Mikel Villanueva
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mikel Villanueva Álvarez | ||
| Date of birth | 14 April 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | San Cristóbal, Venezuela | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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Málaga B | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Deportivo Táchira | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Deportivo Táchira | 5 | (0) |
| 2014– | Deportivo Lara | 20 | (4) |
| 2015– | → Málaga B (loan) | 31 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016– | Venezuela | 5 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 May 2016 |
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Mikel Villanueva Álvarez (born 14 April 1993) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays for Spanish club Atlético Malagueño, on loan from Deportivo Lara, as a central defender.
Club career
Born in San Cristóbal, Táchira, Villanueva was a Deportivo Táchira youth graduate. On 3 March 2013 he made his professional debut, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Estudiantes de Mérida.
After being rarely used, Villanueva moved to fellow Primera División team Deportivo Lara in 2014. He scored his first professional goal on 25 January 2015, netting the game's only in an away win against Carabobo FC.
On 22 February 2015, Villanueva scored a brace in a 3–1 home win against Trujillanos FC. He finished the campaign with 20 appearances and four goals.
On 4 July 2015 Villanueva joined Málaga CF, being assigned to the reserves in Tercera División.[1]
International career
On 20 January 2016, Villanueva was called up to the Venezuela national team for a friendly against Costa Rica.[2] He made his full international debut on 2 February, starting in the 1–0 win in Barinas.[3]
References
External links
- Mikel Villanueva at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Mikel Villanueva at Soccerway
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from San Cristóbal, Táchira
- Venezuelan footballers
- Association football defenders
- Venezuelan Primera División footballers
- Deportivo Táchira players
- Deportivo Lara players
- Tercera División players
- Málaga CF B footballers
- Venezuela international footballers
- Venezuelan expatriate footballers
- Venezuelan expatriates in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Venezuelan people of Basque descent
