Thiago Ezequiel Ojeda (born 12 January 2003) is an Argentine

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 lea ...

who plays as an

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for Spanish club Villarreal CF B.

Club career

Born in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...

, Ojeda was a Vélez Sarsfield youth graduate. On 6 July 2022, he signed for Spanish side

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Villarreal, in the Province of Castellón, Castellón province of easte ...

after his contract expired, being initially assigned to the youth setup. Ojeda made his professional with the reserves on 3 September 2022, coming on as a second half substitute for Diego Collado and scoring his team's third in a 3–0

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

home win over CD Mirandés. He alternated between Villarreal's B and C teams during the season, before being loaned to Primera Federación side

CD Lugo Club Deportivo Lugo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded on 8 July 1953, it plays in Primera Federación, holding home games at ''Estadio Anxo ...

on 7 July 2023. Back to the ''Yellow Submarine'' in July 2024, Ojeda made his first team – and

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga, and officially known as LaLiga EA Sports for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Spain and the highest ...

– debut on 18 December 2024, replacing goalscorer Ayoze Pérez in a 1–1 home draw against Rayo Vallecano.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ojeda, Thiago 2003 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Primera Federación players Tercera Federación players Villarreal CF B players Villarreal CF C players CD Lugo players Villarreal CF players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain 21st-century Argentine sportsmen