Juan Cruz Villagra
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 January 2000 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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]
Career[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- As of 13 March 2021.[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Defensa y Justicia | 2020–21[nb 1] | Primera División | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| San Martín (loan) | 2021 | Primera Nacional | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
Honours[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "La dinastía Fernández y Villagra". El Litoral. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Juan Villagra". World Football. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Argentina - J. Villagra". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ ":: JUAN CRUZ VILLAGRA:". Defensa Pasión. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Primeros contratos profesionales". Defensa y Justicia. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Qué más lindo que jugar contra tu hermano". Uno Santa Fe. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Brian Fernández contó las sensaciones de enfrentar a su hermano Juan Cruz". En El Area. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ a b "San Martín sumó su primer refuerzo para la temporada que se aproxima". Huarpe. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ Juan Cruz Villagra, hermano de Brian Fernández, jugará en Guillermo Brown, diariojornada.com.ar, 17 February 2021
- ^ Douglas ya sumó cuatro refuerzos, eltiempodepergamino.com.ar, 18 June 2022
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Brian Fernández: "Fue una alegría enorme jugar contra mi hermano"". LT10. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "Duelo de hermanos: Brian y Juan Cruz entraron juntos". NexoDiario. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
External links[edit]
- Juan Cruz Villagra at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Copa Sudamericana-winning players
- People from General San Martín Partido
- Argentine men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Argentine Primera División players
- Primera Nacional players
- Defensa y Justicia footballers
- San Martín de San Juan footballers
- Guillermo Brown de Puerto Madryn footballers
- Club Atlético Douglas Haig players
- Fernández/Villagra family
- Footballers from Buenos Aires Province