Marco Villa (footballer)

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Marco Villa
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-07-18) 18 July 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Düsseldorf, West Germany
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
KFC Uerdingen 05
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1999 Borussia Mönchengladbach 24 (4)
1999–2000 SV Ried 22 (8)
2000–2001 Panathinaikos 3 (0)
2001–2003 1. FC Nürnberg 12 (0)
2003–2005 Arezzo 9 (0)
2005 SPAL 8 (0)
2005–2006 Val di Sangro 15 (2)
2006 Sant'Antonia Abate 6 (2)
2006–2008 Morro d'Oro 47 (7)
2008–2010 L'Aquila 52 (17)
2010–2012 San Nicolò ? (18)
International career
Germany U21 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Villa (born 18 July 1978) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Career

Villa was born in Düsseldorf. He spent five seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1. FC Nürnberg. He is the youngest player for Borussia Mönchengladbach history to score a league goal (on 6 September 1996 in a game against Hamburger SV when he was 18 years and 50 days old). [1]

Personal life

Villa was the best friend of Robert Enke, the former German International. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. Mit Ruhe und Besonnenheit ans Ziel
  2. Costa, Gianni (8 November 2010). "Marco Villa zum Todestag von Robert Enke: "Ich vermisse Robert jeden Tag"". Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  3. Vaagt, Tom (8 November 2010). "Marco Villa: Erinnerungen an seinen Freund Robert Enke". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  4. Fenske, Marco; Rehberg, Heiko (10 November 2014). "Enke-Biograf Reng im Interview: "Mensch Robert, das hast du angestoßen!"". Ostsee Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 4 April 2020.