Santi Villa
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Santiago Villa Castro | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Linares, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Jaén | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2001 | Linense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001 | Linense | 2 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Atlético Madrid C | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Logroñés | ||
| 2002 | → San Marcial (loan) | ||
| 2003 | → Corralejo (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2003 | Calahorra | 10 | (0) |
| 2004 | Quintanar Rey | 17 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | Granada | 26 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | Murcia B | ||
| 2006–2007 | Torrevieja | 36 | (9) |
| 2007–2008 | Ontinyent | 37 | (10) |
| 2008–2009 | Orihuela | 36 | (9) |
| 2009 | Pontevedra | 11 | (1) |
| 2010 | Atlético Ciudad | 15 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Badalona | 36 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | Cacereño | 33 | (8) |
| 2012– | Jaén | 85 | (13) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 August 2015. | |||
Santiago 'Santi' Villa Castro (born 5 August 1982) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Jaén as a winger.
Club career
Born in Linares, Jaén, Andalusia, Villa spent his first 12 seasons as a senior alternating between Segunda División B and Tercera División. He represented in the process Real Balompédica Linense, Atlético Madrid C, CD Logroñés, ACD San Marcial, CD Corralejo, CD Calahorra, CD Quintanar del Rey, Granada CF, Real Murcia Imperial, FC Torrevieja, Ontinyent CF, Orihuela CF, Pontevedra CF,[1] CF Atlético Ciudad, CF Badalona,[2] CP Cacereño[3] and Real Jaén,[4] achieving promotion with the latter to Segunda División in the 2012–13 campaign, to which he contributed with 41 games and five goals (playoffs included).
On 18 August 2013, at already 31, Villa played his first game as a professional, starting in a 1–2 league home loss against SD Eibar.[5]
References
- ↑ Pontevedra: se suma Santi Villa. (Pontevedra: adding Santi Villa); esFutbol, 27 July 2009 (Spanish)
- ↑ El Badalona fitxa Santi Villa (Atlético Ciudad) (Badalona signs Santi Villa (Atlético Ciudad)); El 9 Esportiu, 13 July 2010 (Catalan)
- ↑ Santi Villa y Samuel, nuevos fichajes del Cacereño (Santi Villa and Samuel, new signings of Cacereño); El Periódico de Extremadura, 20 July 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ Santi Villa: 'El Real Jaén me ofrece un proyecto atractivo' (Santi Villa: 'Real Jaén offers me an attractive project'); Diario de Jaén, 20 July 2012 (Spanish)
- ↑ El Jaén muere en la orilla (Jaén dies on the shore); Marca, 18 August 2013 (Spanish)
External links
- BDFutbol profile
- Santi Villa profile at Futbolme (Spanish)
- Santi Villa profile at Soccerway
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