Emanuel Alejandro Villa (born 24 February 1982) is an Argentine former professional
footballer
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. He is a Mexican naturalized citizen.
He previously played for
Huracán
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,
Atlético Rafaela
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and
Rosario Central
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in Argentina;
Derby County
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Founded in 1884 ...
in
England
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; and
Atlas
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,
Tecos
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,
Cruz Azul
Club de Futbol Cruz Azul or simply Cruz Azul () is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Because "azul" means "blue" in Spanish, the club has traditionally ...
,
Pumas UNAM
Club Universidad Nacional, A.C., commonly referred to as UNAM, is a professional football club based in Ciudad Universitaria of Mexico City, Mexico. The club competes in the Liga MX, the top division in the Mexican football league system. Fo ...
,
Tigres UANL
Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Foun ...
and
Querétaro
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in Mexico.
Career
Early career in Argentina and Mexico
Villa started his career at
Club Atlético Huracán
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in the
Primera Division Argentina
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in 2001. In 2003, he was transferred to
Atlético Rafaela
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but the club were relegated at the end of the 2003–2004 season after a losing a playoff with
Huracán de Tres Arroyos
Club Atlético Huracán (usually Huracán de Tres Arroyos) is an Argentine football club based in the city of Tres Arroyos, in Buenos Aires Province.
The club is the biggest of Tres Arroyos City, and one of the largest in Southern Buenos Aire ...
.
After the disappointment of relegation with Rafaela, Villa returned to the Primera the following season by joining
Rosario Central
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. In 2006, he was signed by Atlas in
Guadalajara
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. Villa stayed in Guadalajara, after he was transferred to
Tecos UAG
Tecos Fútbol Club (often referred to by its nickname "Tecos") is a Mexican professional Association football, football club associated with the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara AC. It plays its home games in the ''Estadio 3 de Marzo'' (March ...
for the Clausura 2007 tournament.
Derby County
Villa signed for
Premier League
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side
Derby County
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Founded in 1884 ...
on 4 January 2008 in a £2million deal. The move proved to be a controversial one as
César Luis Menotti
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During his playing days, he pl ...
, then coach of Tecos, was not informed of Villa being sold. Villa signed a -year contract with the Rams and made his debut in a 1–0 home defeat against
Wigan Athletic
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. He scored his first goal on 2 February 2008, with a last minute headed equaliser from a
Dean Leacock
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Career Fulham
Born in Croydon, London, Leacock ...
cross, in a 1–1 draw away at
Birmingham City
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. His first home goals came with a brace in a 2–2 draw with
Fulham
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on 29 March 2008. His first a deflection from a
Dean Leacock
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Career Fulham
Born in Croydon, London, Leacock ...
shot, his second a header after
Mile Sterjovski
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crossed. However, a draw was not enough to help Derby survive relegation. It was the earliest a team had been relegated from the Premier League.
Villa's first goal of the 08/09 season came against
QPR
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as a substitute in a 2–0 away victory. On Sunday 2 November 2008, Villa scored an own-goal against
Nottingham Forest
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, but exactly 10 minutes 12 seconds later Villa scored again, this time in the right goal, the game ended 1–1. Two days later Villa scored his first hat-trick for Derby; in a League Cup game against
Brighton
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, becoming only the third player in 10 years to score three goals in one game for Derby. In the fourth round of the
League Cup
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he scored again to claim his sixth goal of the season this time against
Leeds United
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. Derby won the match 2–1 to book themselves in the quarter finals on the competition. Despite this, Villa could not command a regular position in the Derby County line-up and, after Jewell was replaced by
Nigel Clough
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he was deemed surplus to requirements, and revealed his desire to return to Mexico due to his wife's homesickness. He left Derby for £1.7 million. He made 53 appearances and scored 9 goals for The Rams.
Return to Mexico
On 30 June 2009 he was linked with a move to Mexican club
Cruz Azul
Club de Futbol Cruz Azul or simply Cruz Azul () is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Because "azul" means "blue" in Spanish, the club has traditionally ...
.
and on 1 July it was revealed that a fee rumoured to be of £1.7m had been agreed for Villa, and he signed for the club on 2 July 2009.
Villa enjoyed a successful start to his Cruz Azul career, his first goals of the Mexico Apertura season came in a 3–0 win at
Pumas UNAM
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and a brace in a 2–0 win over
CF Monterrey
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. His first goal in the
2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League
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came in a 6–2 away victory at Herdiano.
On 22 August Villa played his first Mexico City Derby match "Clasico Joven", between
Cruz Azul
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and Club America, the match ended 2–3 in favor of the visitors, but "Tito" scored the partial 1–1, at the 41 minutes, then easily put away the goalkeeper
Guillermo Ochoa
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to score his 5th goal in 5 matches during his first season as a
Cruz Azul
Club de Futbol Cruz Azul or simply Cruz Azul () is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Because "azul" means "blue" in Spanish, the club has traditionally ...
player.
Villa scored four goals on 19 September 2009, in a game Cruz Azul won 4–2, over "Gladiadores" de San Luis. This was the first time he scored more than three goals in a game, the first three being for Derby County in a League Cup match against Brighton & Hove Albion.. After this game he has 10 goals in the tournament, and averages 1.1 goals per match. Villa scored 2 more goals against
Atlante F.C.
Atlante Fútbol Club, is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. Founded in 1916, Atlante were original members of the Mexican Primera División when it began in 1943.
