 Villalba with Birmingham City in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco José Villalba Rodrigo[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 May 1998[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Valencia, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santos Laguna | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2016 | Valencia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Valencia B | 80 | (8) |
| 2015–2019 | Valencia | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Numancia (loan) | 39 | (4) |
| 2019–2022 | Birmingham City | 17 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | → Almería (loan) | 46 | (5) |
| 2021–2022 | → Sporting Gijón (loan) | 38 | (4) |
| 2022–2024 | Sporting Gijón | 31 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Málaga (loan) | 34 | (1) |
| 2024– | Santos Laguna | 7 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2014 | Spain U16 | 2 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Spain U17 | 17 | (3) |
| 2016 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2016 | Spain U19 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:46, 30 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
Francisco José Villalba Rodrigo (born 11 May 1998) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club Santos Laguna.
He began his career with Valencia and spent a season on loan to Numancia before moving to England in 2019 to join Birmingham City. He returned to Spain in January 2020 and spent the next 18 months on loan to Almería, before joining Sporting Gijón on loan for the 2021–22 season. After the loan was made permanent, he spent the 2022–23 season on loan to Málaga and 2023–24 with his parent club. He then signed for Santos Laguna. In international football, he has represented Spain from under-16 to under-19 level.
- ^ "Notification of shirt numbers: Birmingham City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 4. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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