Santi Villa

Santi Villa
Personal information
Full name Santiago Villa Castro
Date of birth (1982-08-05) 5 August 1982
Place of birth Linares, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
Mérida
Youth career
1999–2001 Linense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001 Linense 2 (0)
2001–2002 Atlético Madrid C 1 (0)
2002–2003 Logroñés
2002San Marcial (loan)
2003Corralejo (loan) 9 (0)
2003 Calahorra 10 (0)
2004 Quintanar Rey 17 (2)
2004–2005 Granada 26 (2)
2005–2006 Murcia B
2006–2007 Torrevieja 36 (9)
2007–2008 Ontinyent 37 (10)
2008–2009 Orihuela 36 (9)
2009 Pontevedra 11 (1)
2010 Atlético Ciudad 15 (0)
2010–2011 Badalona 36 (5)
2011–2012 Cacereño 33 (8)
2012–2017 Jaén 163 (31)
2017– Mérida 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 November 2017

Santiago 'Santi' Villa Castro (born 5 August 1982) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Mérida AD as a winger.

Club career

Born in Linares, Jaén, Andalusia, Villa spent his first 12 seasons as a senior alternating between Segunda División B and Tercera División. He represented in the process Real Balompédica Linense, Atlético Madrid C, CD Logroñés, ACD San Marcial, CD Corralejo, CD Calahorra, CD Quintanar del Rey, Granada CF, Real Murcia Imperial, FC Torrevieja, Ontinyent CF, Orihuela CF, Pontevedra CF,[1] CF Atlético Ciudad, CF Badalona,[2] CP Cacereño[3] and Real Jaén,[4] achieving promotion with the latter to Segunda División in the 2012–13 campaign, to which he contributed with 41 games and five goals (playoffs included).

On 18 August 2013, at already 31, Villa played his first game as a professional, starting in a 1–2 league home loss against SD Eibar.[5]

References

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