Sandra Vilanova

Sandra Vilanova

With Espanyol in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Sandra Vilanova Tous
Date of birth	(1981-01-01) 1 January 1981 (age 36)
Place of birth	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Espanyol
Number	21
Youth career
1995–1997	UD Castellar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2001	Platges Calvià
2001–2009	Levante	146	(29)
2009–2010	Rayo Vallecano
2010–2011	Espanyol
2011–2012	Atlético Madrid	37	(5)
2012–2013	Espanyol
2014–2015	Espanyol
National team
	Spain U-19
2003–2013	Spain	46	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Sandra Vilanova Tous (born 1 January 1981) is a Spanish football midfielder who plays for RCD Espanyol of the Primera División. She previously played for Levante UD, Rayo Vallecano and Atlético Madrid, winning three league titles and five national cups. She also played the UEFA Women's Champions League with Levante and Rayo, and she was a member of the Spanish national team for a decade. She retired after captaining Spain in the 2013 European Championship, but made a comeback with Espanyol the following year.

Vilanova was raised in UE Castellar, near Barcelona. In 1997, at 16, she started playing for CF Platges de Calvià, a low-tier team in the Balearic Islands. Four years later she signed for national champion Levante UD, where she spent most of her career. With Levante she won two championships and four national cups, and she made her UEFA Women's Cup debut.

After eight years in Valencia, in 2009 she moved to Madrid to play for reigning champions Rayo Vallecano. For the next three seasons she played successively for Rayo, RCD Espanyol and Atlético Madrid, winning her third league with Rayo and her fifth cup with Espanyol. In 2012, she returned to Espanyol.