Rodrigo Villagra

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Rodrigo Villagra
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Román Villagra
Date of birth (2001-02-14) 14 February 2001 (age 21)
Place of birth Morteros, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 talleres de Córdoba
Number 13
Youth career
Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Rosario Central 25 (0)
National team
2019– Argentina U20
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 July 2021 (UTC)

Rodrigo Román Villagra (born 14 February 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Talleres de Córdoba.[1]

Club career[]

Villagra came through the youth ranks of Rosario Central.[2] Diego Cocca was the manager who selected him for his professional debut, as the midfielder featured for the full duration of a Copa Libertadores group stage defeat to Libertad on 4 April 2019; he had previously been on the substitutes bench in the same competition a month prior versus Grêmio.[1][3]

International career[]

In March 2019, Villagra received a call-up to the Argentina U20s ahead of friendlies in Murcia, Spain.[4][5]

Personal life[]

Villagra has a footballing brother, Cristian, who also started his senior career with Rosario Central.[2] Their other brother, Gonzalo, died in June 2018 following a battle with leukemia.[6]

Career statistics[]

As of 5 April 2019.[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rosario Central 2018–19 Primera División 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Argentina - R. Villagra". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Conociendo a... Rodrigo Villagra". Rosario Central. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Cocca probó el equipo que enfrentaría a Libertad". Radiofonica. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Los convocados por Fernando Batista para entrenar en el Sub 20". Diagonales. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Firmaron los pibes". Vavel. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Dolor en el fútbol: murió el hermano de Cristian Villagra, a quien el jugador le había donado médula osea". Infobae. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2019.

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