| Pablo Villa | |
| Full Name: | Pablo Villanueva Fernández |
| Birth Date: | 12 April 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Alcorcón, Spain |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Aston Villa (assistant) |
| Youthclubs1: | Trival Valderas |
| Youthclubs2: | Real Madrid |
| Years1: | 1995–1997 |
| Caps1: | 60 |
| Goals1: | 20 |
| Years2: | 1997–2001 |
| Caps2: | 71 |
| Goals2: | 20 |
| Years3: | 2000–2001 |
| Clubs3: | → Racing Ferrol (loan) |
| Caps3: | 27 |
| Goals3: | 3 |
| Years4: | 2001–2003 |
| Caps4: | 80 |
| Goals4: | 9 |
| Years5: | 2003–2007 |
| Caps5: | 95 |
| Goals5: | 15 |
| Years6: | 2007–2009 |
| Caps6: | 72 |
| Goals6: | 10 |
| Totalcaps: | 405 |
| Totalgoals: | 77 |
| Manageryears1: | 2010–2012 |
| Managerclubs1: | Trival Valderas (youth) |
| Manageryears2: | 2012–2013 |
| Managerclubs2: | Córdoba B |
| Manageryears3: | 2013–2014 |
| Managerclubs3: | Córdoba |
| Manageryears4: | 2014–2016 |
| Managerclubs4: | Sevilla (assistant) |
| Manageryears5: | 2016–2018 |
| Managerclubs5: | Paris Saint-Germain (assistant) |
| Manageryears6: | 2018–2019 |
| Managerclubs6: | Arsenal (assistant) |
| Manageryears7: | 2022 |
| Managerclubs7: | Villarreal (assistant) |
| Manageryears8: | 2022– |
| Managerclubs8: | Aston Villa (assistant) |
Pablo Villanueva Fernández (born 12 April 1976), known as Villa, is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a forward, currently assistant manager of Premier League club Aston Villa.
Born in Alcorcón, Community of Madrid, Villa finished his development with Real Madrid, making his senior debut with the C team in the Segunda División B after being recruited to the academy by Vicente del Bosque.[1] Also during the 1996–97 campaign, he was promoted to the reserves who competed in the Segunda División, his first professional appearance occurring on 2 March 1997 in a 0–2 home loss against UD Las Palmas where he played the full 90 minutes.[2]
Villa spent the following five seasons in the second division, starting out with a loan at Racing de Ferrol.[3] Subsequently, he represented CD Leganés and Córdoba CF, scoring a career-best eight goals (with the professionals) in 2004–05 for the latter side but being relegated.[4]
Villa retired in 2009 at the age of 33 after a spell with CD Guadalajara, due to knee problems.[4]
Villa started working as a manager at amateurs CF Trival Valderas, being in charge of its youth squads.[5] In June 2012, he was appointed manager of Córdoba CF B, replacing Rafael Berges who took the reins of the first team.[6] He finished the season in second place in the Tercera División, being ousted in the play-offs by Granada CF B who were eventually promoted.[7]
Villa was named coach of Córdoba on 27 June 2013, with the club still in the second tier.[8] He was relieved of his duties on 9 February of the following year, due to poor results.[9]
Starting in the summer of 2014, Villa worked with compatriot Unai Emery at several teams. His first one was Sevilla FC,[10] [11] followed by Paris Saint-Germain FC,[12] Arsenal,[13] Villarreal CF[14] and Aston Villa.[15]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Córdoba B[16] | 22 June 2012 | 27 June 2013 | |||||||||
| Córdoba[17] | 27 June 2013 | 9 February 2014 | |||||||||
| Total | |||||||||||