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Ricardo Villa

Ricardo Villa
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Ricardo Villa in 1981
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Julio Villa
Date of birth (1952-08-18) 18 August 1952 (age 64)
Place of birth Roque Pérez, Argentina
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1974 Quilmes 108 (20)
1973 San Martín de Tucumán (loan) 10 (3)
1974–1976 Atlético de Tucumán 51 (19)
1976–1978 Racing Club 52 (6)
1978–1983 Tottenham Hotspur 133 (18)
1983 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 19 (3)
1984–1985 Deportivo Cali 0 (0)
1986–1989 Defensa y Justicia 93 (4)
Total 466 (73)
National team
1975–1978 Argentina 17 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Ricardo Julio "Ricky" Villa (locally: [riˈkarðo ˈβiʃa]; born 18 August 1952 in Roque Pérez, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football coach and former professional midfielder.

In the 1970s he played successively for Quilmes, Atlético de Tucumán and Racing Club. At the 1978 FIFA World Cup, he was a member of the Argentinian team that won the tournament and made two appearances as a substitute in the second round. Afterwards, he was snapped up by Tottenham Hotspur's Keith Burkinshaw together with Ossie Ardiles.

Arriving to a ticker tape welcome at White Hart Lane, Villa scored one goal against Nottingham Forest on his debut. Villa scored a total of 25 goals in 179 Spurs appearances, none more spectacular than his winning goal against Manchester City in the FA Cup Final replay in 1981 – for which he won the Wembley goal of the century award in 2001. He had also opened the scoring in the 8th minute of that final replay. Today, Spurs fans recall Ricky's unique contribution wearing t-shirts with his hirsute visage morphed into Che Guevara's.

Villa played on in Argentina, Colombia and the United States before ending his career in the lower leagues of Argentine football with Defensa y Justicia.


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