Gonzalo Villar (footballer)

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Gonzalo Villar
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Villar del Fraile
Date of birth (1998-03-23) 23 March 1998 (age 24)
Place of birth Murcia, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Getafe
(on loan from Roma)
Number 6
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 42 (0)
2022– → Getafe (loan) 4 (0)
National team‡
2016 Spain U19 2 (0)
2019–2021 Spain U21 10 (1)
2021– Spain 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:10, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 June 2021
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Villar and the second or maternal family name is del Fraile.

Gonzalo Villar del Fraile (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡon´θalo biˈʎaɾ]; born 23 March 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Getafe CF, on loan from Italian club Roma, and the Spain national team.

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]

Loan to Getafe[]

On 13 January 2022, Villar returned to his home country after agreeing to a loan deal with La Liga side Getafe CF until the end of the season.[10]

International career[]

Due to the isolation of some national team players following the positive COVID-19 test of Sergio Busquets, Spain's under-21 squad were called up for the international friendly against Lithuania on 8 June 2021.[11] Villar made his senior debut in the match as Spain won 4–0.[12]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 9 November 2021[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Elche B 2014–15 Segunda División B 3 0 — — 3 0
Valencia B 2015–16 Segunda División B 0 0 — — 0 0
2016–17 1 0 — — 1 0
2017–18 31 2 — — 31 2
Total 32 2 — — 32 2
Elche 2018–19 Segunda División 15 0 2 1 — 17 1
2019–20 20 1 2 0 — 22 1
Total 35 1 4 1 — 39 2
Roma 2019–20 Serie A 9 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
2020–21 33 0 1 0 13 0 47 0
2021–22 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0
Total 42 0 1 0 21 0 64 0
Career total 112 3 5 1 21 0 136 4

International[]

As of 8 June 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 2021 1 0
Total 1 0

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. ^ "Comunicado Oficial /Borja Mayoral y Gonzalo Villar" [Official announcement /Borja Mayoral and Gonzalo Villar] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Oficial | Lista de convocados para el encuentro ante Lituania" [Official | Squad list for the match against Lithuania]. Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish). 6 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Spain youngsters impress in Lithuania rout". MARCA. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Gonzalo Villar". SofaScore. Retrieved 2 October 2019.

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