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Julio Villalba

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Julio Villalba
Villalba playing for Paraguay U20 during the 2017 South American Youth Football Championship
Personal information
Full name Julio César Villalba Gaona
Date of birth (1998-09-17) 17 September 1998 (age 26)[1]
Place of birth Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Independiente
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2016 Cerro Porteño
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Cerro Porteño 16 (4)
2017–2021 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2 (1)
2017Cerro Porteño (loan) 13 (2)
2020SCR Altach (loan) 8 (0)
2021–2022 Guayaquil City 24 (1)
2022–2023 Sol de América 8 (0)
2023 Luqueño 1 (0)
2024– Independiente 0 (0)
International career
2015 Paraguay U17 11 (2)
2016–2018 Paraguay U20 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2023

Julio César Villalba Gaona (born 17 September 1998) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Independiente.

Club career

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Villalba signed with Borussia Mönchengladbach in January 2017.[2]

Upon returning to Paraguay, he featured for Cerro Porteño U20 in the 2016 U-20 Copa Libertadores.[3][4][5]

He made his first-team debuts for Cerro Porteño during 2016 and the club will enjoy little of him before the player departs permanently to the Bundesliga.[6]

On 8 January 2020, Villalba was sent on loan to SC Rheindorf Altach of the Austrian Bundesliga for the remainder of the season.[7]

International career

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Villalba featured in Cerro Porteno's youth academy and Paraguay U17 alongside Sergio Díaz.

Villalba played at the 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship, making 8 appearances.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

He then featured at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup making three appearances and scoring two goals against Syria U17[16] and France U17.[17][18]

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 – List of Players: Paraguay" (PDF). FIFA. 28 October 2015. p. 20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Julio Villalba, el joven paraguayo que se va a la Bundesliga alemana". Pasión Fútbol. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Cerro Porteño U20 vs. Liverpool U20 - 31 January 2016 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  4. ^ "Cerro Porteño U20 vs. Bolívar U20 - 3 February 2016 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  5. ^ "Cerro Porteño U20 vs. Lanús U20 - 6 February 2016 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  6. ^ "HOY / Cerro: Villalba está para arrancar de titular". www.hoy.com.py.
  7. ^ "BORUSSIA LOAN OUT VILLALBA TO SCR ALTACH". 8 January 2020. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Paraguay U17 vs. Venezuela U17 - 4 March 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  9. ^ "Paraguay U17 vs. Brazil U17 - 8 March 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  10. ^ "Paraguay U17 vs. Peru U17 - 12 March 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  11. ^ "Paraguay U17 vs. Colombia U17 - 14 March 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  12. ^ "Paraguay U17 vs. Argentina U17 - 21 March 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  13. ^ "Paraguay U17 vs. Ecuador U17 - 24 March 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  14. ^ "Paraguay U17 vs. Brazil U17 - 27 March 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  15. ^ "Paraguay U17 vs. Uruguay U17 - 30 March 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  16. ^ FIFA.com
  17. ^ FIFA.com
  18. ^ "Paraguay U17 vs. New Zealand U17 - 25 October 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
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