Dennis Villanueva

Dennis Jaramel Villanueva is a Filipino footballer who currently plays for the Philippines national football team and United City in the Philippine Premier League.

This article is about a Filipino footballer. For the Canadian film director, see Denis Villeneuve.
Dennis Villanueva
Villanueva with Global F.C.
Personal information
Full name Dennis Jaramel Villanueva[1]
Date of birth (1992-04-28) April 28, 1992
Place of birth Rome, Italy[2]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 United City
Youth career
S.S. Lazio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Ostia Mare 43 (1)
2014–2017 Global Cebu 25 (3)
2018–2019 Davao Aguilas 1 (0)
2019– Ceres–Negros / United City 1 (0)
National team‡
2015– Philippines 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 March 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:27, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Club

Villanueva was part of the Lazio youth. Villanueva also played for A.S. Ostia Mare Lido Calcio of Serie D. After his stint with the fourth division Italian Club. He was signed to play for Global of the United Football League in the Philippines.[3] Villanueva played in all six of Global's matches at the 2015 AFC Cup.[4] Villanueva is known for his fighting spirit and never-say-die attitude; in a match against Stallion F.C. on 22 February 2015 he scored a goal in stoppage time to seal a 2–1 win, earning the praise of coach Leigh Manson.[5]

International

Villanueva was first called up to play for the Philippine national team at the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup and was part of the squad's bench but was not subbed in.[6][3] He was called up again for the national team's 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier matches against Bahrain and Yemen scheduled on June 11 and 16 respectively.[7] He was not subbed in at the Bahrain match[8] but finally made his first international debut after being subbed in at the Yemen match replacing Stephan Palla at the 78th minute.[9]

Personal life

Villanueva was born in Rome to Filipino parents and became involved in football at the age of five.[2] His family roots can be traced to Laiya, San Juan, Batangas.[3]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played on 11 November 2016
Club Season League Cup[nb 1] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ostia Mare 2012–13 Serie D 271——271
2013–14 16010—170
Total43110—441
Global FC 2015 UFL 10261—163
2016 15 3 2 0 — 17 3
Total25581—336
Career total 686910777

    Honours

    Club

    Global FC

    Notes
    1. Includes cup competitions such as Coppa Italia Serie D and Singapore Cup

    References
    1. "[2016 AFF Suzuki Cup] Final Round Group Competition Group A - Final Registration of Officials and Players - Team: Philippines" (PDF). ASEAN Football Federation. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
    2. "Dennis Jaramel Villanueva Midfielder, Azkals Profile". The Azkals.com. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
    3. Guerrero, Bob (4 February 2015). "Could Global FC's new signings break into the Azkals?". The Passionate Fan. Yahoo! Philippines. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
    4. Dennis Villanueva at Soccerway
    5. Sacamos, Karlo (22 February 2015). "Global FC leans on Dennis Villanueva heroics to escape Stallion, gain provisional UFL lead". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
    6. Leyba, Olmin (20 November 2014). "8 vets beef up Azkals AFF Suzuki Cup bid". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
    7. Tupas, Cedelf (26 May 2015). "4 new faces beef up Azkals". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
    8. "2018 FIFA World Cup - Matches - Philippines-Bahrain". FIFA.com. FIFA. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
    9. "2018 FIFA World Cup - Matches - Yemen-Philippines". FIFA.com. FIFA. Retrieved 17 June 2015.


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