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Fran

Villalba

AM Santos Laguna #21

Attacking Midfield – Midfielder

Fran Villalba

Santos Laguna Liga MX
  • Top 31% of attacking midfielders in the world
  • #162 attacking midfielder aged 26–29
Date of birth / Age
11 May 1998 (28)
Citizenship
Spain
Foot
Right
Height / Weight
1.68 m / 63 kg
Main position
Attacking Midfield
Contract until
2027

Benchmarks

attacking midfielders with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#582

attacking midfielder in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#162

among attacking midfielders aged 26–29

In his league

40%

of Liga MX attacking midfielders rank below him

Finishing

−2.1

goals below expected · better than 13% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)
Goals
3 Expected
5.1

53 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons
Assists
7 Expected
7.7

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Season 2025

AppsAppearances
34
StartsStarting eleven
31
GoalsGoals
3
AssistsAssists
2
YellowYellow cards
5
2nd yellowSecond yellows
0
RedRed cards
0
MinutesMinutes
2,456
Starting eleven91%

31 of 34 appearances

Positions played

272 matches · since 2015/16
PositionAppsGA
Attacking Midfield
106 8 13
Central Midfield
60 3 4
Left Winger
58 3 4
Centre-Forward
22 1 2
Other · RW, DM, RB
26 4 1

Career stats

Season
Competitions
Club

By competition

CompetitionAppsGA
Segunda División1921419
Segunda B818–
Liga MX6445
Championship1710
Copa del Rey140–
Spain U17112–
UEFA Youth League70–
Leagues Cup50–
La Liga100

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

  1. Jul 2024 · Transfer Sporting Gijón Santos Laguna
  2. Jun 2023 · Back from Loan Málaga Sporting Gijón
  3. Aug 2022 · Loan Sporting Gijón Málaga Loan
  4. Jul 2022 · Transfer Birmingham City Sporting Gijón
  5. Jun 2022 · Back from Loan Sporting Gijón Birmingham City
  6. Aug 2021 · Loan Birmingham City Sporting Gijón Loan
  7. Jun 2021 · Back from Loan Almería Birmingham City
  8. Aug 2020 · Loan Birmingham City Almería Loan
  9. Aug 2020 · Back from Loan Almería Birmingham City
  10. Jan 2020 · Loan Birmingham City Almería Loan
  11. Aug 2019 · Transfer Valencia Mestalla Birmingham City
  12. Jun 2019 · Back from Loan Numancia Valencia Mestalla

Clubs

  1. ClubAppsGoals
  2. Santos Laguna 2024–2027 69 4
  3. Sporting Gijón 2021–2024 76 4
  4. Málaga 2022 34 1
  5. Almería 2019–2021 53 5
  6. Birmingham City 2019 17 1
  7. Numancia 2018 40 4
  8. Valencia Mestalla 2014–2018 81 8
  9. Valencia U19 2015 7 0

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  • Distance / 9010.9 km
  • High-speed running / 90742 m
  • Sprints / 9021
  • Top speed34.2 km/h

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Right winger, 24, left foot

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Beats his man one against one, arrives late at the far post, presses the full-back hard.

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Loses duels in the air; final pass drops under fatigue.

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Best as an inverted winger in a 4-3-3 that holds a high line.

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Right winger, 24, left foot

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Beats his man one against one, arrives late at the far post, presses the full-back hard.

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Loses duels in the air; final pass drops under fatigue.

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