Remove ads
Jonathan Gabriel Villagra Bustamante (born 28 March 2001) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chilean Primera División side Colo-Colo on loan from Unión Española.
 Villagra with Unión Española in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Gabriel Villagra Bustamante | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 March 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Quilicura, Santiago, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Colo-Colo (on loan from Unión Española) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2016 | Cobreloa | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Unión Española | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Unión Española | 89 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | → Colo-Colo (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 February 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Remove ads
As a child, Villagra was with Cobreloa until the age of 15 and next joined Unión Española youth system. Initially a attacking midfielder, once he was with Unión Española he became a central defender.[1] He made his professional debut in the 2020 Primera División match against Cobresal on February 15, 2021, along with his teammate Gabriel Norambuena.[2]
In August 2024, Villagra moved to Colo-Colo on loan until the end of the year with an option to buy.[3]
He represented Chile at under-23 level in a 1–0 win against Peru U23 on 31 August 2022, in the context of preparations for the 2023 Pan American Games.[4] He was included in the final squad for the games,[5] where Chile won the silver medal.[6]
In 2024, he took part in the Pre-Olympic Tournament.[7]
His nickname is Jona, a short form of Jonathan.[8] He has stated that his football models are Arturo Vidal and Sergio Ramos.[1]
Chile U23
- Pan American Games Silver Medal: 2023
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
Remove ads