Juan Manuel Villa

Juan Manuel Villa Gutiérrez (born 26 September 1938) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Villa and the second or maternal family name is Gutiérrez.
Juan Manuel Villa
Personal information
Full name Juan Manuel Villa Gutiérrez
Date of birth (1938-09-26) 26 September 1938
Place of birth Seville, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1953–1959 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1960 Plus Ultra 37 (24)
1960–1962 Real Madrid 0 (0)
1961–1962 → Real Sociedad (loan) 21 (10)
1962–1971 Zaragoza 162 (43)
Total 220 (77)
National team
1964 Spain 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Seville, Andalusia, Villa joined the youth system of Real Madrid at the age of 15, and made his professional debut for their reserves in 1959.

He never appeared in La Liga for the first team, but played in the competition with Real Sociedad and Real Zaragoza, amassing league totals of 183 games and 53 goals over the course of exactly ten seasons before retiring in 1971 at nearly 33.[1][2]

International career

Villa earned three caps for Spain, all in 1964. His debut arrived on 11 March in the first leg of the 1964 European Nations' Cup's last qualifying stage, a 5–1 home win against the Republic of Ireland (7–1 aggregate).[3]

Honours

Zaragoza

References
  1. Martín, Ignacio (4 March 2013). "Juan Manuel Villa: "Han pasado más de 40 años y me siguen parando por la calle"" [Juan Manuel Villa: "It's been more than 40 years and people still stop me on the street"]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  2. Gay, Miguel (23 April 2014). "Los años Magníficos" [The Magnificent years]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  3. "España, 5 – Irlanda, 1" [Spain, 5 – Ireland, 1]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 March 1964. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  4. "R. Zaragoza, 2 – At. de Madrid, 1". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 6 July 1964. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. "El Zaragoza conquistó brillantemente la Copa de S.E." [Zaragoza won the S.E. Cup brilliantly]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 30 May 1966. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  6. "El Real Zaragoza, campeón de la Copa de Ferias en 1964" [Real Zaragoza, Fairs Cup champions in 1964]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 25 June 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
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