Post by Admin on Jul 12, 2017 11:54:57 GMT 1
Where are they now is a series where we look at former Derby County players . We take in depth loook at their career at Derby County and what happened to them after leaving the rams.
Number 8. Emanuel Villa
Personal information
Full name: Emanuel Alejandro Villa
Date of birth:24 February 1982
age: 35
Place of birth Casilda, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height: 5 ft 11 in)
Playing position: Centre-forward
Emanuel Villa joined Derby county in 2008 . He played for 46 games and got 5 goals for the rams . Derby county was in tPremier League at that time and they was in need for some goals . On the 4th of January 2008 derby county signed him for £2million and to a 3 1/2 year deal .
He scored his first goal for Derby County on the 2ed of February 2008, with a last minute headed equaliser from a Dean Leacock cross, in a 1–1 draw away at Birmingham City.
In the 2008/2009 championship season , Villa was not one of the regular players for the rams . To top this off after Paul Jewell was replaced by Nigel Clough that season he was then told he was not needed and he could go if he wanted too .
Villa also revealed his desire to return to Mexico due to his wife's homesickness. He left Derby for £1.7 million on the 1st of July .
Talks did start on the 30th of June 2009 and he was linked with a move to Mexican club Cruz Azul and then on the 1st of July it was revealed that a fee rumoured to be of £1.7m had been agreed for Villa, and he signed for the club on 2 July 2009.
He spent 3 years at the club (2009–2012) where he played 93 games for Cruz Azul and getting 51 !
By July 2011, Emanuel Villa has become one of the Top All-Time Scorers for Cruz Azul Team with 50 goals for the team what is a big deal for the team and the player ..
10 months later On the 19th of May 2012, his contract with Cruz Azul was over and both parties weren't able to end on an agreement, and on 24 May 2012 he was transferred to Pumas UNAM.
He only had a season at Pumas Unam . Where he got just 13 games and 3 goals for his club .
On 15 November 2012 Villa signed with Tigers Uanl where he played
42 games for them and betting 11 goals .On 5 January 2013, Villa made his official league debut with Tigres against Chiapas scoring a hat trick in the Estadio Universitario. On 19 January 2013, Villa scored the goal for the victory of 1–0 of Tigres over Atlas de Guadalajara
Number 8. Emanuel Villa
Personal information
Full name: Emanuel Alejandro Villa
Date of birth:24 February 1982
age: 35
Place of birth Casilda, Santa Fe, Argentina
Height: 5 ft 11 in)
Playing position: Centre-forward
Emanuel Villa joined Derby county in 2008 . He played for 46 games and got 5 goals for the rams . Derby county was in tPremier League at that time and they was in need for some goals . On the 4th of January 2008 derby county signed him for £2million and to a 3 1/2 year deal .
He scored his first goal for Derby County on the 2ed of February 2008, with a last minute headed equaliser from a Dean Leacock cross, in a 1–1 draw away at Birmingham City.
In the 2008/2009 championship season , Villa was not one of the regular players for the rams . To top this off after Paul Jewell was replaced by Nigel Clough that season he was then told he was not needed and he could go if he wanted too .
Villa also revealed his desire to return to Mexico due to his wife's homesickness. He left Derby for £1.7 million on the 1st of July .
Talks did start on the 30th of June 2009 and he was linked with a move to Mexican club Cruz Azul and then on the 1st of July it was revealed that a fee rumoured to be of £1.7m had been agreed for Villa, and he signed for the club on 2 July 2009.
He spent 3 years at the club (2009–2012) where he played 93 games for Cruz Azul and getting 51 !
By July 2011, Emanuel Villa has become one of the Top All-Time Scorers for Cruz Azul Team with 50 goals for the team what is a big deal for the team and the player ..
10 months later On the 19th of May 2012, his contract with Cruz Azul was over and both parties weren't able to end on an agreement, and on 24 May 2012 he was transferred to Pumas UNAM.
He only had a season at Pumas Unam . Where he got just 13 games and 3 goals for his club .
On 15 November 2012 Villa signed with Tigers Uanl where he played
42 games for them and betting 11 goals .On 5 January 2013, Villa made his official league debut with Tigres against Chiapas scoring a hat trick in the Estadio Universitario. On 19 January 2013, Villa scored the goal for the victory of 1–0 of Tigres over Atlas de Guadalajara