Petter Villegas

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Personal information
Peter Villegas
Full name	Petter Villegas-Espana
Date of birth	November 15, 1975 (1975-11-15) (age 32)
Place of birth	Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Height	5 ft 7 in
Playing position	Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current club	Puerto Rico Islanders
Number	10
Youth clubs
1991-1993 1995	Saint Benedict's Preparatory School Kean College
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1999 1996 1999-2002 2002 2005-	New Jersey Stallions → MetroStars (loan) MetroStars D.C. United Barcelona SC ESPOLI Manta Cuenca Puerto Rico Islanders	03 0(0) 88 (15) 18 0(2) 62 0(10)
National team²
2008-	Puerto Rico	1 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 january 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 26 january 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Petter Villegas (born November 15, 1975 in Esmeraldas, Ecuador) is a soccer winger, who made his name with the MetroStars of Major League Soccer.

Villegas came to the United States at an early age, and played high school boy's soccer at Saint Benedict's Preparatory School. He was a three time New Jersey All State high school player. In 1993, he scored 34 goals, assisted on 18 more. He went on to play a year of college soccer at Kean College, earning first team All-NJAC honors in 1995. His first taste of Major League Soccer action came in 1996, when he played three games for the MetroStars while on loan from the New Jersey Stallions of the USISL. Three years in the minors followed, until the Metros drafted Villegas in the first round of the 1999 MLS Supplemental Draft. He played the next four and a half seasons for the Metros, mostly as a right midfielder, but also as a forward and defender. Villegas' erratic play matched his versatility. Brilliant one moment, awful the next - a lot like the team he played for - earned him the sarcastic nickname The Greatest Metro Ever. Despite his inconsistency, he scored a number of key goals, including an overtime game winner in a comeback against the Tampa Bay Mutiny in 2000. Overall, Villegas scored 13 goals and 21 assists in his Metro career, adding two goals and two assists in the playoffs.

On May 10, 2002, the MetroStars traded Villegas and defender Orlando Perez to D.C. United for Craig Ziadie and Mark Lisi. At the time of the trade, Villegas had started all seven MetroStars' games that season. He spent the rest of the year with D.C., scoring two goals and adding five assists. Villegas left MLS afterwards, going back to his native Ecuador to play for Barcelona SC, ESPOLI, Manta and Cuenca. In 2005, he came back to the U.S., signing with the Puerto Rico Islanders of the USL First Division.

In 2008, Villegas made his debut with the Puerto Rican national team.Scoring a goal agansit the Dominican Republic witch Puerto Rico is able to advance to the next stage of the 2010 fifa world cup qualification

v • d • e Puerto Rico Islanders – current squad

1 Gaudette • 2 Jones • 3 A Delgado • 4 Henry • 5 N Delgado • 6 Curet • 7 Miranda • 8 Ortiz • 9 Hansen • 10 Villegas • 11 Noël • 12 Krause • 13 Telesford • 14 Atieno • 15 Gbandi • 16 Myers • 17 Cabrero • 18 Elcock • 19 Noray • 21 Ojeda • 22 Steele • 26 Arrieta • 30 Herrera • Coach: Clarke