Jaime Villarreal

Jamie Villarreal (born June 23, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for Sacramento Republic FC in the USL Championship.

Jaime Villarreal
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-06-23) June 23, 1995
Place of birth Inglewood, California, United States
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sacramento Republic
Number 24
Youth career
LA Galaxy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 LA Galaxy II 61 (4)
2017 LA Galaxy 7 (0)
2018– Sacramento Republic 70 (5)
National team‡
2014 United States U20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 4, 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of August 2, 2014

Career

LA Galaxy

Born in Inglewood, California, Villarreal started his career at the LA Galaxy academy set-up. While with the U18s Villarreal scored ten goals as he led his team to the Southwest Division championship.[1] In 2014, he signed his first professional contract with the LA Galaxy II, the reserve team of the LA Galaxy, of the USL.[1] He made his debut for the team on June 8, 2014 against the Dayton Dutch Lions. Villarreal came on as a 58th minute substitute for Jack McBean as LA Galaxy II won 5–1.[2]

He made his debut for the senior team on May 21, 2017, coming on as a late substitute for the injured João Pedro in the 87th minute as LA Galaxy beat Minnesota United 2–1.

Sacramento Republic

Villarreal signed with USL side Sacramento Republic FC for the 2018 season on January 4, 2018.[3]

International

Villarreal has represented the United States at the under-20 level.[4]

Personal life

Villareal was born in the United States and is of Mexican descent.[5] His older brother José (born 1993) is also a professional soccer player.

Career statistics
As of July 15, 2018[6]
Club Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
LA Galaxy II 2014 USL4020——60
2015 23 1 2 0 — — 25 1
2016 27 3 1 0 — — 28 3
2017 7 0 0 0 — — 7 0
Total 61 4 5 0 — — 66 4
LA Galaxy 2017 MLS 7 0 0 0 3 0 — 10 0
Total 7 0 0 0 3 0 — 10 0
Sacramento Republic 2018 USL 19 0 0 0 3 0 — 22 0
Total 19 0 0 0 3 0 — 22 0
Career total 874506000984

References
  1. "Galaxy II signs academy product Jaime Villarreal". socceramerica.com. Soccer America. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  2. "LA Galaxy II vs. Dayton Dutch Lions 5 - 1". soccerway.com. Soccerway. June 9, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  3. Bjork, Erika (January 4, 2018). "Sacramento Republic FC Sign Former MLS Midfielder Jaime Villarreal". sacrepublicfc.com. Sacramento Republic FC. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  4. Serrano, Adam. "LA Galaxy U-18 Jaime Villarreal seeks to follow in his older brother's footsteps". LA Galaxy. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  5. "A Shot at the Galaxy - Los Angeles Magazine". lamag.com. Los Angeles Magazine. October 1, 2014. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  6. Jaime Villarreal at Soccerway


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