Javier Alejandro Villarreal

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Personal information
Javier Villarreal
Full name	Javier Alejandro Villarreal
Date of birth	March 1, 1979 (age 28)
Place of birth	Alta Gracia, Argentina
Height	175cm
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	Club Atlético Banfield
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-1999 1999-2000 2000 2001-2004 2004 2005 2005 2006 2007-Present	Talleres Belgrano Córdoba CF Boca Juniors Grasshoppers Colón Racing Club Libertad Banfield
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 December 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Javier Alejandro Villarreal is an Argentine football midfielder. He was born on March 1, 1979, in the city of Alta Gracia in the Córdoba Province of Argentina. He currently plays for Club Atlético Banfield of the Primera Division Argentina.

Villarreal started his career at Talleres de Córdoba in the Argentine 2nd division in 1996, in 1998 the club were promoted to the Primera. In 1999 he was sold to local rivals Belgrano de Córdoba.

In 2000 he played for Córdoba CF in Spain, but the move did not work out and he returned to Argentina to play for Boca Juniors. It was with Boca that he has had the most success in his career to date, he won 4 titles with the club, including 2 Copa Libertadores. In 2004 he joined Grasshoppers but again his time in European football was brief, he returned to Argentina to play for Colón de Santa Fe and then Racing Club.

In 2006 he joined Libertad of Paraguay where he was part of the squad that won the Liga Paraguaya: Primera División. At the end of 2006 he joined Banfield and will make his debut for the club in 2007.

[edit] Titles

Season	Club	Title
2001	Boca Juniors	Copa Libertadores
Apertura 2003	Boca Juniors	Primera Division Argentina
2003	Boca Juniors	Copa Libertadores
2003	Boca Juniors	Copa Intercontinental
2006	Club Libertad	Liga Paraguaya: Primera División