Carlos Villa (footballer)

Carlos Andrés Villa Perdomo (born 18 July 1986)[1] is a Guatemalan professional footballer who currently plays as striker for Romanian Liga 1 club CS Concordia Chiajna since 2012. He has also been a member of the Guatemalan national team.

Villa started his career at CSD Municipal, being the son of the club's former president, Ernesto Villa. In 2008 and 2009 he played at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut.[2] In September 2011 he was loaned from Municipal to Antigua GFC in Guatemala's Primera División de Ascenso.[3] In February and March 2012, he was a part of a mid-season camp at Romanian Liga 1 club CS Concordia Chiajna.[4]

In 2007 and 2008 he was a member of the Guatemala U-23 national team, playing at the 2008 Pre-Olympic tournament, where he scored one goal.[5] His senior national team debut occurred on 11 November 2011 in a World Cup qualification match against Grenada.[6][7]

References
  1. "Carlos Villa". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  2. "Hartford Hawks Athletics - Carlos Villa - 2009 Men's Soccer". hartfordhawks.com. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  3. "rojos". rojos.com. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  4. "El atacante nacional Carlos Villa ficha por un club rumano". Archived from the original on 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
  5. "Carlos Villa Player Profile - ESPN FC". soccernet.espn.go.com. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  6. "FIFA Tournaments - Players & Coaches - Carlos VILLA". fifa.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2012. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  7. "Selección de Guatemala supera a Granada y mantiene el invicto". Archived from the original on 2011-12-18. Retrieved 2012-01-17.


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