Rodrigo Villagra

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rodrigo Villagra

| image =

| image_size =

| caption = with River Plate, 2024

| fullname = Rodrigo Román Villagra

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|2|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Morteros, Argentina

| height = 1.78 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = CSKA Moscow

| clubnumber = 5

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2019

| youthclubs1 = Rosario Central

| years1 = 2019–2021

| clubs1 = Rosario Central

| caps1 = 25

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2021–2024

| clubs2 = Talleres

| caps2 = 95

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2024–2025

| clubs3 = River Plate

| caps3 = 25

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2025–

| clubs4 = CSKA Moscow

| caps4 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2019

| nationalteam1 = Argentina U20

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 13:15, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update =

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Rodrigo Román Villagra (born 14 February 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow.

Club career

Villagra came through the youth ranks of Rosario Central.{{cite news|title=Conociendo a... Rodrigo Villagra|url=http://www.rosariocentral.com/nota/27180/|accessdate=5 April 2019|work=Rosario Central|date=21 December 2016}} Diego Cocca was the manager who selected him for his professional debut, as the midfielder featured for the full duration of a Copa Libertadores group stage defeat to Libertad on 4 April 2019; he had previously been on the substitutes bench in the same competition a month prior versus Grêmio.{{cite news |title=Argentina - R. Villagra |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/rodrigo-villagra/598704/ |accessdate=5 April 2019 |work=Soccerway}}{{cite news|title=Cocca probó el equipo que enfrentaría a Libertad|url=http://radiofonica.com/cocca-probo-el-equipo-que-enfrentaria-a-libertad/|accessdate=5 April 2019|work=Radiofonica|date=3 April 2019}}

On 5 August 2021, Villagra joined fellow league club Talleres de Córdoba on a deal until the end of 2025.[https://ultimajugada.com/es-oficial-rodrigo-villagra-se-incorporo-a-talleres/ Es oficial: Rodrigo Villagra se incorporó a Talleres], ultimajugada.com, 5 August 2021

On 3 February 2024, he signed for River Plate of Argentina for 4 years.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-04 |title= Rogrigo Villagra firmo con River y fue convocado vs. Vélez|url= https://lapaginamillonaria.com/amp/riverplate/rodrigo-villagra-presentacion-en-river-nuevo-dorsal-y-convocado-vs-velez-20240204-LPM-47371.html |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=lapaginamillonaria.com |language=es}}

On 6 March 2025, Villagra signed a contract with CSKA Moscow in Russia until the end of 2028, with an option to extend for one more year.{{cite web|publisher=PFC CSKA Moscow|url=https://pfc-cska.com/novosti/vse-novosti/novosti-osnovy/rodrigo-vilyagra-s-nami/|title=Родриго Вильягра – с нами!|date=6 March 2025|language=ru}}

International career

In March 2019, Villagra received a call-up to the Argentina U20s ahead of friendlies in Murcia, Spain.{{cite news|title=Los convocados por Fernando Batista para entrenar en el Sub 20|url=https://www.diagonales.com/contenido/los-convocados-por-fernando-batista-para-entrenar-en-el-sub-20/13539|accessdate=5 April 2019|work=Diagonales|date=11 March 2019}}{{cite news|title=Firmaron los pibes|url=https://www.vavel.com/ar/futbol-argentino/2019/03/27/rosario-central/974796-firmaron-los-pibes.html|accessdate=5 April 2019|work=Vavel|date=28 March 2019}}

Personal life

Villagra has a footballing brother, Cristian, who also started his senior career with Rosario Central. Their other brother, Gonzalo, died in June 2018 following a battle with leukemia.{{cite news|title=Dolor en el fútbol: murió el hermano de Cristian Villagra, a quien el jugador le había donado médula osea|url=https://www.infobae.com/deportes-2/2018/06/15/dolor-en-el-futbol-murio-el-hermano-de-cristian-villagra-a-quien-el-jugador-le-habia-donado-medula-osea/|accessdate=5 April 2019|work=Infobae|date=15 June 2018}}

Career statistics

{{updated|5 April 2019}}.

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="1"\|Rosario Central \|2018–19 \|rowspan="1"\|Primera División \|0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
colspan="3"\|Career total !0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0