Diego Villar Explained

Diego Villar
Fullname:Diego Nicolás Villar
Height:1.750NaN0
Birth Date:24 April 1981
Birth Place:Mar del Plata, Argentina
Currentclub:Aldosivi (interim)
Position:Winger
Years1:2001–2004
Years2:2005
Years3:2005–2007
Years4:2007
Years5:2008–2010
Years6:2010–2012
Years7:2012–2014
Years8:2014–2015
Years9:2015–2017
Years10:2017–2018
Clubs1:Newell's Old Boys
Clubs2:Santiago Wanderers
Clubs3:Godoy Cruz
Clubs4:Arsenal de Sarandí
Clubs5:Gimnasia (LP)
Clubs6:Godoy Cruz
Clubs7:Racing Club
Clubs8:Defensa y Justicia
Clubs9:Unión Santa Fe
Clubs10:Aldosivi
Caps1:34
Caps2:6
Caps3:64
Caps4:18
Caps5:46
Caps6:46
Caps7:61
Caps8:3
Caps9:55
Caps10:18
Goals1:2
Goals2:0
Goals3:10
Goals4:1
Goals5:4
Goals6:7
Goals7:5
Goals8:0
Goals9:1
Goals10:1
Manageryears1:2021–
Managerclubs1:Aldosivi (youth)
Manageryears2:2022
Managerclubs2:Aldosivi (interim)
Manageryears3:2022–
Managerclubs3:Aldosivi (interim)

Diego Nicolás Villar (born 24 April 1981) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a winger. He is the current interim manager of Aldosivi.

Career

Villar started his professional playing career with Newell's Old Boys in 2001, in 2005 he joined Chilean side Santiago Wanderers but returned to Argentina later that year to join 2nd division team Godoy Cruz. In 2006, he was part of the Godoy Cruz team to win promotion to the Argentine Primera. Despite his contribution of 7 goals Godoy Cruz were relegated at the end of the 2006-2007 season after losing their playoff with Huracán.

In 2007 Villar joined Arsenal de Sarandí, but was allowed to leave in February 2008 to join Gimnasia de La Plata.[1] He returned to Godoy Cruz for the 2010–11 Argentine Primera División season.[2]

In July 2012 he is transferred to Racing Club signing a 3-year contract. He was a key figure in the team that won the 2014 First Division championship.

In 2017, Following three seasons playing for Defensa y Justicia and Uniòn de Santa Fe, Villar signed for his home-town club Aldosivi. He retired in 2018, after Aldosivi's promotion to Primera Divisiòn.

Personal life

As of 2020 he owned a sweets & confectionery company in his native city of Mar del Plata.[3]

Honours

Arsenal de Sarandí

2007

Racing Club

2014

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.goal.com/es-la/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=604763 goal.com
  2. News: Diego Villar es el nuevo refuerzo del Tomba . Los Andes . 2010-06-30 . Spanish . 2010-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318062658/http://www.losandes.com.ar/notas/2010/6/30/un-499767.asp . 2012-03-18 . dead .
  3. Web site: Diego Villar, de campeón de Sudamérica y Argentina al mayorista de golosinas: Hay que salir y laburar - TyC Sports. 2020-07-12. www.tycsports.com. es.