Mexico defeated the Dutch 3–2 at the Amsterdam Arena on 12 November.[83]
Vela was included in Mexico's squad for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, scoring in the team's opening match against Cuba on 9 July.[84] On 15 July, Vela scored his second goal in the competition in Mexico's 4–4 draw against Trinidad and Tobago. In the quarterfinal and semifinal matches against Costa Rica and Panama, respectively, Vela received two yellow cards, meaning he would miss the final against Jamaica, during which Mexico won the tournament.
In May 2018 he was named in Mexico's preliminary 28-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,[85] and in June 2018, he was named in the final 23-man squad for the tournament.[86] On 23 June, in Mexico's second group stage match against South Korea, he scored their first goal via a penalty kick in the 2–1 victory; it was also his first World Cup goal for Mexico.[87]
Style of play[edit]
Regarded as a promising player in his youth, gifted with skill and natural flair, former Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger described Vela as a player who is '...naturally gifted, quick, intelligent and with very good technique'.[88] He also labelled him as a 'special talent', stating 'I like [Vela's] intelligence and his pace. He scores goals but he can also create them.'[89]
Vela's playing style has been described as being able to 'beat his man off the dribble,' and 'his linking up with teammates presents danger. [Looking through his first season] shows his willingness to work combinations across the entire attacking third of the pitch.'[90]
A left-footed player, Vela is known for his speed, technique, and vision.[91] Collin Carpio has noted that while Vela is typically deployed on the right wing, he can also play as a striker, commenting: '[w]hen he's in-form, the 27-year-old can be lethal cutting inside from the flanks, and he's proven that he can setup goals for his teammates.'[92]
Outside of football[edit]
Personal life[edit]
His older brother, Alejandro, is also a professional footballer currently playing for Venados of the Mexican second division.[93]
Vela became a father in November 2016 to a son Romeo, with his Spanish girlfriend Saioa Cañibano, whom he met during his time at Real Sociedad.[94]
Vela has stated he is not passionate about football,[95] saying, 'I really like basketball, I've always said that I would one thousand times rather watch a basketball game than a soccer one.'[96]
Media[edit]
He appeared on the North American front cover of the FIFA 11 video game along with Kaká and Landon Donovan.[97]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
- As of match played 12 June 2019[98][99][100][101][102]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Salamanca | 2006–07 | Segunda División | 31 | 8 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | 32 | 8 | ||
Osasuna | 2007–08 | La Liga | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | 33 | 3 | ||
Arsenal | 2008–09 | Premier League | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8[a] | 0 | 29 | 6 |
2009–10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5[a] | 0 | 20 | 2 | ||
2010–11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4[a] | 2 | 13 | 3 | ||
Total | 29 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 62 | 11 | ||
West Bromwich Albion | 2010–11 | Premier League | 8 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 8 | 2 | |||
Real Sociedad | 2011–12 | La Liga | 35 | 12 | 2 | 0 | -- | -- | 37 | 12 | ||
2012–13 | 35 | 14 | 2 | 0 | -- | -- | 37 | 14 | ||||
2013–14 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 2 | -- | 8[a] | 3 | 52 | 21 | |||
2014–15 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 1 | -- | 2[b] | 0 | 32 | 10 | |||
2015–16 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | 36 | 5 | ||||
2016–17 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | -- | -- | 39 | 10 | ||||
2017–18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -- | 2[b] | 0 | 17 | 1 | |||
Total | 219 | 66 | 19 | 4 | -- | 12 | 3 | 250 | 73 | |||
Los Angeles FC | 2018 | Major League Soccer | 29 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | 32 | 15 | |
2019 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | 17 | 17 | ||||
Total | 45 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -- | 49 | 32 | |||
Career Total | 365 | 112 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 434 | 129 |
- ^ abcdAppearances in the Champions League
- ^ abAppearances in the Europa League
International[edit]
- As of 2 July 2018[103]
Mexico national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2007 | 2 | 1 |
2008 | 11 | 3 |
2009 | 9 | 3 |
2010 | 10 | 2 |
2011 | 2 | 0 |
2014 | 2 | 2 |
2015 | 11 | 4 |
2016 | 1 | 0 |
2017 | 15 | 3 |
2018 | 8 | 1 |
Total | 71 | 19 |
International goals[edit]
- Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.[104]
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 16 October 2007 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States | Guatemala | 1–1 | 2–3 | Friendly |
2. | 8 June 2008 | Soldier Field, Chicago, United States | Peru | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
3. | 15 June 2008 | Reliant Stadium, Houston, United States | Belize | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4. | 21 June 2008 | Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico | Belize | 1–0 | 7–0 | |
5. | 23 June 2009 | Georgia Dome, Atlanta, United States | Venezuela | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
6. | 26 July 2009 | Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, United States | United States | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
7. | 10 October 2009 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | El Salvador | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
8. | 3 March 2010 | Rose Bowl, Pasadena, United States | New Zealand | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
9. | 3 June 2010 | Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels, Belgium | Italy | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
10. | 12 November 2014 | Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Netherlands | 1–0 | 3–2 | |
11. | 2–1 | |||||
12. | 9 July 2015 | Soldier Field, Chicago, United States | Cuba | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
13. | 15 July 2015 | Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, United States | Trinidad and Tobago | 2–0 | 4–4 | |
14. | 13 October 2015 | Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico | Panama | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
15. | 13 November 2015 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | El Salvador | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
16. | 1 June 2017 | MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States | Republic of Ireland | 3–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
17. | 11 June 2017 | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico | United States | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
18. | 10 October 2017 | Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, Honduras | Honduras | 2–1 | 2–3 | |
19. | 23 June 2018 | Rostov Arena, Rostov-on-Don, Russia | South Korea | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup |
Honours[edit]
International[edit]
- Mexico U-17
- FIFA U-17 World Cup: 2005[4]
- Mexico
- CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2009, 2015[73]
- CONCACAF Cup: 2015
Individual[edit]
- FIFA U-17 World Cup Golden Boot (1): 2005[4]
- Real Sociedad Player of the Year (2): 2011–12, 2013–14
- La Liga Player of the Month (2): December 2013, November 2014[37][43]
- MLS Best XI (1): 2018[70]
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I dedicate my goal tonight, and the trophy, to my father, because it's his birthday this evening.
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Carlos can play central and wide as well. He's an Eduardo basically.
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- Carlos Vela at Soccerbase
- Carlos Vela – FIFA competition record
- Carlos Vela at Major League Soccer
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