Ricardo Villa

Ricardo Villa

Football player infobox
playername = Ricky Villa


fullname = Julio Ricardo Villa
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1952|8|18
cityofbirth = Roque Pérez
countryofbirth = Argentina
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1970-1974
1973
1974-1976
1976-1978
1978-1983
1983
1984-1985
1986-1989
clubs = Quilmes
→San Martín de Tucumán (loan)
Atlético de Tucumán
Racing Club
Tottenham Hotspur
Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Deportivo Cali
Defensa y Justicia
caps(goals) = 108 (20)
10 (3)
51 (19)
52 (6)
133 (18)
19 (3)
00 (0)
93 (4)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Argentina
nationalcaps(goals) = 25 (?)

pcupdate = May 24, 2008

Ricardo Julio "Ricky" Villa (pronounced "VEE-jah"; born August 18, 1952 in Roque Pérez, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football coach and former professional midfielder.

Career

He played successively for Quilmes, Club Atlético Tucumán and Racing Club. Together with Ossie Ardiles, he was snapped up by Tottenham's Keith Burkinshaw after Argentina's success in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Arriving to a ticker tape welcome at White Hart Lane, Villa scored one goal against Nottingham Forest on his debut. Villa scored 18 goals in 133 Spurs appearances, none more spectacular than against Manchester City in the FA Cup Final replay in 1981 - for which he won the Wembley goal of the century award in 2001. Today, Spurs fans recall Ricky's unique contribution wearing t-shirts with his hirsute visage morphed into Che Guevara's.

Villa played on in the United States and Colombia and Argentina before ending his career in the lower leagues of Argentine football with Defensa y Justicia.

Villa also represented Argentina in the 1991 edition of the World Cup of Masters, scoring in the opening round against England.

He dedicated himself to politics during the 1990s, but since July 2005 has been the technical secretary of Talleres de Córdoba. He resides in Villa Carlos Paz with his wife and four children. As of November 2007, it was announced by FIFA that all members of winning World Cup squads prior to 1982 would receive World Cup winners medals and this includes Villa as part of the 1978 World Cup winning squad.

On February 7th 2008 Ricky Villa along with his fellow countryman Ossie Ardiles was inducted into the Tottenham Hotspur Hall of Fame. [ [http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/halloffame080108.html| THFC- Hall of Fame 08-02_2008] ]

Honours

* World Cup Winner 1978
* FA Cup winner 1981

External links

* [http://balon-sa.com.ar/web/villaweb Ricky Villa's own website]
* [http://www.mehstg.com/whereare_m2z.htm Spurs players - where are they now]
* [http://www.rivals.net/default.asp?sId=897&StId=7995826&p=2 Record at Rivals.net]
* [http://balon-sa.com.ar/web/villaweb/e-nintern.htm Villa in his own words on playing overseas]


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