 Villar in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pablo Villar Ferreiro | ||
| Date of birth | 4 September 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Avilés, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Head Coach | ||
Pablo Villar Ferreiro (born 4 September 1986) is a Spanish football Uefa Pro Co ach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He was most recently the head coach of Chinese Super League club Meizhou Hakka.
Born in Avilés, Asturias, Villar , Real Avilés CF and Pontevedra CF as a youth. He made his senior debut with Tercera División side Villalonga FC in 2006, and later represented Arosa SC before returning to his home region in 2007. [1]
Villar signed for CD Cudillero in the third tier on 15 August 2007. [2] He moved to fellow league team SD Compostela on 11 July 2008. [3]
On 14 July 2009, Villar returned to Avilés, now for the first team also in the third division. [4] He returned to Compos in July 2010, but left the club in November due to their financial problems, [5] and trained with Marino before signing for Ribadesella CF on 1 February 2011. [6]
In 2011, he was appointed manager of AD Ribadedeva in the Primera Regional de Asturias.
In June 2012, Villar became Fabri González's assistant at Segunda División side SD Huesca. [7] On 25 June 2013, he returned to managerial duties, being named at the helm of Luarca CF in the third tier. [8] [9] He left the club in the following May, and was appointed CD Tineo manager on 22 May 2014. [10]
Villar led Tineo to a first-ever promotion the third tier in his first season, [11] and left the club in 2016, after avoiding relegation.
On 2016, Villar was named manager of Urraca CF, still in division three. [12] He left the club the following 14 February, after being hired by the Chinese Ministry of Education to work in Tianjin. [13]
Villar returned to Spain in December 2017, joining Fabri's staff as first assistant coach at Lorca FC in the spanish second division. [14] He followed the manager to FC Karpaty Lviv in the Premier League of Ukraine before being named assistant at Qingdao Hainiu FC on 20 December 2019. [15]
In October 2021, Villar became the first Spaniard to manage in the Slovak Super Liga, after being appointed in charge of FK Pohronie. [16] He took over FK Riteriai in Lithuania's A Lyga on 24 May 2022. [17] In his first season, the team almost qualified to the European Competition.
On 2 June 2023, Villar signed a one-year contract at F.C. Vizela of the Portuguese Primeira Liga, succeeding Tulipa. [18] [19] On 18 December 2023, Villar reached an agreement with the board of Vizela to stop their contract for being appointed as manager of Chinese Super League club Meizhou Hakka. [20] He won the "42nd Guandong-Hong Kong Cup" in February 2024.
| Club | País | Año |
|---|---|---|
| SD Huesca (assistant coach) |  Spain | 2012-2013 |
| Luarca CF | 2013-2014 | |
| Club Deportivo Tineo | 2014-2016 | |
| Urraca Club de Fútbol | 2016-2017 | |
| Lorca FC (assistant coach) | 2017-2018 | |
| Karpaty Lviv (assistant coach) |  Ukraine | 2018-2019 |
| Qingdao Jonoon (assistant coach) |  China | 2019-2020 |
| FK Pohronie |  Slovakia | 2021-2021 |
| FK Riteriai |  Lithuania | 2022-2023 |
| Vizela |  Portugal | 2023 |
| Meizhou Hakka | China | 2024 |
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