Full name Santiago Villa Castro Current team Jaen Playing position | Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Place of birth Linares, Spain Name Santi Villa | |
Date of birth (1982-08-05) 5 August 1982 (age 33) | ||
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Santiago 'Santi' Villa Castro (born 5 August 1982) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Mérida AD as a winger.
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Club career
Born in Linares, Jaén, Andalusia, Villa spent his first 12 seasons as a senior alternating between Segunda División B and Tercera División. He represented in the process Real Balompédica Linense, Atlético Madrid C, CD Logroñés, ACD San Marcial, CD Corralejo, CD Calahorra, CD Quintanar del Rey, Granada CF, Real Murcia Imperial, FC Torrevieja, Ontinyent CF, Orihuela CF, Pontevedra CF, CF Atlético Ciudad, CF Badalona, CP Cacereño and Real Jaén, achieving promotion with the latter to Segunda División in the 2012–13 campaign, to which he contributed with 41 games and five goals (playoffs included).
On 18 August 2013, at already 31, Villa played his first game as a professional, starting in a 1–2 league home loss against SD Eibar.