Toni Villa
Toni with Valladolid in 2019
Personal information
Full name Laureano Antonio Villa Suárez
Date of birth (1995-01-07) 7 January 1995
Place of birth Murcia, Spain
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Girona
Number 12
Youth career
Valladolid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Valladolid B 76 (7)
2016–2017 Cultural Leonesa 36 (5)
2017–2022 Valladolid 139 (11)
2022– Girona 22 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 April 2023

Laureano Antonio "Toni" Villa Suárez (born 7 January 1995), known as Toni Villa or simply Toni, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Girona FC as a left winger.

Club career

Born in Murcia, Toni represented Real Valladolid as a youth. He made his senior debut with the reserves on 23 April 2014, coming on as a half-time substitute in a 5–1 Tercera División home routing of Racing Lermeño CF.[1]

Toni scored his first senior goal on 28 September 2014, netting the winner in a 4–3 home success over Real Oviedo in the Segunda División B.[2] On 8 June 2016 he extended his contract until 2018,[3] but was transferred to fellow third-tier club Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa on 4 August.[4]

On 12 June 2017, after helping Cultural in their promotion to the Segunda División after 42 years, Toni returned to Valladolid, with the club activating his buy-back clause, and was definitively assigned to the main squad also in the second division.[5] He made his professional debut on 3 September, replacing Míchel in a 2–0 home win against CD Tenerife.[6]

On 4 December 2017, Toni renewed his contract until 2021.[7] He scored his first professional goal the following 12 May in a 3–2 home defeat of Albacete Balompié, and contributed with 30 league appearances as his side achieved promotion to La Liga.

Toni made his debut in the main category of Spanish football on 17 August 2018, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Girona FC.[8] His first goal in the division came on 1 December, but in a 4–2 home loss against CD Leganés.

On 1 September 2022, Toni signed a three-year contract with Girona FC also in the top tier.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "5–1: El Promesas golea con facilidad al Racing Lermeño" [5–1: Promesas easily thrash Racing Lermeño] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Derrota del Real Oviedo ante el Valladolid B (4–3)" [Defeat of Real Oviedo against Valladolid B (4–3)] (in Spanish). RTPA. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "El Real Valladolid proyecta su cantera" [Real Valladolid project their youth setup] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Toni, a la Cultural Leonesa" [Toni, to Cultural Leonesa] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Álex Pérez renovará y Toni volverá" [Álex Pérez will renew and Toni will return] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "El imbatido Tenerife sucumbe ante un gran Valladolid" [The unbeaten Tenerife fall against a great Valladolid] (in Spanish). Marca. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Toni 2021" (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Ni VAR ni puntería" [Neither VAR nor aim] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "L'extrem Toni Villa jugarà a Girona" [Winger Toni Villa will play at Girona] (in Catalan). Girona FC. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
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