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My Take
Villanueva interests me far beyond his stat line. The 211 cm son of Dominican immigrants, raised in Elmhurst, Queens, he carved out an NBA career across Toronto, Milwaukee, Detroit and Dallas. What earns my respect is how openly he lived with alopecia, turning a condition that invites stares into a platform against prejudice, even building his number-31 identity around that belief. To me he is a story of an immigrant kid climbing out of a working-class neighborhood with conviction intact. The numbers matter less than the backbone behind them, and that is what makes him memorable.
Overview
Charlie Alexander Villanueva Mejia (born August 24, 1984) is a Dominican-American former professional basketball player who played for the Toronto Raptors, Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons and Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The son of immigrants from the Dominican Republic, Villanueva was raised in Elmhurst, Queens, New York City.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Charlie Villanueva
- Name (Japanese)
- チャーリー・ビラヌエバ
- Reading
- ちゃーりー・びらぬえば
- Born
- August 24, 1984 (age 41)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rat
- Origin
- Queens, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 211 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Newtown High School
- University
- University of Connecticut
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.