Claudio Andrés Villan Cerpa (born 18 August 1973) is a Chilean former professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who played as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for clubs in Chile and Indonesia.
Club career
A midfielder, Villan played for
Unión Santa Cruz,
Provincial Osorno
Provincial Osorno is a football club based in Osorno, Los Lagos Region, Chile. The club is currently playing at the fourth tier of the Chilean football system, the Tercera División.
The club were founded on 5 June 1983 and then re-founded on ...
,
O'Higgins,
Deportes Ovalle
Club Deportes Ovalle is a Chilean football club who currently play in the fourth level of Chilean football, the Segunda División Profesional de Chile. The club's stadium is the Estadio Municipal de Ovalle.
Their main rivals are Deportes La Se ...
,
Unión Española and
Deportes Melipilla.
Then, he moved to Indonesia, where he played for
Persik Kediri,
where he coincided with his compatriots
Juan Carlos Tapia and
Alejandro Bernal,
Perseden Denpasar and
Persekaba Badung
Yahukimo Football Club is an Indonesian football club based in Yahukimo Regency, Highland Papua. Club played in Liga 3.
History
The club was previously named Persekaba Badung based on Gelora Samudra Stadium, Badung, Bali. In 2007 Liga Indo ...
.
As a member of Persik Kediri, he won the league title in 2003.
International career
Villan represented Chile at under-20 level in 1993 alongside players such as
Francisco Rojas,
Claudio Lizama
Claudio Mauricio Lizama Villegas (born 21 March 1973) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a defender for clubs in Chile and Indonesia.
Club career
A product of Universidad Católica youth system, as a member of the team ...
and
Marcelo Salas
José Marcelo Salas Melinao (; born 24 December 1974), nicknamed ''Matador'' (due to his goalscoring celebrations), ''El Fenómeno'' and ''Shileno'', is a Chilean former footballer who played as a striker. Salas is considered the best strik ...
.
Selección Chilena Sub 20 1993
Claudio Andrés Villan Cerpa on Facebook
Honours
Persik Kediri
* Liga Indonesia Premier Division
Liga 2 (English: ''League Two'') is the second-tier of the football competition system in Indonesia, organized by PSSI. Before 2017, this competition was named the Liga Indonesia Premier Division (from 1994 to 2007, it was the top-tier divisio ...
: 2003
File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...
References
External links
Claudio Villan
at PlaymakerStats.com
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Villan, Claudio
1973 births
Living people
Footballers from Santiago
Chilean men's footballers
Chilean expatriate men's footballers
Chile men's under-20 international footballers
Deportes Santa Cruz footballers
Provincial Osorno footballers
O'Higgins F.C. footballers
Deportes Ovalle footballers
Unión Española footballers
Deportes Melipilla footballers
Persik Kediri players
Perseden Denpasar players
Primera B de Chile players
Chilean Primera División players
Indonesian Premier Division players
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia
Men's association football midfielders