Rodrigo Villagra | |
Fullname: | Rodrigo Román Villagra |
Birth Date: | 14 February 2001 |
Birth Place: | Morteros, Argentina |
Height: | 1.78 m |
Position: | Midfielder |
Currentclub: | River Plate |
Clubnumber: | 23 |
Youthclubs1: | Rosario Central |
Years1: | 2019–2021 |
Clubs1: | Rosario Central |
Caps1: | 25 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2021–2024 |
Clubs2: | Talleres |
Caps2: | 95 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Years3: | 2024– |
Clubs3: | River Plate |
Caps3: | 10 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
Nationalteam1: | Argentina U20 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Club-Update: | 20:09, 2 May 2024 (UTC) |
Rodrigo Román Villagra (born 14 February 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for River Plate.[1]
Villagra came through the youth ranks of Rosario Central.[2] Diego Cocca was the manager who selected him for his professional debut, as the midfielder featured for the full duration of a Copa Libertadores group stage defeat to Libertad on 4 April 2019; he had previously been on the substitutes bench in the same competition a month prior versus Grêmio.[1] [3]
On 5 August 2021, Villagra joined fellow league club Talleres de Córdoba on a deal until the end of 2025.[4]
On 3 February 2024, he signed for River Plate of Argentina for 4 years.[5]
In March 2019, Villagra received a call-up to the Argentina U20s ahead of friendlies in Murcia, Spain.[6] [7]
Villagra has a footballing brother, Cristian, who also started his senior career with Rosario Central.[2] Their other brother, Gonzalo, died in June 2018 following a battle with leukemia.[8]
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