Germán Villa
Germán Villa Castañeda (locally ; born 2 April 1973) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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| Full name | Germán Villa Castañeda | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 April 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mexico City, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–2009 | América | 434 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | → Espanyol (loan) | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | → Necaxa (loan) | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | → Necaxa (loan) | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Querétaro | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | → Irapuato (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 482 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2002 | Mexico | 67 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
German made his debut in the 1991–92 season with América against Leon. Villa played regularly with América until 1998 when he decided to go to the Spanish league to play for Espanyol de Barcelona. Villa returned to Mexico for the Verano 1999 season to play with América. He then transferred to Necaxa where he played one tournament. Villa returned to América for the Verano 2000 season. Villa has won two championships, the first in Verano 2002 season and the second in Clausura 2005. He was a vital part of the Mexico national team that played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and also the 2002 FIFA World Cup tournament.
In November 2009, German Villa signed a contract with Querétaro to play at least one year.
German Villa is regarded as one of América's finest cantera players of all time, and ranks among the top tier of Mexico's footballers. He is considered one of the best defensive midfielders Mexico has had in the past decade.
Honours
América
- Mexican Primera División: Verano 2002, Clausura 2005
- Campeón de Campeones: 2005
- CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1992, 2006
- CONCACAF Giants Cup: 2001
Mexico
External links
- Germán Villa (Germán Villa Castañeda) at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
- Germán Villa (Germán Villa Castañeda) – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- Germán Villa at Soccerway
- Germán Villa at National-Football-Teams.com
- Germán Villa at FootballDatabase.com
- youtube.com
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