Atlante has won three national league championships, two ...
making him the leader of the Apertura 2009 with 13 goals. On 7 November, he scored another couple of goals against
Puebla FC
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with a 4–0 score, and in another match against Pachuca he scored once, having now 19 goals, above other players as
Miguel Sabah
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Throughout his career, he played for Guadalajara, Cruz Azul, Monarcas Morelia, and Club León. Sabah made his debut in the ...
,
Salvador Cabañas
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,
Humberto Suazo
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,
Héctor Mancilla
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and
Javier Hernández
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Villa scored his first goal in el torneo Bicentenario against his former team Atlas in a 3–1 win. He then began his goal streak scoring in the next game against San Luis in a 2–1 win. He then scored his first pair against Toluca in a 3–2 win.
As of July 2011, Emanuel Villa has become one of the Top All-Time Scorers for Cruz Azul Team with 50 goals for the team. On 19 May 2012, his contract with Cruz Azul was over and both parties weren't able to end on an agreement, and on 24 May 2012 he was transferred to
Pumas UNAM
Club Universidad Nacional, A.C., commonly referred to as UNAM, is a professional football club based in Ciudad Universitaria of Mexico City, Mexico. The club competes in the Liga MX, the top division in the Mexican football league system. Fo ...
.
Tigres UANL
On 15 November 2012, after a poor season with Pumas he signed with
Tigres UANL
Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply known as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican professional football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area, Nuevo León. Foun ...
. On 5 January 2013, Villa made his official league debut with Tigres against
Chiapas
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scoring a
hat trick
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in the
Estadio Universitario. On 19 January 2013, Villa scored the goal for the victory of 1–0 of Tigres over
Atlas de Guadalajara
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Founded in 1916, Atlas has won three league titles and four domestic cups ...
. Villa scored one goal and gave an assist to
Danilinho to the second goal in the victory of 2–0 of Tigres over
Queretaro F.C. in the
Estadio Corregidora
Estadio Corregidora is a stadium in Querétaro City, Mexico. Named for Mexican War of Independence heroine Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez ("La Corregidora"), it has a capacity of 33,162 and is located on the outskirts of the city of Querétaro, north ...
on 26 January 2013. On 10 February 2013, Villa scored one goal against
Toluca
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for the victory of 4–1, in the
Estadio Nemesio Díez
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. On 23 February 2013, Villa scored for the first time on his career against his former team
Cruz Azul
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. He scored the two goals of the victory of 2–1, at the
Estadio Azul
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. On 28 February 2013, while training, Villa suffered from a
strain
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on his left
calf
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. He missed five games. On 14 April 2013, he scored once more against a former team, this time to
Pumas UNAM
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at the
Estadio Olímpico Universitario
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in the defeat of Tigres by 2–1. On 6 July 2013, Villa scored one goal for the victory of 5–1 against
San Antonio Scorpions
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in a friendly game at the
Toyota Field
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. On 18 September 2013, he scored a goal against
Club Santos Laguna
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in the
Copa MX
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at the Estadio Universitario for the 3–0 victory of Tigres. On 2 October 2013, Villa scored a goal against archrival
C.F. Monterrey
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for the 2–2 draw in the Copa MX quarterfinals played at the
Estadio Tecnológico
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. Due to past physical issues and looking for a full recovery, Villa did not play with Tigres the Clausura 2014 tournament. On mid-May, 2014, Villa reported as ready for the Apertura 2014 tournament. He scored a goal against
Club León
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León has won the Primera División de México/Liga MX title ...
on the victory of Tigres by 4–2 at the Estadio Universitario on 26 July 2014, in the second game of the league regular season. Villa participated scoring the third goal of a 5–1 victory over
Monarcas Morelia at the
Estadio Morelos
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, heading in a cross from
Darío Burbano on a league game on 22 August 2014.
Querétaro
On 29 December 2015, Querétaro announced that they reached an agreement with the player to sign him in a two-year contract with an option of one more at the end of the perspective one.
Celaya
On 14 December 2017,
Celaya
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announced the arrival of Villa on loan from
Querétaro
Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...
.
Goals with Cruz Azul
Appearances and goals for Cruz Azul as of 19 April 2012.
Personal life
Villa and his wife Virginia have two children, Alessandro and Stefano.
¡Lo presentan ante Dios! 'Tito' Villa y su esposa bautizaron a su hijo
/ref> His nickname "Tito", was given by his grandfather. He is a fan of his former team Rosario Central
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.
Honours
Club
;Querétaro
*Copa MX
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: Apertura 2016
*Supercopa MX
The Supercopa MX ( en, Supercup MX) was a Mexican football championship contested by the winners of the Apertura and Clausura Copa MX.
History
In June 2013 Liga MX president Decio De María announced the winners of Apertura and Clausura Copa MX w ...
: 2017
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Individual
*Liga MX
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The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in a ...
Golden Boot (2): Apertura 2009, Apertura 2015
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*CONCACAF Champions League
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Golden Boot: 2015–16
References
External links
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Argentine Primera statistics
at Fútbol XXI
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1982 births
Living people
Argentine emigrants to Mexico
Naturalized citizens of Mexico
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Club Atlético Huracán footballers
Atlético de Rafaela footballers
Rosario Central footballers
Atlas F.C. footballers
Tecos F.C. footballers
Cruz Azul footballers
Club Universidad Nacional footballers
Tigres UANL footballers
Querétaro F.C. footballers
Derby County F.C. players
Premier League players
English Football League players
Argentine Primera División players
Liga MX players
Expatriate footballers in Chile
Expatriate footballers in England
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