Francisco José Villalba Rodrigo ( Spanish: Francisco José Villalba Rodrigo ; May 11, 1998 , Valencia , Spain ) - Spanish footballer playing as a midfielder . He plays for the Birmingham City club.
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| Full name | Francisco Jose Villalba Rodrigo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 11, 1998 (21 years old) Valencia , Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 168 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club |  Birmingham city | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| room | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Fran was born in Valencia and is a pupil of this club. On August 1, 2014, despite the generous offer of Liverpool [1] , he signed a professional contract with the core team of Valencia for a period of four years [2] .
After signing, he began to play for the second team - Valencia Mestaglia . On February 1, 2015, at the age of 16, he made his debut for her in a duel against Olympique de Xativa , replacing him in the 70th minute instead of Dani Ramirez [3] .
On June 26, 2015, Fran was called to the main team to prepare for the new season [4] . Despite the fact that he continued to play games behind Mestal, in training he worked with the first team. On December 16, 2015, he made his big football debut in the fight between Copa del Rey and Baracaldo , where he replaced Andre Gomish in the second half [5] .
December 31, he made his debut in La Liga , replacing the 87th minute instead of Dani Parejo in a duel with Villarreal [6] .
Team Career
Since 2014, he has been playing for the youth national teams of Spain.
Notes
- ↑ Spanish 'jewel' midfielder rejects Liverpool contract offers (Spanish) . - soccerlens.com. Date of treatment June 26, 2016.
- ↑ Fran Villalba rechaza al Liverpool para firmar con el Valencia (Spanish) . - superdeporte.es. Date of treatment June 26, 2016.
- ↑ Olimpic de Xativa - Valencia II (English) . - soccerway.com. Date of treatment June 26, 2016.
- ↑ Fran Villalba hará la pretemporada con el primer equipo (Spanish) . - valencia.eldesmarque.com. Date of treatment June 26, 2016.
- ↑ Barakaldo - Valencia . - soccerway.com. Date of treatment June 26, 2016.
- ↑ Villareal - Valencia . - soccerway.com. Date of treatment June 26, 2016.