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Marco Villa (footballer)

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Marco Villa
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-07-18) 18 July 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Düsseldorf, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
KFC Uerdingen 05
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1999 Borussia Mönchengladbach 24 (4)
1999–2000 SV Ried 22 (8)
2000–2001 Panathinaikos 3 (0)
2001–2003 1. FC Nürnberg 12 (0)
2003–2005 Arezzo 9 (0)
2005 SPAL 8 (0)
2005–2006 Val di Sangro 15 (2)
2006 Sant'Antonia Abate 6 (2)
2006–2008 Morro d'Oro 47 (7)
2008–2010 L'Aquila 52 (17)
2010–2012 San Nicolò ? (18)
International career
Germany U21 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Villa (born 18 July 1978) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Career

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Villa was born in Düsseldorf. He spent five seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1. FC Nürnberg. He is the youngest player for Borussia Mönchengladbach history to score a league goal (on 6 September 1996 in a game against Hamburger SV when he was 18 years and 50 days old).[1]

Personal life

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Villa was the best friend of Robert Enke, the former German International.[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Mit Ruhe und Besonnenheit ans Ziel
  2. ^ Costa, Gianni (8 November 2010). "Marco Villa zum Todestag von Robert Enke: "Ich vermisse Robert jeden Tag"". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. ^ Vaagt, Tom (8 November 2010). "Marco Villa: Erinnerungen an seinen Freund Robert Enke". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  4. ^ Fenske, Marco; Rehberg, Heiko (10 November 2014). "Enke-Biograf Reng im Interview: "Mensch Robert, das hast du angestoßen!"". Ostsee Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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