Mario Villasanti

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Mario Villasanti
Personal information
Full name Mario Eduardo Villasanti Adorno
Date of birth (1982-07-02) 2 July 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2005 Tacuary 3 (0)
2005–2006 Fernando de la Mora 15 (0)
2006 Sportivo Iteño 0 (0)
2007 Sportivo Luqueño
2008 Audax Italiano 18 (0)
2009–2011 Sportivo Luqueño 70 (0)
2012–2014 Inti Gas 116 (1)
2015–2017 Ayacucho FC 118 (8)
2018 Cienciano 31 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mario Eduardo Villasanti Adorno (born 2 July 1982) is a Paraguayan former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Club career

Villasanti made his professional debut for Paraguayan club Tacuary in 2003. He also played for Fernando de la Mora, Sportivo Iteño, and Sportivo Luqueño all clubs in Paraguay. At the end of 2007, Villasanti was named by the Paraguayan newspaper Última Hora as best player of the year. He played for Sportivo Luqueño. Villasanti was the first goalkeeper and first player not to play for Cerro Porteño to win the award, which has existed since 2004. [2] In January 2008, he was signed by Audax Italiano to replace Nicolás Peric as the team's starting goalkeeper. [3] [4] He returned to Sportivo Luqueño in 2009 until 2011. [5]

In January 2012, he signed with Rubio Ñu, [6] but he switched to Inti Gas in the same month. [7] [2]

His last club was Cienciano in the Peruvian second level. [8] [9]

International career

In October 2011, he was called up to the Paraguay national team under Francisco Arce for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. [2] [10]

Personal life

Villasanti graduated as a lawyer. [5]

Villasanti naturalized Peruvian by residence after playing for Ayacucho FC. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mario Villasanti". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Latoche, Edú (8 March 2012). "Mario Villasanti: Por villas elevadas". dechalaca.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Audax Italiano 2008 - Apertura". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Audax Italiano 2008 - Clausura". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  5. 1 2 "A Luqueño llega León, pero se va Villasanti". paraguay.com (in Spanish). 3 January 2015. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "Villasanti es de Rubio Ñu". D10 (in Spanish). 5 January 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "Inti Gas fichó al arquero paraguayo Mario Villasanti". Diario Líbero (in Spanish). 31 January 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Arquero paraguayo Mario Villasanti se nacionaliza peruano y firma por Cienciano del Cusco". El Bocón (in Spanish). 26 January 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  9. ↑ "Con Villasanti en el arco, Cienciano cae goleado". Diario HOY (in Spanish). 18 November 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  10. ↑ "Chiqui Arce llamó selección local de Paraguay". ESPN.com.ar (in Spanish). 14 October 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2024.


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