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]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2000-01-03) 3 January 2000 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Villa Yapeyú, Argentina[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-forward[2] | ||
| Club 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) | |||
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]
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]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Defensa y Justicia | 2020–21[nb 1] | Primera División | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| San Martín (loan) | 2021 | Primera Nacional | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||