Juan Cruz Villagra (born 3 January 2000) is an Argentine professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who plays as a
centre-forward for
Douglas Haig, on loan from
Defensa y Justicia.
Career
Villagra joined
Defensa y Justicia's system in 2015, following a successful trial.
He made the jump into first-team football towards the end of 2020 under manager
Hernán Crespo, having signed his first professional contract at the start of March.
He was initially an unused substitute for four matches in 2020–21, including for a
Copa Libertadores
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group stage defeat to
Santos on 21 October.
Villagra made his senior debut on 21 November in a
Copa de la Liga Profesional
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defeat to
Colón, coming off the bench with fourteen minutes left of a match that also saw his brother, Brian, feature for the opposition.
Five more appearances followed.
On 1 February 2021, Villagra was loaned to
Primera Nacional with
San Martín de San Juan
Club Atlético San Martín, mostly known as San Martín de San Juan, is an Argentine football club from the city of San Juan. The team currently plays in the Argentine Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system ...
.
He debuted in a
Copa Argentina round of sixty-four encounter with the club's namesakes from
San Miguel de Tucumán on 1 March, before scoring on his league bow during a 4–2 victory over
Atlético de Rafaela on 12 March.
In February 2022, Villagra joined
Guillermo Brown
William Brown (also known in Spanish as Guillermo Brown or ''Almirante'' Brown) (22 June 1777 – 3 March 1857) was an Irish-born Argentine admiral. Brown's successes in the Argentine War of Independence, the Cisplatine War and the Anglo-Frenc ...
on loan until the end of 2022. However, the loan was terminated on 12 June 2022, and Villagra was instead loaned out to
Douglas Haig for the rest of the year.
Douglas ya sumó cuatro refuerzos
eltiempodepergamino.com.ar, 18 June 2022
Personal life
Villagra has four footballing brothers: Brian Fernández
Brian Fernández (born 26 September 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Colón.
Club career Defensa y Justicia
Fernández made his professional debut for Defensa y Justicia on 25 May 2012 in a 1–0 los ...
, Leandro Fernández, Nicolás Fernández and Tomás Villagra.
Career statistics
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Honours
;Defensa y JusticiaCopa Sudamericana
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: 2020
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References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Villagra, Juan Cruz
2000 births
Living people
Copa Sudamericana-winning players
People from General San Martín Partido
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Argentine Primera División players
Primera Nacional players
Defensa y Justicia footballers
San Martín de San Juan footballers
Guillermo Brown de Puerto Madryn footballers
Club Atlético Douglas Haig players
Fernández/Villagra family
Footballers from Buenos Aires Province