César Martín Villar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | César Martín Villar | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Oviedo, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Oviedo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | Oviedo B | 32 | (3) |
| 1995–1999 | Oviedo | 101 | (6) |
| 1999–2006 | Deportivo La Coruña | 96 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Levante | 3 | (0) |
| 2007 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Hércules | 39 | (5) |
| 2009–2010 | Castellón | 20 | (0) |
| Total | 292 | (15) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994–1995 | Spain U18 | 19 | (1) |
| 1995 | Spain U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 1995 | Spain U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 1996–2000 | Spain U21 | 8 | (2) |
| 1999–2004 | Spain | 12 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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César Martín Villar (born 3 April 1977), known simply as César, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.
Over the course of 13 seasons he appeared in 200 La Liga games, namely in representation of Oviedo and Deportivo, after which he had a six-month spell in England with Bolton.
A Spanish international during five years, César appeared in Euro 2004.
Born in Oviedo, César started his professional career in 1994 playing for local Real Oviedo. In his debut season he helped with 17 La Liga matches as the Asturias side, which also featured Croatian Nikola Jerkan in the defensive sector, finished ninth.
After being instrumental in Oviedo's 1998–99 league campaign by playing 31 games and scoring four goals, César moved to Deportivo de La Coruña for approximately €7 million. With the Galicians he won one league, one Copa del Rey and two Supercopa de España trophies, but appeared sparingly during his seven-year stay (maximum 20 contests in 2002–03) mainly due to injuries.
César fell out of favour when Joaquín Caparrós took over as manager of Deportivo, and eventually moved to Levante UD on 18 July 2006. Things did not improve at his new team where he only played five times all competitions comprised, also getting sent off in a 0–3 league home loss to Atlético de Madrid; on 31 January 2007, he cancelled his contract by mutual consent.
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