eFootball Ruben Vargas - Stats & Build (National Stars 1998)

04/09/2026

In short

The card: a Highlight LMF that reaches 93 at max training
Strengths: Acceleration (#1), Balance (#1), Jumping (#2)
How to train it: push the strengths further, starting with Acceleration
What this page covers: the Highlight version of Ruben Vargas (this player has 4 cards in total — see the position rankings for how the others compare)

Contents

Player Review
Basic info (Highlight)
Stats (Highlight · Lv1)
Position Proficiency
Player skills
Recommended Additional Skills
Player Progression
Compare with other players
Where this card ranks
Summary
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Player Review

Rating★☆☆☆☆C

Counting every card in the game, this one sits #159 of 1,256 LMF cards and #77 of 1,433 Roaming Flank cards, with a max-level overall of 93. It is currently the strongest Ruben Vargas card released.

How the rating is decided

SS Top 5 in either the position or the playing-style overall ranking
S Outside the top 5, but a max-level overall of 100 or more
A Overall 98–99
B Overall 95–97
C Overall below 95

Basic info (Highlight)

LMF

Ruben Vargas

PositionLMF

Preferred footRight

Attacking styleRoaming Flank

Defensive styleBasic

Height177 cm

Age28

Max levelLv38

Progression points74

Overall at Lv179

Overall at max level93

Special skillsNone

Available fromNational Stars 1998

Stats (Highlight · Lv1)

Attacking

Attacking Awareness67

Ball Control72

Dribbling78

Tight Possession69

Low Pass68

Lofted Pass63

Finishing66

Heading59

Set Piece Taking56

Curl70

Physical

Speed83

Acceleration86

Kicking Power70

Jumping74

Physical Contact58

Balance82

Stamina72

Defending

Defensive Awareness54

Tackling56

Aggression56

Defensive Engagement65

Goalkeeping

GK Awareness40

GK Catching40

GK Parrying40

GK Reflexes40

GK Reach40

Weak foot usageHigh

Weak foot accuracyVery high

FormSteady

Injury resistanceLow

Position Proficiency

LWF

LMF

AMF

CMF

DMF

RWF

RMF

Best position (LMF, RMF, LWF) / Also playable (RWF, CF)

Not suited

Player skills

Dribbling

Scissors Feint

Double Touch

Sombrero

Cut Behind & Turn

Scotch Move

Heel Trick

Shooting

Long-range Curler

Long-range Shooting

Dipping Shot

Defending

Gamesmanship

Recommended Additional Skills

If you are adding skills through skill training, these suit a LMF.

＋One-touch Passkeeps tempo

＋Through Passingcreates chances

＋Low Lofted Passfast, accurate balls in behind

＋Weighted Passsoft, controllable lobs

＋Pinpoint Crossingbetter crossing

Player Progression

Spend the progression points, add boosters and pick a manager to see how the stats and the overall change.

Compare with other players

This card is already loaded against Ruben Vargas (Highlight, 93) — the strongest Ruben Vargas card released so far. Change either side to compare against anyone.

Where this card ranks

By position

LMF overall ranking

#284 ~~/ 1,256 cards~~

Rankings →

By playing style

Roaming Flank overall ranking

#193 ~~/ 1,433 cards~~

Rankings →

Among this player’s cards

Ruben Vargas all-time cards

#2 ~~/ 4 cards~~

Rankings →

Overall is compared at max level, across every card in the game — Standard, Epic and pack-exclusive alike. Cards on the same overall are ordered by the sum of their stats.

Summary

✓Ruben Vargas (Highlight)

Ruben Vargas (Highlight) caps at Lv38 with a max-level overall of 93
It has 74 progression points to spend
Among the 4 cards of this player it ranks #2 — see the position rankings for how it compares to Epic and pack cards

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Author of this article

Mikel

Mikel is the editor of eFootball LABO. A long-time eFootball player (peak Division 1, peak rating 1,920), he writes from real play and hands-on testing.