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Germán Villa
Personal information
Full name	Germán Villa Castañeda
Date of birth	April 2, 1973 (1973-04-02) (age 36)
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Central Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Queretaro FC
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–1998 1998 1999 2000–2008 2008–2009 2010–	Club América RCD Espanyol Necaxa Club América Necaxa Querétaro	141 0(2) 012 0(0) 017 0(1) 293 (12) 002 0(0)
National team2
1996–2002	Mexico	066 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 24, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of May 30, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Germán Villa Castañeda (born April 2, 1973 in Mexico City) is a Mexican football player who currently plays for Querétaro.

German made his debut in the 1991-92 season with America against Leon. Villa played regularly with America until 1998 when he decided to go to the Spanish league to play for Espanyol de Barcelona. Villa returned to Mexico for the Verano 1999 season to play with America. At the end of the Verano 1999 tournament Villa was transferred to Necaxa where he played one tournament. Villa returned to America for the Verano 2000 season. Villa has won two championships, the first one in the Verano 2002 season and the second in the Clausura 2005 season. He was also part of the Mexican national team that played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup and also the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

In November 2009, German Villa signed a contract with Querétaro to play with them at least one year.

Honours

Club Honours

Club América

• CONCACAF Giants Cup 2001
• Mexican Championship - Verano 2002
• Mexican Championship - Clausura 2005
• Mexican Championship - Campeón De Campeones (Mexican Super Cup) 2004-2005
• CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2006

External links

• Germán Villa stats at MedioTiempo.com (Spanish)
• Football Database Provides German Villa's Profile and Statistics
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Mexico squads Mexico squad – 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (2nd title) 2 Suárez • 5 Davino • 6 Lara • 7 Ramírez • 8 García Aspe • 9 Peláez • 10 L. García • 11 Hernández • 14 del Olmo • 15 Blanco • 16 Astiva • 18 A. García • 19 Campos • 20 Rizo • 21 Gutiérrez • 46 Villa • Coach: Milutinović Mexico squad – 1996 Summer Olympics 1 O.Sánchez • 2 Suárez • 3 Oteo • 4 Villa • 5 Davino • 6 Lara • 7 Torres • 8 Sol • 9 Campos • 10 García • 11 Blanco • 12 F.Sánchez • 13 Pardo • 14 Alvarado • 15 Arellano • 16 Alfaro • 17 Palencia • 18 Abundis • Coach: de los Cobos Mexico squad – Copa América 1997 Third Place 1 Ríos • 2 Suárez • 3 Sánchez • 4 Villa • 5 Davino • 6 Lara • 7 García • 8 Ramírez • 9 Chávez • 10 Rizo • 11 Blanco • 12 Pineda • 13 Pardo • 14 Romero • 15 Hernández • 16 Jiménez • 17 Palencia • 18 Saavedra • 19 de Anda • 20 Abundis • 21 Sancho • 22 Zuñiga • Coach: Lapuente Mexico squad – 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Sánchez • 2 Suárez • 3 de Anda • 4 Villa • 5 Davino • 6 Lara • 7 Ramírez • 8 Luna • 9 Chávez • 10 García • 11 Blanco • 12 Pérez • 13 Pardo • 14 Terrazas • 15 Hernández • 16 López • 17 Palencia • 18 Carmona • 19 Zárate • 20 Abundis • Coach: Lapuente Mexico squad – 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup Winners (6th Title) 1 Pérez • 2 Suárez • 3 de Anda • 4 Villa • 5 Davino • 6 Lara • 7 Ramírez • 8 Luna • 9 Alfaro • 10 Lozano • 11 Blanco • 12 Martínez • 13 Pardo • 14 Medina • 15 Hernández • 16 López • 17 Palencia • 18 Carmona • 19 Mercado • 20 Mora • Coach: Lapuente Mexico squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Campos • 2 Suárez • 3 J. Sánchez • 4 Villa • 5 Davino • 6 Bernal • 7 Ramírez • 8 García Aspe • 9 Peláez • 10 García • 11 Blanco • 12 O. Sánchez • 13 Pardo • 14 Lara • 15 Hernández • 16 Terrazas • 17 Palencia • 18 Carmona • 19 Luna • 20 Ordiales • 21 Arellano • 22 Pérez • Coach: Lapuente Mexico squad – 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Winners (1st Title) 1 Campos • 2 Suárez • 3 Sánchez • 4 Márquez • 5 Torrado • 6 Villa • 7 Ramírez • 8 García Aspe • 9 Abundis • 10 Blanco • 11 Osorno • 12 Pérez • 13 Pardo • 14 Terrazas • 15 Hernández • 16 Arellano • 17 Palencia • 18 Carmona • 19 Zepeda • 20 García • Coach: Lapuente Mexico squad – 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Sánchez • 2 Suárez • 3 Beltrán • 4 Oteo • 5 Davino • 6 M. Ruiz • 7 Rangel • 8 Rodríguez • 9 Abundis • 10 Borgetti • 11 Osorno • 12 Cabuto • 13 Pardo • 14 Villa • 15 de Nigris • 16 Coyote • 17 Valdez • 18 Victorino • 19 Reyes • 20 V. Ruiz • 21 Pérez • 22 Chávez • 23 Dautt • Coach: Meza Mexico squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Pérez • 2 de Anda • 3 García • 4 Márquez • 5 Vidrio • 6 Torrado • 7 Morales • 8 García Aspe • 9 Borgetti • 10 Blanco • 11 Luna • 12 Sánchez • 13 Mercado • 14 Villa • 15 Hernández • 16 Carmona • 17 Palencia • 18 J. Rodríguez • 19 Caballero • 20 Brown • 21 Arellano • 22 A. Rodríguez • 23 Campos • Coach: Aguirre