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Gonzalo Villar
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Villar del Fraile
Date of birth (1998-03-23) 23 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Murcia, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Roma
Number 14
Youth career
2009–2015 Elche
2015–2017 Valencia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Elche B 3 (0)
2016–2018 Valencia B 32 (2)
2018–2020 Elche 35 (1)
2020– Roma 3 (0)
International career‡
2016 Spain U19 2 (0)
2019– Spain U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 March 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019

Template:Spanish name Gonzalo Villar del Fraile (born 23 March 1998) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Serie A club Roma as a central midfielder.

Club career

Early career

Villar was born in Murcia, and represented Elche CF as a youth. On 4 January 2015, aged just 16, he made his senior debut with the reserves by coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–3 Segunda División B home loss against UE Sant Andreu.[1]

On 28 August 2015 Villar joined Valencia CF for a fee of € 175,000, and returned to youth football.[2] Promoted to the B-team ahead of the 2017–18 season, he was a first-choice in Lubo Penev's side,[3] scoring his first senior goal on 26 August 2017 in a 4–1 home routing of CF Peralada-Girona B.

Elche

On 9 July 2018 Villar returned to Elche, being assigned to the main squad in Segunda División;[4] Valencia retained 80% of his future transfer.[5] He made his professional debut on 18 August, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Granada CF.[6]

Villar scored his first professional goal on 24 November 2019, netting his team's third in a 3–3 away draw against Málaga CF.[7]

Roma

On 29 January 2020, Villar moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract with AS Roma. Roma paid an initial fee of initial fee of €4 million for his transfer, with potential extra €1 million due based on performance.[8] He made his Serie A debut on 15 February, replacing Diego Perotti in a 1–2 away loss at Atalanta BC.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 March 2020[10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Elche B 2014–15 Segunda División B 3 0 — 3 0
Total 3 0 — 3 0
Valencia B 2015–16 Segunda División B 0 0 — 0 0
2016–17 1 0 — 1 0
2017–18 31 2 — 31 2
Total 32 2 — 32 2
Elche 2018–19 Segunda División 15 0 2 1 — 17 1
2019–20 20 1 2 0 — 22 1
Total 35 1 4 1 — 39 2
Roma 2019–20 Serie A 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Total 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Career total 73 3 4 1 1 0 78 4

References

  1. ^ "El filial cae en el Narcís Sala (3–0)" [The reserve team stumble at the Narcís Sala (3–0)] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. ^ "El juvenil Gonzalo Villar se marcha traspasado al Valencia" [Youth player Gonzalo Villar goes out transferred to Valencia] (in Spanish). Tele Elx. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Sensación Gonzalo Villar" (in Spanish). Las Provincias. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "OFICIAL | Gonzalo Villar regresa al Elche C.F." [OFFICIAL | Gonzalo Villar returns to Elche C.F.] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. ^ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Elche y Granada se presentan con la pólvora mojada" [Elche and Granada present themselves with a wet powder] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Homenaje de goles sin premio" [Goal honour without prize] (in Spanish). Marca. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Roma complete signing of Gonzalo Villar" (Press release). AS Roma. 29 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Atalanta 2–1 Roma". Football Italia. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Gonzalo Villar". SofaScore. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

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