José Luis Villanueva
Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Luis Villanueva Ahumada | ||
Date of birth | November 5, 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Palestino | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2003 | Palestino | 31 | (22) |
2001 | → Deportes Temuco (loan) | 12 | (7) |
2002 | → Deportes Ovalle (loan) | 36 | (20) |
2004 | Cobreloa | 16 | (1) |
2004–2005 | Universidad Católica | 36 | (16) |
2005–2006 | Racing Club | 31 | (7) |
2006 | Morelia | 16 | (4) |
2007 | Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i | 3 | (1) |
2008 | Vasco da Gama | 5 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Bunyodkor | 47 | (28) |
2010 | Tianjin Teda | 12 | (2) |
2011 | Universidad Católica | 23 | (5) |
2012 | Deportes Antofagasta | 8 | (1) |
2012–2013 | Boca Unidos | 23 | (4) |
2013–2015 | Magallanes | 46 | (10) |
Total | 345 | (128) | |
International career | |||
2001 | Chile U20 | ||
2004 | Chile U23 | 6 | (2) |
2003–2006 | Chile | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
José Luis Villanueva Ahumada (born November 5, 1981) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
[edit]Second Division in Chile
[edit]In 2001, Chilean first division side Palestino loaned Villanueva out to second division squad Deportes Temuco, where he scored seven goals and helped the club gain promotion to the first division. The following year, instead of returning to Palestino, Villanueva was again loaned out, this time to second division club Deportes Ovalle. In 2002, Villanueva scored 20 goals with Ovalle.
Palestino
[edit]After the 2002 campaign, Villanueva was called to stay with his original team in first division. Villanueva continued his goal-scoring during the 2003 season with Palestino by scoring 22 goals in 34 matches, including in the Pre-Sudamericana Cup. After the season, Palestino once again loaned Villanueva out, this time to Universidad Católica. From 2004 to 2005, Villanueva scored 16 more goals.[1]
Out of Chile
[edit]Palestino sold him to Argentine side Racing Club in 2005 for $600,000, immediately becoming a fan favourite. In a match against Quilmes, Villanueva scored two goals to lead Racing Club to a 4–1 victory. With less than a minute left in the match, Villanueva was substituted off. As he left the pitch, the fans could be heard chanting "shileno, shileno", just how River Plate fans had chanted for Chilean legend Marcelo Salas and Alexis Sánchez years prior.
Villanueva then had spells in South Korea for Ulsan Hyundai in 2007 and in Brazil for Vasco da Gama in 2008 before moving to Uzbekistan.[2] In Tashkent based club Bunyodkor, he played under number 17. During AFC Champions League he couldn’t participate in the competition due to the limit of foreign players as Rivaldo, Victor and Ramos were chosen.
International career
[edit]Villanueva represented Chile internationally at the under-20 level at the 2001 South American U-20 Championship and under-23 level during the preolympic qualifications in 2004, and represented the adult squad since 2003.[3]
After football
[edit]After his retirement, he continued playing football at amateur level for the club Alianza of La Reina.[4] At the same time, he writes a popular "opinion piece" about football in PrensaFútbol.com and works as a football commentator in both TV and radio programs. Currently, he works for both ESPN Chile and Radio Pauta.[5]
Since 2016, he has an undertaking called "The Football Experience" which helps amateur football players to live an experience as a professional footballer, organizing matches around the world.[4][6]
Personal life
[edit]He also is married to 30-year-old journalist, Fernanda Bünzli. He likes to travel around the world and he hopes he could write in the future about his experiences. He hopes to end his career with his favorite Chilean squad Universidad Católica and then study a professional career.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- Bunyodkor
- Uzbek League: 2008
- Uzbek Cup: 2008
- Universidad Católica
- Copa Chile (1): 2011
References
[edit]- ^ a b "José Luis Villanueva".
- ^ Mercado: José Luis Villanueva apuesta a jugar en Católica goal.com - Jan 4, 2010 La Nación (Chile)
- ^ José Luis Villanueva – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ a b "José Luis Villanueva, el Villagol del Alianza". Portaligas (in Spanish). 25 June 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "José Luis Villanueva: "Anuncié la partida de Quinteros hace dos meses"" (in Spanish). Las Últimas Noticias. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "The Football Experience se tomó Río de Janeiro en soñada aventura". Prensafútbol (in Spanish). 12 May 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
External links
[edit]- José Luis Villanueva – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chile men's international footballers
- Chile men's under-20 international footballers
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
- Deportes Temuco footballers
- Deportes Ovalle footballers
- C.D. Cobreloa footballers
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
- Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
- Atlético Morelia players
- Ulsan HD FC players
- CR Vasco da Gama players
- FC Bunyodkor players
- Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players
- C.D. Antofagasta footballers
- Deportes Magallanes footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Liga MX players
- K League 1 players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Uzbekistan Super League players
- Chinese Super League players
- Primera Nacional players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
- Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
- Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan
- Expatriate men's footballers in China
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in China
- Footballers from Santiago
- Men's association football forwards
- Association football commentators
- Chilean association football commentators