Ricardo Villa
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![]() Ricardo Villa in 1981 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ricardo Julio Villa | ||
Date of birth | 18 August 1952 | ||
Place of birth | Roque Pérez, Argentina | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970–1974 | Quilmes | 108 | (20) |
1973 | →San Martín de Tucumán (loan) | 10 | (3) |
1974–1976 | Atlético de Tucumán | 51 | (19) |
1976–1978 | Racing Club | 52 | (6) |
1978–1983 | Tottenham Hotspur | 133 | (18) |
1983 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 19 | (3) |
1984–1985 | Deportivo Cali | 0 | (0) |
1986–1989 | Defensa y Justicia | 93 | (4) |
Total | 466 | (73) | |
International career | |||
1975–1978 | Argentina | 17 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ricardo Julio "Ricky" Villa (locally [riˈkaɾðo ˈβiʃa]; born 18 August 1952 in Roque Pérez, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football coach and former professional midfielder.
Career
In the 1970s he played successively for Quilmes, Atlético de Tucumán and Racing Club. At the 1978 FIFA World Cup, he was a member of the Argentinian team that won the tournament and made two appearances as a substitute in the second round. Afterwards, he was snapped up by Tottenham Hotspur's Keith Burkinshaw together with Ossie Ardiles.
Arriving to a ticker tape welcome at White Hart Lane, Villa scored one goal against Nottingham Forest on his debut. Villa scored a total of 25 goals in 179 Spurs appearances including his winning goal against Manchester City in the FA Cup Final replay in 1981 – for which he won the Wembley goal of the century award in 2001. He had also opened the scoring in the 8th minute of that final replay.
Villa played on in Argentina, Colombia and the United States before ending his career in the lower leagues of Argentine football with Defensa y Justicia.
Villa also represented Argentina in the 1991 edition of the World Cup of Masters, scoring in the opening round against England.
He dedicated himself to politics during the 1990s, but since July 2005 has been the technical secretary of Talleres de Córdoba. He resides in Villa Carlos Paz with his wife and four children. As of November 2007, it was announced by FIFA that all members of winning World Cup squads prior to 1982 would receive World Cup winners medals and this includes Villa as part of the 1978 World Cup winning squad.
On 7 February 2008, Villa along with his compatriot Ossie Ardiles was inducted into the Tottenham Hotspur Hall of Fame.[1]
Honours
Club
- Tottenham Hotspur
International
- Argentina
- FIFA World Cup Winner 1978
References
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- ^ "HALL OF FAME SPECIAL". Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
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External links
- Ricardo Villa – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Ricardo Villa at National-Football-Teams.com
- Use dmy dates from March 2013
- 1952 births
- Living people
- People from Buenos Aires Province
- Argentine footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Quilmes footballers
- Atlético Tucumán footballers
- San Martín de Tucumán footballers
- Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Deportivo Cali footballers
- Defensa y Justicia footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Colombia
- 1978 FIFA World Cup players
- FIFA World Cup-winning players
- Argentina international footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1977–83) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–84) players