 On 6 July 2019, Vargas was confirmed as a new player of Club Atlas.Since the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Vargas has been consistently called up for the Colombia national football team squad by manager José Pekerman.However, despite being named for the world cup squad, he made his debut against El Salvador at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey on 10 October 2014, in which Colombia won the match 3-0.