| Juan Cruz Villagra | |
| Birth Date: | 3 January 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Villa Yapeyú, Argentina[1] |
| Position: | Centre-forward[2] |
| Currentclub: | Douglas Haig (on loan from Defensa y Justicia) |
| Youthyears1: | 2015–2020 |
| Youthclubs1: | Defensa y Justicia |
| Years1: | 2020– |
| Clubs1: | Defensa y Justicia |
| Caps1: | 5 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2021 |
| Clubs2: | → San Martín SJ (loan) |
| Caps2: | 19 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2022 |
| Clubs3: | → Guillermo Brown (loan) |
| Caps3: | 4 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2022– |
| Clubs4: | → Douglas Haig (loan) |
| Caps4: | 6 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 17:44, 26 July 2022 (UTC) |
Juan Cruz Villagra (born 3 January 2000) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Douglas Haig, on loan from Defensa y Justicia.[3]
Villagra joined Defensa y Justicia's system in 2015, following a successful trial.[4] He made the jump into first-team football towards the end of 2020 under manager Hernán Crespo, having signed his first professional contract at the start of March.[5] He was initially an unused substitute for four matches in 2020–21, including for a Copa Libertadores group stage defeat to Santos on 21 October.[3] Villagra made his senior debut on 21 November in a Copa de la Liga Profesional defeat to Colón, coming off the bench with fourteen minutes left of a match that also saw his brother, Brian, feature for the opposition.[3] [6] [7] Five more appearances followed.[3]
On 1 February 2021, Villagra was loaned to Primera Nacional with San Martín de San Juan.[8] He debuted in a Copa Argentina round of sixty-four encounter with the club's namesakes from San Miguel de Tucumán on 1 March, before scoring on his league bow during a 4–2 victory over Atlético de Rafaela on 12 March.[3]
In February 2022, Villagra joined Guillermo Brown on loan until the end of 2022.[9] However, the loan was terminated on 12 June 2022, and Villagra was instead loaned out to Douglas Haig for the rest of the year.[10]
Villagra has four footballing brothers: Brian Fernández, Leandro Fernández, Nicolás Fernández and Tomás Villagra.[1] [5] [11] [12] Unlike their siblings, Juan Cruz and Tomás chose to take their mother's surname.[11] [13]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Defensa y Justicia | 2020–21 | Primera División | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[14] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| San Martín (loan) | 2021 | Primera Nacional | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
JUAN CRUZ VILLAGRA:
. 22 November 2020. Defensa Pasión. 16 March 2018.