Diego Villar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Nicolás Villar | ||
| Date of birth | April 24, 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Mar del Plata, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2004 | Newell's Old Boys | 34 | (2) |
| 2005 | Santiago Wanderers | 6 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Godoy Cruz | 64 | (10) |
| 2007 | Arsenal de Sarandí | 18 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Gimnasia (LP) | 46 | (4) |
| 2010–2012 | Godoy Cruz | 46 | (7) |
| 2012–2014 | Racing Club | 61 | (5) |
| 2014–2015 | Defensa y Justicia | 3 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Unión Santa Fe | 55 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Aldosivi | 18 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2018 | |||
Diego Nicolás Villar (born 24 April 1981) is a former Argentine football winger who played for Aldosivi until his retirement on 2018. As of 2020 he owned a sweets & confectionery company in his native city of Mar del Plata.[1]
Career
Villar started his professional playing career with Newell's Old Boys in 2001, in 2005 he joined Chilean side Santiago Wanderers but returned to Argentina later that year to join 2nd division team Godoy Cruz. In 2006, he was part of the Godoy Cruz team to win promotion to the Argentine Primera. Despite his contribution of 7 goals Godoy Cruz were relegated at the end of the 2006-2007 season after losing their playoff with Huracán.
In 2007 Villar joined Arsenal de Sarandí, but was allowed to leave in February 2008 to join Gimnasia de La Plata.[2] He returned to Godoy Cruz for the 2010–11 Argentine Primera División season.[3]
In July 2012 he is transferred to Racing Club signing a 3-year contract. He was a key figure in the team that won the 2014 First Division championship.
In 2017, Following three seasons playing for Defensa y Justicia and Uniòn de Santa Fe, Villar signed for his home-town club Aldosivi. He retired in 2018, after Aldosivi's promotion to Primera Divisiòn.
Honours
- Arsenal de Sarandí
Racing Club
References
- ^ a b "Diego Villar, de campeón de Sudamérica y Argentina al mayorista de golosinas: Hay que salir y laburar - TyC Sports". www.tycsports.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-12.
- ^ goal.com
- ^ "Diego Villar es el nuevo refuerzo del Tomba". Los Andes (in Spanish). 2010-06-30. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
External links
- (in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
- Football-Lineups player profile
- Diego Villar at Soccerway
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Mar del Plata
- Argentine footballers
- Association football wingers
- Newell's Old Boys footballers
- Godoy Cruz footballers
- Arsenal de Sarandí footballers
- Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata footballers
- Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
- Unión de Santa Fe footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Chile
- Argentine football midfielder stubs