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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Villa and the second or maternal family name is López.

Luisma
Personal information
Full name Luis Manuel Villa López
Date of birth (1989-08-11) 11 August 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Noja, Spain
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Noja
Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Racing B 60 (10)
2007–2010 Racing Santander 3 (0)
2010–2011 Real Unión 18 (1)
2011–2012 Alavés 11 (1)
2012 Amorebieta 15 (2)
2012–2013 Noja 28 (3)
2013–2015 Barnet 61 (17)
2015–2018 Arenas 81 (19)
2018 Ponferradina 8 (0)
2019 Bengaluru 4 (0)
2020 Sestao 3 (0)
2020–2021 Gernika 12 (0)
2021–2024 Leioa 89 (29)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luis Manuel Villa López (born 11 August 1989), commonly known as Luisma, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

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Born in Noja, Cantabria, Luisma came through the youth system at Racing de Santander. He was mainly registered with the B team during his three-year spell with the club, appearing in three La Liga matches as a substitute in three different seasons; his debut in the competition came on 1 September 2007, when he played five minutes after replacing Gonzalo Colsa in a 1–1 away draw against Real Zaragoza.[1][2][3]

Released in 2010, Luisma took his game to Segunda División B, where he represented in quick succession Real Unión,[4] Deportivo Alavés,[5] SD Amorebieta[6] and SD Noja. He reached the promotion playoffs to Segunda División with the first and third sides, but consecutively fell short.

In late July 2013, Luisma went on trial at Barnet in the Conference Premier alongside compatriot Roberto Casabella.[7] Both players had their signings confirmed on 3 August,[8] and the former's first goal came on 2 November 2013 when he scored the game's only in a home win over Kidderminster Harriers, being also later sent off for two bookable offences.[9]

Across his two seasons at Barnet, Luisma scored 17 goals in 67 games in all competitions. In his second season, he finished as the team's second top scorer and helped them win promotion to The Football League as champions.[10][11] On 2 July 2015, he left by mutual consent as he wanted to move back to Spain,[10] writing a farewell letter to fans on his departure.[12]

Luisma joined Arenas Club de Getxo on 15 July 2015.[13] After three seasons, he then had a short spell with SD Ponferradina also of the third tier.[14]

In January 2019, Luisma signed with Indian Super League club Bengaluru FC until the end of the season.[15] He returned to Spain one year later, agreeing to a deal at amateurs Sestao River Club.[16]

Luisma continued competing in the Spanish lower leagues until his retirement, with Gernika Club and SD Leioa.[17]

Career statistics

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As of match played on 15 May 2021
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Racing B 2008–09[18] Segunda División B 34 5 — — 34 5
2009–10[18] Segunda División B 26 5 — — 26 5
Total 60 10 — — 60 10
Racing Santander 2007–08[18] La Liga 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
2008–09[18] La Liga 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
2009–10[18] La Liga 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
Real Unión 2010–11[18] Segunda División B 18 1 4 1 1[a] 0 23 2
Alavés 2011–12[18] Segunda División B 11 1 2 0 — 13 1
Amorebieta 2011–12[18] Segunda División B 15 2 1 0 — 16 2
Noja 2012–13[18] Segunda División B 28 3 3 0 — 31 3
Barnet 2013–14[19] Conference Premier 28 4 1 0 2[b] 0 31 4
2014–15[19] Conference Premier 33 13 3 1 0 0 36 14
Total 61 17 4 1 2 0 67 18
Arenas 2015–16[18] Segunda División B 30 5 0 0 — 30 5
2016–17[18] Segunda División B 17 5 0 0 — 17 5
2017–18[18] Segunda División B 34 9 0 0 — 34 9
Total 81 19 0 0 — 81 19
Ponferradina 2018–19[18] Segunda División B 8 0 0 0 — 8 0
Bengaluru 2018–19[19] Indian Super League 4 0 0 0 2[c] 0 6 0
Sestao 2019–20[19] Tercera División 3 0 0 0 1[c] 0 4 0
Gernika 2020–21[19] Tercera División 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Leioa 2021–22[19] Tercera División 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 304 53 13 2 7 0 324 55
  1. ^ Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
  2. ^ Appearances in FA Trophy
  3. ^ a b Appearances in play-offs

Honours

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Barnet

Bengaluru

References

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  1. ^ Melero, Delfín (2 September 2007). "El Racing se aplica y saca tajada" [Racing work hard and find prize]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  2. ^ González, Juan Carlos (21 March 2009). "Contra la depresión y la estadística" [Against depression and statistics]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. ^ Wright, Anthony (20 February 2010). "Barcelona 4–0 Racing Santander: Vintage Barca back to winning ways". Goal. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  4. ^ "El cántabro Luisma, nuevo unionista" [Cantabria's Luisma, new unionista] (in Spanish). Real Unión. 26 July 2010. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  5. ^ "El fichaje de Luisma completa la plantilla del nuevo Alavés 2011–12" [Luisma signing completes squad of new Alavés 2011–12]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 16 August 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  6. ^ Díaz, Manuela (20 January 2012). "El Amorebieta ficha al centrocampista del Alavés Luisma" [Amorebieta sign Alavés midfielder Luisma]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Barnet 0–1 Ipswich Town". Barnet F.C. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  8. ^ "Luisma & Roberto sign for Barnet". Barnet F.C. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  9. ^ "Barnet 1–0 Kidderminster". BBC Sport. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  10. ^ a b c "Luisma returns home". Barnet F.C. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Barnet 2–0 Gateshead". BBC Sport. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  12. ^ "Luisma's farewell". Barnet F.C. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  13. ^ "El extremo Luisma Villa ficha por el Arenas" [Winger Luisma Villa signs for Arenas] (in Spanish). Arenas Club. 15 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  14. ^ "La Deportiva y Luisma Villa acuerdan la rescisión de su contrato" [Deportiva and Luisma Villa agree to termination of his contract] (in Spanish). SD Ponferradina. December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  15. ^ @bengalurufc (31 January 2019). "INCOMING! The Blues have secured the services of Spanish attacking midfielder @Luisma_7 on a deal that runs until the end of the current season" (Tweet). Retrieved 31 January 2019 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ "Luisma Villa se convierte en el primer refuerzo invernal" [Luisma Villa becomes the fourth winter addition] (in Spanish). Sestao River. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Luisma Villaren fitxaketa | Fichaje de Luisma Villa" [Luisma Villa signing] (in Basque). SD Leioa. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Luisma: Luis Manuel Villa López". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  19. ^ a b c d e f "Luisma". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  20. ^ "ISL 2018–19 Final highlights, Bengaluru FC vs FC Goa match updates: Bengaluru win title after late win". Firstpost. 17 March 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
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