José Luis Villanueva Ahumada (born November 5, 1981) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
Club career
editSecond Division in Chile
editIn 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
editAfter 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
editPalestino 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
editVillanueva 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
editAfter 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
editHe 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
editClub
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)
