Dídac Vilà
Vilà before a game with Spain U21 in 2011 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dídac Vilà Rosselló[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 9 June 1989||
Place of birth | Mataró, Spain | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–1999 | Mataró | ||
1999–2008 | Espanyol | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | Espanyol B | 40 | (3) |
2009–2011 | Espanyol | 24 | (0) |
2011–2015 | AC Milan | 1 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Espanyol (loan) | 37 | (2) |
2013–2014 | → Betis (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Eibar (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2015–2017 | AEK Athens | 58 | (3) |
2017–2022 | Espanyol | 99 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2008 | Spain U19 | 2 | (0) |
2009 | Spain U20 | 6 | (0) |
2011 | Spain U21 | 8 | (0) |
2012 | Spain U23 | 1 | (0) |
2011– | Catalonia | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:53, 1 July 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2019 |
Dídac Vilà Rosselló (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈdiðəɡ biˈla];[a] born 9 June 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back.
Club career
[edit]Espanyol
[edit]Born in Mataró, Barcelona, Catalonia,[2] Vilà joined local RCD Espanyol's youth system at the age of 10, making his senior debut in 2008–09 and helping the reserves promote from the Tercera División, as champions.[3][4] He was promoted to the first team by manager Mauricio Pochettino, making his La Liga debut on 30 January 2010 in a 1–0 home win against Athletic Bilbao (which, in his own words, came as a "surprise")[5][6] and ending his first professional season with 11 league games, starting and playing all the minutes in every match as the Pericos finished in mid-table. Previously, he appeared with the main squad in the 2008 final of the Copa Catalunya, lost 2–1 to UE Sant Andreu,[7] and signed a five-year contract with the club shortly after.[8]
After missing the first months of the 2010–11 campaign due to physical problems,[9][10] Vilà once again gained first-choice status, taking over longtime incumbent – and fellow youth graduate – David García.
AC Milan
[edit]On 28 January 2011, Vilà was bought by AC Milan in Serie A for a reported €3 million.[11][12] After only one official appearance for the Italians (the 0–0 draw away to Udinese Calcio),[13] and subsequently being highly critical of coach Massimiliano Allegri,[14] he returned to Espanyol in early June 2011 in a season-long loan.[15] He only missed one match during the league campaign,[16] scoring twice but in as many away losses.[17][18]
Vilà was set to join Valencia CF on loan at the beginning of 2012–13 with the option of making the move permanent at the end of the season,[19][20] but the deal fell apart as he did not pass the required medical exams.[21][22] Subsequently, the player underwent surgery,[23][24] failing to play in a competitive match for the Rossoneri.
For the 2013–14 campaign, Vilà moved to Real Betis on loan,[25] again being bothered by physical problems – including a leg fracture.[26] After the Andalusians' relegation he subsequently returned to Milan, and joined SD Eibar on 26 August 2014 also in a temporary deal.[27] After fully recovering he suffered a thigh injury,[28] going on to feature in 16 games in all competitions.
AEK Athens
[edit]On 7 August 2015, AEK Athens F.C. announced the signing of Vilà on a three-year deal,[29] with the player stating he hoped this move would see him return to his old form.[30] He played understudy to Aristidis Soiledis during the first part of the season[31] but eventually became the starter, impressing manager Gus Poyet for his professionalism in training.[32]
Vilà started 2016–17's domestic league with a goal, contributing to a 4–1 home victory over Xanthi FC.[33]
Espanyol return
[edit]On 30 August 2017, Vilà returned to his first club Espanyol after agreeing to a three-year deal, with a €25 million buy-out clause.[34][35]
International career
[edit]In 2011, Vilà received his first Spain under-21 call-up. That year, he was selected by manager Luis Milla to the UEFA European Championship in Denmark, playing all the matches and minutes for the eventual champions.[36]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 1 July 2021[37]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Espanyol B | 2008–09 | Tercera División | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
2009–10 | Segunda Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 3 | ||
Espanyol | 2008–09 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2009–10 | La Liga | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
2010–11 | La Liga | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
Total | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
AC Milan | 2010–11 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2012–13 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Espanyol (loan) | 2011–12 | La Liga | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 |
Betis (loan) | 2013–14 | La Liga | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
Eibar (loan) | 2014–15 | La Liga | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
AEK Athens | 2015–16 | Super League Greece | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
2016–17 | Super League Greece | 32 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 3 | |
Total | 58 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 3 | ||
Espanyol | 2017–18 | La Liga | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | La Liga | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | La Liga | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | 41 | 1 | ||
