Emiliano Villar

{{short description|Uruguayan football player (born 1999)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Villar|Vidal|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Emiliano Villar

| full_name = Emiliano Agustín Villar Vidal

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|10|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay

| height = 1.76 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Cerro Largo
(on loan from Nacional)

| clubnumber = 10

| youthyears1 = 2003–2017

| youthclubs1 = Atlético El General

| youthyears2 = 2017–2018

| youthclubs2 = Boston River

| years1 = 2018–2020

| clubs1 = Boston River

| caps1 = 12

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2020

| clubs2 = → Cerro (loan)

| caps2 = 12

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2020–

| clubs3 = Nacional

| caps3 = 10

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2021

| clubs4 = → Rentistas (loan)

| caps4 = 24

| goals4 = 4

| years5 = 2022–

| clubs5 = → Cerro Largo (loan)

| caps5 = 56

| goals5 = 7

| club-update = 30 November 2023

| ntupdate =

}}

Emiliano Agustín Villar Vidal (born 21 October 1999) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cerro Largo, on loan from Nacional.{{Soccerway|536766}}

Career

Villar joined hometown club Atlético El General at the age of four, where he spent majority of his youth career.{{cite web|title=Villar: “La primera que me quedó fue esa”|url=https://www.pasiontricolor.com.uy/noticias/la-primera-que-me-quedo-fue-esa/|access-date=12 April 2021}} After homesickness stopped him from completing his trials at Peñarol and Defensor Sporting, he joined Boston River in 2017.{{cite web|title=Emiliano Villar juega en Cerro, pero vive en la casa de Boston River|url=https://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/futbol/emiliano-villar-juega-cerro-vive-casa-boston-river.html|date=22 September 2020|access-date=12 April 2021}} He made his professional debut for the club on 10 February 2018 in a 3–1 defeat against Montevideo Wanderers.{{cite web|title=Debutantes de la 2a fecha|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/debutantes-de-la-2a-fecha/|date=16 February 2018|access-date=12 April 2021}} In January 2020, he joined Cerro on a season long loan deal.

In October 2020, Villar joined Nacional on a permanent deal until the end of 2023 season.{{cite web|title=Rafa, Lores y Villar al Bolso|url=https://www.pasiontricolor.com.uy/noticias/rafa-garcia-e-ignacio-lores-jugaran-en-nacional/|date=16 October 2020|access-date=12 April 2021}} On 30 November, he scored the lone goal in Nacional's 1–0 win against Boston River.{{cite web|title=La noche soñada: Emiliano Villar fue la solución de Nacional ante Boston River|url=https://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/futbol/noche-sonada-emiliano-villar-solucion-nacional-boston-river.html|date=30 November 2020|access-date=12 April 2021}} In April 2021, he joined Rentistas on a season long loan deal.{{cite web|title=Emiliano Villar y Joaquín Sosa jugarán en Rentistas|url=https://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/futbol/emiliano-villar-joaquin-sosa-jugaran-rentistas.html|date=11 April 2021|access-date=12 April 2021}}

Career statistics

{{updated|23 October 2022}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals
rowspan="3"|Boston River

|2018

|rowspan="2"|Uruguayan Primera División

|7

0colspan="2"|—1Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.0colspan="2"|—80
2019

|5

1colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—51
colspan="2"|Total

!12

1001000131
Cerro (loan)

|2020

|Uruguayan Primera División

|12

2colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—122
Nacional

|2020

|Uruguayan Primera División

|10

1colspan="2"|—001Appearance in Torneo Intermedio final.0111
Rentistas (loan)

|2021

|Uruguayan Primera División

244colspan="2"|—4Appearances in Copa Libertadores.0colspan="2"|—284
Cerro Largo (loan)

|2022

|Uruguayan Primera División

|30

50020colspan="2"|—325
colspan="3"|Career total

!88

130070109613

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Honours

Nacional

  • Uruguayan Primera División: 2020{{cite web|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/segunda-final-del-campeonato-uruguayo-2020/|title=Nacional Campeón Uruguayo 2020|date=6 April 2021|accessdate=12 April 2021}}

References

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