Place of birth Lima, Peru Role American football player Playing position Height 2.06 m | Years Team Nationality American Name Alejandro Villanueva Weight 126 kg | |
Full name Carlos Alejandro Villanueva Martinez Date of birth (1908-06-04)4 June 1908 Date of death 11 April 1944(1944-04-11) (aged 35) Spouse Madelyn Villanueva (m. 2013) Parents Matilda Martin, Ignacio Villanueva Similar People Kelvin Beachum, Cody Wallace, Ben Roethlisberger, Ross Ventrone, Martavis Bryant | ||
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Carlos Alejandro Villanueva Martínez (4 June 1908 – 11 April 1944) was a Peruvian footballer who played for Alianza Lima and the Peru national football team. He is considered one of the most important Alianza strikers in the 1920s and 1930s.
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- Army west point football alejandro villanueva featured during 2015 nfl hall of fame game
- Entrevista a alejandro villanueva
- Club career
- International career
- Death and legacy
- Club
- Individual
- References
Entrevista a alejandro villanueva
Club career
Born in Lima, started his career at Teniente Ruiz but moved on after a year to the club where he would play the rest of his career, Alianza Lima.
He is known to be Peru's historic bicycle kick figure. Alejandro Villanueva was noted to have an extraordinary handling the football, and his many outrageous moves won him the nickname "Manguera." Among his many exploits, the bicycle kick was one of the moves that won him widespread recognition. While playing for Alianza Lima, Villanueva's fame increased as he made international appearances such as in 1933 when Alianza Lima made a tour in Chile and, with fellow Peruvians such as Teodoro Fernandez, delighted the audiences with his skill and defeated a series of important Chilean clubs of that time such as Club Deportivo Magallanes, Santiago Wanderers, Audax Italiano, and Colo-Colo. In Peru, Villanueva is often remembered as one of the finest exponents of that nation's association football and as the player that amazed the crowds with his bicycle kicks. Interestingly, the people of Lima at first thought the bicycle kick was his invention when he executed it in 1928, and commonly called it "tiro caracol." Later, the name would change to "chalaca" when people began to favor the idea that the move was invented in Callao several decades earlier. As a result of these achievements, Villanueva remains a famous figure in Peru to the point that several songs have been made about him and his eternal club, Alianza Lima.
International career
For the Peruvian national team he participated at the 1927 and 1937 Copa America, 1930 FIFA World Cup and at 1936 Summer Olympics. Villanueva was also part of the team that won the football tournament at the inaugural Bolivarian Games in 1938.
Death and legacy
He died aged 35 of tuberculosis. Alianza Lima's stadium, located in the La Victoria district of Lima, is named after him. It is also known as "Manguera".