Gonzalo Villar (footballer)

Gonzalo Villar del Fraile (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡon´θalo biˈʎaɾ]; born 23 March 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Roma as a central midfielder.

Gonzalo Villar
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Villar del Fraile
Date of birth (1998-03-23) 23 March 1998
Place of birth Murcia, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Roma
Number 14
Youth career
2009–2015 Elche
2015–2017 Valencia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Elche B 3 (0)
2016–2018 Valencia B 32 (2)
2018–2020 Elche 35 (1)
2020– Roma 28 (0)
National team‡
2016 Spain U19 2 (0)
2019– Spain U21 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:08, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 September 2020
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Villar and the second or maternal family name is del Fraile.

Club career

Early career

Villar was born in Murcia, and represented Elche CF as a youth. On 4 January 2015, aged just 16, he made his senior debut with the reserves by coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–3 Segunda División B home loss against UE Sant Andreu.[1]

On 28 August 2015 Villar joined Valencia CF for a fee of € 175,000, and returned to youth football.[2] Promoted to the B-team ahead of the 2017–18 season, he was a first-choice in Lubo Penev's side,[3] scoring his first senior goal on 26 August 2017 in a 4–1 home routing of CF Peralada-Girona B.

Elche

On 9 July 2018, Villar returned to Elche, being assigned to the main squad in Segunda División;[4] Valencia retained 80% of his future transfer.[5] He made his professional debut on 18 August, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Granada CF.[6]

Villar scored his first professional goal on 24 November 2019, netting his team's third in a 3–3 away draw against Málaga CF.[7]

Roma

On 29 January 2020, Villar moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract with AS Roma. Roma paid an initial fee of €4 million for his transfer, with potential extra €1 million due based on performance.[8] He made his Serie A debut on 15 February, replacing Diego Perotti in a 1–2 away loss at Atalanta BC.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of 7 February 2021[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Elche B 2014–15 Segunda División B 30——30
Valencia B 2015–16 Segunda División B 00——00
2016–17 10——10
2017–18 312——312
Total 322——322
Elche 2018–19 Segunda División 15021—171
2019–20 20120—221
Total 35141—392
Roma 2019–20 Serie A 900020110
2020–21 1901060260
Total 2801080370
Career total 98351801114

    References
    1. "El filial cae en el Narcís Sala (3–0)" [The reserve team stumble at the Narcís Sala (3–0)] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
    2. "El juvenil Gonzalo Villar se marcha traspasado al Valencia" [Youth player Gonzalo Villar goes out transferred to Valencia] (in Spanish). Tele Elx. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
    3. "Sensación Gonzalo Villar" (in Spanish). Las Provincias. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
    4. "OFICIAL | Gonzalo Villar regresa al Elche C.F." [OFFICIAL | Gonzalo Villar returns to Elche C.F.] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
    5. "COMUNICADO OFICIAL" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
    6. "Elche y Granada se presentan con la pólvora mojada" [Elche and Granada present themselves with a wet powder] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
    7. "Homenaje de goles sin premio" [Goal honour without prize] (in Spanish). Marca. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
    8. "Roma complete signing of Gonzalo Villar" (Press release). AS Roma. 29 January 2020.
    9. "Atalanta 2–1 Roma". Football Italia. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
    10. "Gonzalo Villar". SofaScore. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
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