Ricardo Villa

Ricardo Villa, the man English fans came to know as Ricky Villa, is one of those footballers who built a small bridge between two cultures. An Argentine midfielder of the 1970s and 80s, he brought a 185cm frame and a flair for the elegant to the English game and won crowds over far from home. What I respect is the nerve it took to make that leap and leave a genuine mark abroad as a pioneer of his kind. He's exactly the kind of craftsman of an era I want to keep remembering.

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Name (English)

Ricardo Villa

Name (Japanese)

リカルド・ビジャ

Reading

りかるど・びじゃ

Born

August 18, 1952 (age 74)

Origin

Roque Pérez, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Height

185 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dragon

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo%20Villa
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705946

Tags

• Buenos Aires Province
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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