Daniel Villalva

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Daniel Villalva
Personal information
Full name Daniel Alberto Villalva Barrios
Date of birth (1992-07-06) 6 July 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Caá Catí, Corrientes, Argentina
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder / Winger
Team information
Current team
Atlético La Paz
Number 34
Youth career
2005–2009 River Plate
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2014 River Plate 50 (6)
2013Argentinos Juniors (loan) 14 (1)
2014–2019 Veracruz 120 (17)
2018–2019Querétaro (loan) 27 (2)
2020 Goiás 28 (2)
2021 Guaraní 20 (2)
2022–2023 Ferro Carril Oeste 24 (1)
2024– Atlético La Paz 0 (0)
International career
2009 Argentina U17 8 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:37, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Daniel Alberto "Keko" Villalva Barrios [2] (born 6 July 1992) is an Argentine footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ferro Carril Oeste. In 2009, he became the youngest player ever to play for River Plate. [3]

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Career

Early years

Daniel Alberto Villalva, named after River Plate legend Daniel Alberto Passarella, [4] was born on 6 July 1992 in Caá Catí, in the province of Corrientes, Argentina. At the age of 10, he joined the Talleres de Córdoba youth system after a trial, but he suffered an accident on his left foot and was released. [4] Months later, he recovered and began to play football again in his native province of Corrientes, and after several trials in teams including Rosario Central, Boca Juniors and San Lorenzo, all of them showing interest in keeping him, he finally joined River Plate in 2005 as a personal wish, since he has always supported Los Millonarios. [4]

River Plate

On 8 February 2009, he made his debut against Colón replacing Mauro Rosales in the 71st minute and becoming the youngest River Plate player to feature in a league match at the age of 16 years, 7 months and 2 days. [3] He scored his first senior goal in a 4-3 victory against Chacarita Juniors on 30 August 2009. [5] Subsequently, he went to play a more important role in the team, but prior to the 2010–11 season, he suffered a vertebral injury that kept him away from playing until River Plate's relegation. [6] Afterwards, during River Plate's campaign in the second tier, he started to play again after recovering from his injury, which put his career on the line again.

Veracruz

In the summer of 2014, Villalva moved from River to Mexico for Veracruz. He agreed a three-year contract to the Liga MX outfit on 22 June 2014. [7]

International career

Daniel Villalva played for Argentina for the first time in the South American Under-15 Football Championship held in Brazil in 2007. [4] He then was called up by the under-17 national team and took part in the 2009 South American Championship, where he scored 3 goals in 5 appearances, and the 2009 World Cup.

Honours

River Plate
Veracruz

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