Juan Cruz Villagra

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]

Juan Cruz Villagra
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-01-03) 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)

Career

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

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
As of 13 March 2021.[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Defensa y Justicia 2020–21[nb 1] Primera División 5000001[lower-alpha 1]00060
San Martín (loan) 2021 Primera Nacional 1110——0021
Career total 611000100081
  1. Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Honours
Defensa y Justicia[3][8]

Notes
  1. Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References
  1. "La dinastía Fernández y Villagra". El Litoral. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. "Juan Villagra". World Football. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. "Argentina - J. Villagra". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. ":: JUAN CRUZ VILLAGRA:". Defensa Pasión. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  5. "Primeros contratos profesionales". Defensa y Justicia. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  6. "Qué más lindo que jugar contra tu hermano". Uno Santa Fe. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  7. "Brian Fernández contó las sensaciones de enfrentar a su hermano Juan Cruz". En El Area. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  8. "San Martín sumó su primer refuerzo para la temporada que se aproxima". Huarpe. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  9. Juan Cruz Villagra, hermano de Brian Fernández, jugará en Guillermo Brown, diariojornada.com.ar, 17 February 2021
  10. Douglas ya sumó cuatro refuerzos, eltiempodepergamino.com.ar, 18 June 2022
  11. "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.
  12. "Brian Fernández: "Fue una alegría enorme jugar contra mi hermano"". LT10. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  13. "Duelo de hermanos: Brian y Juan Cruz entraron juntos". NexoDiario. 21 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.


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