Juan Cruz Villagra

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Juan Cruz Villagra
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-03) 3 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Villa Yapeyú, Argentina [1]
Position(s) Centre-forward [2]
Team information
Current team
 Douglas Haig
(on loan from Defensa y Justicia)
Youth career
2015–2020 Defensa y Justicia
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020– Defensa y Justicia 5 (0)
2021 → San Martín SJ (loan) 19 (1)
2022 → Guillermo Brown (loan) 4 (0)
2022– → Douglas Haig (loan) 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 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]

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Career

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]

Personal life

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]

Career statistics

As of 13 March 2021. [3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Defensa y Justicia 2020–21 [nb 1] Primera División 5000001 [a] 00060
San Martín (loan) 2021 Primera Nacional 1110——0021
Career total611000100081
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours

Defensa y Justicia [3] [8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

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References

  1. 1 2 "La dinastía Fernández y Villagra". El Litoral. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Juan Villagra". World Football. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Argentina - J. Villagra". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. ↑ ":: JUAN CRUZ VILLAGRA". Defensa Pasión. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Primeros contratos profesionales". Defensa y Justicia. 1 March 2020. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Qué más lindo que jugar contra tu hermano". Uno Santa Fe. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Brian Fernández contó las sensaciones de enfrentar a su hermano Juan Cruz". En El Area. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  8. 1 2 "San Martín sumó su primer refuerzo para la temporada que se aproxima". Huarpe. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  9. ↑ Juan Cruz Villagra, hermano de Brian Fernández, jugará en Guillermo Brown, diariojornada.com.ar, 17 February 2021
  10. ↑ Douglas ya sumó cuatro refuerzos, eltiempodepergamino.com.ar, 18 June 2022
  11. 1 2 "El enorme gesto de Brian Fernández tras la victoria de Colón ante Defensa: Le brindó consuelo a su hermano Juan Cruz Villagra". TNT Sports. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  12. ↑ "Brian Fernández: "Fue una alegría enorme jugar contra mi hermano"". LT10. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "Duelo de hermanos: Brian y Juan Cruz entraron juntos". NexoDiario. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.


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