Cristian_Villanueva
Cristian Villanueva
Argentine footballer
Cristian Damián Villanueva (born 25 December 1983) is a retired Argentine professional footballer who played as a defender.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cristian Damián Villanueva | ||
| Date of birth | (1983-12-25) 25 December 1983 (age 40) | ||
| Place of birth | General Roca, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Deportivo Roca | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2008 | Deportivo Roca | 92 | (3) |
| 2008–2018 | Olimpo | 218 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | Sansinena | 15 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Villanueva began his career in 2001 with Deportivo Roca.[2] He remained with the club for seven years in Torneo Argentino B, scoring three times in ninety-two matches between the 2001–02 and 2007–08 seasons.[2] In July 2008, Villanueva joined Primera B Nacional side Olimpo.[1] He made his professional debut against Aldosivi on 16 August, before scoring his first goal on 4 October versus Tiro Federal.[1] In his first two seasons, he made fifty-three appearances as Olimpo won promotion to the Argentine Primera División in 2009–10.[1] He netted his first top-flight goal in December 2010 v. Newell's Old Boys.[1][3][4] He left in 2018, after ten years with Olimpo.[1]
Villanueva subsequently signed for Sansinena of Torneo Federal A.[1][5]
- As of 7 July 2020.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Olimpo | 2008–09 | Primera B Nacional | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| 2010–11 | Primera División | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2011–12 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| 2012–13 | Primera B Nacional | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |||
| 2013–14 | Primera División | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 218 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 229 | 3 | ||||
| Sansinena | 2018–19 | Torneo Federal A | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 233 | 3 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 245 | 3 | ||||
- Appearance(s) in the Primera División play-offs
- Olimpo[1]
- "Cristian Villanueva profile". Soccerway. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- "Cristian Villanueva profile". BDFA. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- "Cristian Villanueva, el nuevo capitán de Olimpo elegido por Mario Sciacqua". PressReader. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- "El roquense Cristian Villanueva prueba de qué está hecho el campeón". Río Negro. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- "Cristian Villanueva: "puedo decir que mi carrera es un poco particular"". Rio Negro. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- Cristian Villanueva at Soccerway