Sergio Bismarck Villar (born 5 January 1944) is a Uruguayan former
footballer
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who played as a
left back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
. He played most of his career for
San Lorenzo de Almagro
Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro, commonly known as San Lorenzo de Almagro or simply San Lorenzo (in English: ''Saint Lawrence''), is a sports club of Argentina in the Boedo district of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its football team ...
in Argentina.
Villar started his career in Uruguay where he played for Club Sportivo Cerrito, C.A. Canillitas and
Defensor S.C.
In 1968 Villar joined San Lorenzo and in his first year with the club they won the
Metropolitano championship The Metropolitano championship ("Campeonato Metropolitano") was an Argentine football tournament which existed between 1967 and 1984. The Metropolitano formed one half of the Primera División, taking place in the first half of the year, while the ...
, and became the first team in the professional era of Argentine football to complete a season without losing a game.
In 1972 Villar was part of the San Lorenzo team that won both of the Argentine league titles, this time they completed the
Nacional
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* Banco Nacional, a ...
championship without losing a single game.
Villar won his fourth title with San Lorenzo in 1974 when the club won the Nacional championship. Villar is one of only five players to have won four league championships with San Lorenzo, the others being
Roberto Telch
Roberto "Oveja" Telch (6 November 1943 – 12 October 2014) was an Argentine footballer. He was born in San Vicente, Córdoba, and won four league championships with San Lorenzo in Argentina and represented the Argentina national football t ...
,
Victorio Cocco
Victorio Nicolás Cocco (born 23 March 1946 in Santa Fe, Argentina) is a former Argentine footballer. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina, Spain and Colombia and represented the Argentina national football team.
Personal life
Three m ...
,
Carlos Veglio
Carlos José Veglio (born 27 August 1946, in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football striker. He won a number of major titles with San Lorenzo and Boca Juniors and represented the Argentina national football team.
Playing career Early years
...
and
Agustín Irusta
Agustín Ernesto Irusta (born 19 July 1942) is a former Argentine football goalkeeper who played most of his career for San Lorenzo de Almagro.
Irusta was born in Villa María, Cordoba. He made his professional debut for San Lorenzo on 23 Jun ...
.
Villar played his last game for San Lorenzo in 1981, by the end of his time with the club he had played 446 games, scoring 6 goals. Villar is top of the San Lorenzo all-time appearances list.
San Lorenzo museum
Villar had a short spell with All Boys
Club Atlético All Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Floresta, Buenos Aires. The institution is mostly known by its football team, which currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league s ...
in 1982, after which he retired.
Titles
References
External links
San Lorenzo profile
1944 births
Living people
Uruguayan footballers
Association football defenders
Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players
Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players
Defensor Sporting players
Uruguayan expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Argentina
San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
All Boys footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Uruguayan people of German descent
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