Cristian Villanueva
Personal information
Full name Cristian Damián Villanueva
Date of birth (1983-12-25) 25 December 1983
Place of birth General Roca, Argentina
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+12 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Deportivo Roca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2008 Deportivo Roca 92 (3)
2008–2018 Olimpo 218 (3)
2018–2019 Sansinena 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cristian Damián Villanueva (born 25 December 1983) is a retired Argentine professional footballer who played as a defender.[1]

Career

Villanueva began his career in 2001 with Deportivo Roca.[2] He remained with the club for seven years in Torneo Argentino B, scoring three times in ninety-two matches between the 2001–02 and 2007–08 seasons.[2] In July 2008, Villanueva joined Primera B Nacional side Olimpo.[1] He made his professional debut against Aldosivi on 16 August, before scoring his first goal on 4 October versus Tiro Federal.[1] In his first two seasons, he made fifty-three appearances as Olimpo won promotion to the Argentine Primera División in 2009–10.[1] He netted his first top-flight goal in December 2010 v. Newell's Old Boys.[1][3][4] He left in 2018, after ten years with Olimpo.[1]

Villanueva subsequently signed for Sansinena of Torneo Federal A.[1][5]

Career statistics

As of 7 July 2020.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Olimpo 2008–09 Primera B Nacional 2710000271
2009–10 2600000260
2010–11 Primera División 1310000131
2011–12 2502000270
2012–13 Primera B Nacional 3211000331
2013–14 Primera División 2900000290
2014 1601000170
2015 120001[lower-alpha 1]0130
2016 30100040
2016–17 2202000240
2017–18 1303000160
Total 2183100102293
Sansinena 2018–19 Torneo Federal A 1501000160
2019–20 00000000
Total 1501000160
Career total 2333110102453
  1. Appearance(s) in the Primera División play-offs

Honours

Olimpo[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Cristian Villanueva profile". Soccerway. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Cristian Villanueva profile". BDFA. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. "Cristian Villanueva, el nuevo capitán de Olimpo elegido por Mario Sciacqua". PressReader. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  4. "El roquense Cristian Villanueva prueba de qué está hecho el campeón". Río Negro. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  5. "Cristian Villanueva: "puedo decir que mi carrera es un poco particular"". Rio Negro. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.