Diego Villar

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]

Diego Villar
Personal information
Full name Diego Nicolás Villar
Date of birth (1981-04-24) April 24, 1981
Place of birth Mar del Plata, Argentina
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing 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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 May 2018

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

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References
  1. "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.
  2. goal.com
  3. "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.


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