Rodrigo Villagra

Rodrigo Villagra
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Román Villagra
Date of birth (2001-02-14) 14 February 2001
Place of birth Morteros, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Internacional
(on loan from CSKA Moscow)
Youth career
–2019 Rosario Central
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Rosario Central 25 (0)
2021–2024 Talleres 95 (0)
2024–2025 River Plate 25 (0)
2025– CSKA Moscow 8 (0)
2026–Internacional (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2019 Argentina U20 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 December 2025

Rodrigo Román Villagra (born 14 February 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brazilian club Internacional on loan from Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow.

Club career

Villagra came through the youth ranks of Rosario Central.[2] Diego Cocca was the manager who selected him for his professional debut, as the midfielder featured for the full duration of a Copa Libertadores group stage defeat to Libertad on 4 April 2019; he had previously been on the substitutes bench in the same competition a month prior versus Grêmio.[1][3]

On 5 August 2021, Villagra joined fellow league club Talleres de Córdoba on a deal until the end of 2025.[4]

On 3 February 2024, he signed for River Plate of Argentina for 4 years.[5]

On 6 March 2025, Villagra signed a contract with CSKA Moscow in Russia until the end of 2028, with an option to extend for one more year.[6] On 21 January 2026, he was loaned to Internacional in Brazil.[7]

International career

In March 2019, Villagra received a call-up to the Argentina U20s ahead of friendlies in Murcia, Spain.[8][9]

Personal life

Villagra has a footballing brother, Cristian, who also started his senior career with Rosario Central.[2] Their other brother, Gonzalo, died in June 2018 following a battle with leukemia.[10]

Career statistics

As of 7 December 2025.[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rosario Central 2018–19 Primera División 1 0 0 0 3[a] 0 2[b] 0 6 0
2019–20 Primera División 1 0 1[c] 0 10[d] 0 12 0
2021 Primera División 1 0 0 0 6[e] 0 12[d] 0 19 0
Total 3 0 1 0 9 0 24 0 37 0
Talleres 2021 Primera División 20 0 4[c] 0 24 0
2022 Primera División 25 0 6 0 10[a] 0 11[d] 0 52 0
2023 Primera División 26 0 4 0 13[d] 0 43 0
Total 71 0 14 0 10 0 24 0 119 0
River Plate 2024 Primera División 15 0 2 0 8[a] 0 11[f] 0 36 0
CSKA Moscow 2024–25 Russian Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025–26 Russian Premier League 8 0 3 0 11 0
Total 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Career total 97 0 20 0 27 0 59 0 203 0
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in Copa Libertadores
  2. ^ One appearance in Supercopa Argentina, one appearance in Copa de la Superliga
  3. ^ a b 2019–20 Copa Argentina was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina and completed in 2021, both of the entries refer to that tournament
  4. ^ a b c d Appearances in Copa de la Liga Profesional
  5. ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  6. ^ Ten appearances Copa de la Liga Profesional, one appearance in Supercopa Argentina

References

  1. ^ a b c "Argentina - R. Villagra". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Conociendo a... Rodrigo Villagra". Rosario Central. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Cocca probó el equipo que enfrentaría a Libertad". Radiofonica. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  4. ^ Es oficial: Rodrigo Villagra se incorporó a Talleres, ultimajugada.com, 5 August 2021
  5. ^ "Rogrigo Villagra firmo con River y fue convocado vs. Vélez". lapaginamillonaria.com (in Spanish). 4 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Родриго Вильягра – с нами!" (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. 6 March 2025.
  7. ^ "VILLAGRA É O NOVO REFORÇO DO INTER" [Villagra is Inter's new signing.] (in Portuguese). SC Internacional. 21 January 2026. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  8. ^ "Los convocados por Fernando Batista para entrenar en el Sub 20". Diagonales. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Firmaron los pibes". Vavel. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Dolor en el fútbol: murió el hermano de Cristian Villagra, a quien el jugador le había donado médula osea". Infobae. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2019.