Matt Villis

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Matt Villis

| fullname = Matthew Villis

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bridgwater, England

| height =

| position = Centre back

| currentclub = Taunton Town

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2002 | youthclubs1 = Bridgwater Town

| youthyears2 = 2002–2003 | youthclubs2 = Plymouth Argyle

| years1 = 2003–2005 | clubs1 = Plymouth Argyle | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2004–2005 | clubs2 = → Torquay United (loan) | caps2 = 22 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2005–2007 | clubs3 = Torquay United | caps3 = 18 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2007–2010 | clubs4 = Tiverton Town | caps4 = 85 | goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2010–2013 | clubs5 = Weston-super-Mare | caps5 = 101 | goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2013–2014 | clubs6 = Tiverton Town | caps6 = 24 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2014–2015 | clubs7 = Bideford | caps7 = | goals7 =

| years8 = 2015 | clubs8 = Yate Town | caps8 = | goals8 =

| years9 = 2015– | clubs9 = Taunton Town | caps9 = 21 | goals9 = 1

| club-update = 19:03, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

}}

Matthew Villis (born 13 April 1984) is an English footballer who played for Taunton Town as a centre back, having previously played for Bridgwater Town, Plymouth Argyle, Torquay United, Weston-Super-Mare, Tiverton Town, Bideford and Yate Town

Career

Villis began his career as a junior with Bridgwater Town before signing as a trainee with Plymouth Argyle, turning professional in July 2003.

He then joined Torquay United on a season-long loan deal in July 2004,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/plymouth_argyle/3863315.stm |title=Villis joins Gulls on loan |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2004-07-03 |access-date=2008-01-06 }} making his league debut as an early substitute for Lee Canoville in a 4–2 defeat at home to Sheffield Wednesday. He went on to play 22 times that season as Torquay unsuccessfully battled against relegation from Division Two.

He was released by Plymouth at the end of the season and joined Torquay on a free transfer in June 2005.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/torquay_united/4627447.stm |title=Gulls swoop for defender Villis |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2005-06-27 |access-date=2008-01-06 }} Despite beginning the season as a regular squad member, he lost his place after Torquay's FA Cup draw against non-league Harrogate Town and was linked with a move to ambitious non-league side Truro City.{{cite news |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=32873 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930031432/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=32873 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=30 September 2007 |title=Matt on his way to Truro? |publisher=Non League Daily |date=2006-06-02 |access-date=2008-01-06 }} He returned to the Torquay side in February 2006 as the Gulls battled against a second successive relegation and was a regular until the end of the season under first John Cornforth and then Ian Atkins.

He was confined to the substitute's bench for the early part of the 2006-07 season, although was restored to the first team under new manager Lubos Kubik before missing the remainder of the season due to injury. He was released in May 2007 after Torquay's relegation to the Conference National. He joined Bridgwater Town on trial in early July 2007{{cite news |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=43317 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325002223/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=43317 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=25 March 2012 |title=Impressive turnout for Laird |publisher=Non League Daily |date=2007-07-02 |access-date=2008-01-06 }} and was again linked with Truro City{{cite news |url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=35389 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325002229/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=35389 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=25 March 2012 |title=More big arrivals at Truro |publisher=Non League Daily |date=2007-06-06 |access-date=2008-01-05 }} before joining Southern League side Tiverton Town later the same month.

In the summer of 2010, Villis signed for Conference South side Weston-super-Mare. As of April 2012, Villis had scored three goals in 103 appearances for the Seagulls.{{cite news |url=http://www.weston-s-mareafc.co.uk/club/2875/Players/view/1509869 |title=Matt Villis |publisher=W-s-M AFC |access-date=2012-04-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814014432/http://www.weston-s-mareafc.co.uk/club/2875/Players/view/1509869 |archive-date=14 August 2012 }}

In the summer of 2013, Villis rejoined Tiverton Town. In July 2018, Villis was appointed as first team coach at Taunton Town.

Statistics

class="wikitable" !colspan="3"\|Club performance !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="4"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
Season !Club !League !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
colspan="3"\|England !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="2"\|FA Cup !colspan="2"\|League Cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
2003–04 \|Plymouth Argyle \|Second Division \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0
2004–05 \|rowspan="3"\|Torquay United \|League One \|align="center"\|22 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|2 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|24 \|align="center"\|0
2005–06 \|rowspan="2"\|League Two \|align="center"\|12 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|1 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|1 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|14 \|align="center"\|0
2006–07 \|align="center"\|6 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|1 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|7 \|align="center"\|0
2007–08 \|rowspan="3"\|Tiverton Town \|rowspan="3"\|Southern Premier Division \|align="center"\|41 \|align="center"\|1 \|align="center"\|1 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"
align="center"
align="center"\|4 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|46 \|align="center"\|1
2008–09 \|align="center"\|32 \|align="center"\|1 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"
align="center"
align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|32 \|align="center"\|1
2009–10 \|align="center"\|12 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"
align="center"
align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|12 \|align="center"\|0
2010–11 \|rowspan="3"\|Weston-super-Mare \|rowspan="3"\|Conference South \|align="center"\|33 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"
align="center"
align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|33 \|align="center"\|0
2011–12 \|align="center"\|38 \|align="center"\|1 \|align="center"\|3 \|align="center"\|1 \|align="center"
align="center"
align="center"\|4 \|align="center"\|1 \|align="center"\|45 \|align="center"\|3
2012–13 \|align="center"\|30 \|align="center"\|1 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"
align="center"
align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|30 \|align="center"\|1

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