Juan Manuel Villa
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Manuel Villa Gutiérrez | ||
Date of birth | 26 September 1938 | ||
Place of birth | Seville, Spain | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1953–1959 | Real Madrid | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1959–1960 | Plus Ultra | 37 | (24) |
1960–1962 | Real Madrid | 0 | (0) |
1961–1962 | → Real Sociedad (loan) | 21 | (10) |
1962–1971 | Zaragoza | 162 | (43) |
Total | 220 | (77) | |
International career | |||
1964 | Spain | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Juan Manuel Villa Gutiérrez (born 26 September 1938) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
[edit]Born in Seville, Andalusia, Villa joined the youth system of Real Madrid at the age of 15, and made his professional debut for their reserves in 1959.[1]
He never appeared in La Liga for the first team, but played in the competition with Real Sociedad and Real Zaragoza, totalling 183 games and 53 goals over the course of ten seasons before retiring in 1971 aged 32.[2][1]
International career
[edit]Villa earned three caps for Spain, all in 1964. His debut arrived on 11 March in the first leg of the 1964 European Nations' Cup's last qualifying stage, a 5–1 home win against the Republic of Ireland (7–1 aggregate).[3]
Honours
[edit]Zaragoza
References
[edit]- ^ a b Martín, Ignacio (4 March 2013). "Juan Manuel Villa: "Han pasado más de 40 años y me siguen parando por la calle"" [Juan Manuel Villa: "It's been more than 40 years and people still stop me on the street"]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ Gay, Miguel (23 April 2014). "Los años Magníficos" [The Magnificent years]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "España, 5 – Irlanda, 1" [Spain, 5 – Ireland, 1]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 March 1964. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ Lainz, Luis (6 July 1964). "R. Zaragoza, 2 – At. de Madrid, 1". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ Pina, Nivardo (30 May 1966). "El Zaragoza conquistó brillantemente la Copa de S.E." [Zaragoza won the S.E. Cup brilliantly]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "El Real Zaragoza, campeón de la Copa de Ferias en 1964" [Real Zaragoza, Fairs Cup champions in 1964]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 25 June 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
External links
[edit]- Juan Manuel Villa at BDFutbol
- Juan Manuel Villa at National-Football-Teams.com
- Juan Manuel Villa at EU-Football.info
Categories:
- 1938 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Spanish sportsmen
- Spanish men's footballers
- Footballers from Seville
- Men's association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Real Madrid Castilla footballers
- Real Madrid CF players
- Real Sociedad footballers
- Real Zaragoza players
- Spain men's international footballers