Gonzalo Villar del Fraile

Gonzalo Villar
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Villar del Fraile
Date of birth (1998-03-23) 23 March 1998
Place of birth Murcia, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Elche
Number 10
Youth career
Elche
2015–2017 Valencia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Elche B 3 (0)
2016–2018 Valencia B 32 (2)
2018– Elche 1 (0)
National team
2016 Spain U19 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 August 2018

Gonzalo Villar del Fraile (born 23 March 1998) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Elche CF as a central midfielder.

Club career

Villar was born in Murcia, and represented Elche CF as a youth. On 4 January 2015, aged just 16, he made his senior debut with the reserves by coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–3 Segunda División B home loss against UE Sant Andreu.[1]

On 28 August 2015 Villar joined Valencia CF for a fee of 175,000, and returned to youth football.[2] Promoted to the B-team ahead of the 2017–18 season, he was a first-choice in Lubo Penev's side.[3]

On 9 July 2018 Villar returned to Elche, being assigned to the main squad in Segunda División;[4] Valencia retained 80% of his future transfer.[5] He made his professional debut on 18 August, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Granada CF.[6]

References

  1. "El filial cae en el Narcís Sala (3–0)" [The reserve team stumble at the Narcís Sala (3–0)] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. "El juvenil Gonzalo Villar se marcha traspasado al Valencia" [Youth player Gonzalo Villar goes out transferred to Valencia] (in Spanish). Tele Elx. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  3. "Sensación Gonzalo Villar" (in Spanish). Las Provincias. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  4. "OFICIAL | Gonzalo Villar regresa al Elche C.F." [OFFICIAL | Gonzalo Villar returns to Elche C.F.] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. "COMUNICADO OFICIAL" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  6. "Elche y Granada se presentan con la pólvora mojada" [Elche and Granada present themselves with a wet powder] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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