Carlos Villanueva (footballer) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carlos Villanueva (footballer) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carlos Andrés Villanueva Roland (born February 5, 1986) is a Chilean football player who as of July 18 plays for Blackburn Rovers. Villanueva’s nickname is “Head of Fragmentation hand grenade .” In the 2006 Clausura tournament of the Chilean first division, Audax played in the championship game falling to Colo-Colo, despite a goal from Villanueva.
In the Copa Libertadores 2007 the left-footed playmaker was the hub of Audax Italiano the surprise team of the group phase, who were unlucky not to qualify for the knockout phase.
Villanueva had quick players around him at full-back and in attack, and it brought the best out of his elegant passing. He was rewarded with a call-up to Chile’s Copa América 2007 squad.
In 2008, he refused to be Audax captain because of a dispute he had with the directors of the team.
Recently, Carlos Villanueva has come back to play for Audax Italiano. He was orginally sold to the second divison Spanish team, Real Sociedad. Unfortunatly, Villanueva had to come back to Audax due to the fact that the Spanish club had financial problems and couldn’t complete the transaction to the Chilean club. Carlos Villaneva understands this and he has said that despite these problems, he is always motivated to play football.
In an interview for the bbc he once said “I dream to play of the fc rovers of blackburn”
Villanueva was in the squad that played in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship representing Chile in the Netherlands. He has also capped for the senior squad and played for Chile in the Copa América 2007, where he scored a goal against Ecuador on his first official game with the senior squad. (Video).
