Tonino Melgar

Carlos Melgar

Melgar in 2026
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Antonio Melgar Vargas
Date of birth	(1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 (age 31)
Place of birth	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Bolívar
Number	80
Youth career
0000–2016	Oriente Petrolero
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2018	Oriente Petrolero	16	(1)
2017	→ Petrolero (loan)	19	(1)
2018	→ Wilstermann (loan)	36	(7)
2019–2020	Wilstermann	55	(12)
2021	Royal Pari	26	(9)
2022–2023	Bolívar	41	(5)
2023	→ Royal Pari (loan)	6	(0)
2024	Guabirá	12	(7)
2024–	Bolívar	60	(21)
International career‡
2018–	Bolivia	5	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 October 2025

Carlos Antonio Melgar Vargas (born 4 November 1994) is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bolívar. He is a Bolivia international.

He is from Santa Cruz de la Sierra and played for Oriente Petrolero prior to joining Jorge Wilstermann on loan in 2018, with the deal becoming permanent later that year. He left the club to the start of the 2021 season, with the club's budget impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

He joined Royal Pari in 2021, making his debut in an 8–0 victory over Club Aurora, and made a strong start, scoring five goals in his first three matches for his new club. After joining Club Bolivar, he had short spells on-loan with Club Blooming and once again with Royal Pari in 2023.

He scored seven goals for Club Deportivo Guabirá in 2024, prior to a move back to Club Bolivar mid-season. Playing as a left-sided attacking player, he continued his good form, scoring a further eleven goals for Bolivar in the latter half of the year. He featured for Bolivar in the Copa Sudamericana during the 2025 season. He again demonstrated good form for the club that year, by August 2025 he had made 29 appearances and contributed eight goals with six assists for Bolivar, leading to international recognition.

Melgar made his senior international debut for the Bolivia national team on 13 October 2018 against Myanmar a 3–0 victory at the Thuwanna YTC Stadium. He also featured in matches against Haiti and Venezuela in 2019. He returned to the Bolivian national team under head coach Oscar Villegas in 2025.

He has that nickname "Tonino".

As of matches played 14 October 2025

Jorge Wilstermann

• Primera División: 2018-A, 2019-C^{[citation needed]}

Bolívar

• Primera División: 2022-A, 2024^{[citation needed]}

• Carlos Melgar at WorldFootball.net