Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido is a Mexican professional footballer who is a free agent. A versatile offensive player, Vela has been deployed as a forward, winger, and attacking midfielder.

Club Deportivo Guadalajara, often simply known as Guadalajara and nicknamed Chivas, is a Mexican professional football club based in the Guadalajara metropolitan area, Jalisco, Mexico. The team competes in the Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football. Guadalajara is one of the ten founding members of the Primera División and is one of seven teams that have never been relegated. As well as being one of the only few Mexican football clubs to ever win a CONCACAF treble.