2020–21 | Segunda División | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 0 | |||
Total | 90 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 112 | 1 | ||
Career total | 277 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 331 | 11 |
Honours
[edit]Espanyol B
AC Milan
AEK Athens
Espanyol
Spain U21
Spain U20
Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ Soriano Fiérrez, Aida (22 February 2008). "Dídac Vila: "La Selección Española es el premio al gran esfuerzo y al trabajo"" [Dídac Vila: "The Spain national team is the reward to great effort and work"] (in Spanish). Capgròs. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "El Espanyol B ya es campeón de Tercera" [Espanyol B are already Tercera champions]. Sport (in Spanish). 4 May 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Gimnástica y Espanyol B son ya equipos de Segunda B" [Gimnástica and Espanyol B are already Segunda B teams]. Marca (in Spanish). 31 May 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "Garcia makes the difference". ESPN Soccernet. 30 January 2010. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Dídac Vilà: "No me esperaba debutar"" [Dídac Vilà: "I did not expect to make debut"]. Marca (in Spanish). 31 January 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "El Sant Andreu deja al Espanyol sin Copa Cataluña" [Sant Andreu leave Espanyol without Catalonia Cup]. Marca (in Spanish). 8 October 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "El canterano Dídac Vila renueva por cinco temporadas" [Youth system player Dídac Vila renews for five seasons]. Marca (in Spanish). 9 October 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "El defensa Dídac Vilà, operado de una hernia abdominal" [Defender Dídac Vilà, surgery for abdominal hernia]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 May 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Galán ha sido operado con éxito de su fractura del peroné derecho" [Successful right fibula surgery for Galán]. Marca (in Spanish). 5 October 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Dídac Vila, sold to AC Milan". RCD Espanyol. 28 January 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ "Milan: accordo per Didac Vilà" [Milan: agreement for Didac Vilà] (in Italian). Calcio Mercato. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ De Stefano, Gaetano (22 May 2011). "Udine, festa Champions – Basta lo 0–0 con il Milan" [Udine, Champions party – 0–0 with Milan is enough]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Milan, Didac Vilà:- 'Ce l'ho con Allegri'" [Milan, Didac Vilà:- 'I got it with Allegri'] (in Italian). Calcio Mercato. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ Torres, María Carmen (8 June 2011). "El Espanyol oficializa el acuerdo con el Milan por Dídac" [Espanyol make agreement with Milan for Dídac official]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Cata Díaz, único en jugar todos los minutos de Liga" [Cata Díaz, only one to play every League minute]. Marca (in Spanish). 18 February 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Arda the artist in Atleti victory". ESPN Soccernet. 22 April 2012. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Ighalo brace boosts Granada". ESPN Soccernet. 1 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Valencia sign Dídac on loan from Milan". ESPN Star Sports. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ "Comunicado oficial" [Official announcement] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "Dídac: A.C. Milan comunicato ufficiale" [Dídac: A.C. Milan official announcement] (in Italian). A.C. Milan. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ "Valencia call off Dídac deal". ESPN Soccernet. 2 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "Milan: 137 infortuni con Allegri" [Milan: 137 mishaps with Allegri] (in Italian). Calcio Mercato. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Dídac Vilà: Comunicato ufficiale A.C. Milan" [Dídac Vilà: A.C. Milan official announcement] (in Italian). A.C. Milan. 28 August 2012. Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "El Real Betis incorpora a sus filas a Dídac" [Real Betis add Dídac to their ranks] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 25 July 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Dídac se pierde la temporada y Caro, baja un mes y medio" [Dídac misses the season and Caro, one and a half months out]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 17 March 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "El Eibar anuncia la cesión por una temporada de Didác Vilá, procedente del Milan" [Eibar announce loan of Didác Vilá for one year, from Milan] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 26 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ "Dídac pasa por el quirófano" [Dídac visits surgery room]. Marca (in Spanish). 19 November 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ "Didac completes AEK move". SDNA. 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ Sarris, Thanos (8 August 2015). "Ο Ντίντακ της... Εσπανιόλ θα κάνει θραύση!" (in Greek). Gazzetta. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ Tsilis, Kostas (28 September 2015). "Ο "κόμβος" της Βέροιας" [Veria's "hub"] (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ Tsilis, Kostas (16 November 2015). "Γύρισαν όπως τους ήθελε ο Πογέτ" (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ^ Kaperonis, Sarantos (11 September 2016). "Welcome to AEK Hugo Almeida". Agona Sport. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^ "Dídac Vilà, the seventh signing!". RCD Espanyol. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ Tempelis, Vasilis (30 August 2017). "Στην Εσπανιόλ ο Ντίντακ με ρήτρα 25.000.000 ευρώ" [In Espanyol, Dídac with a 25 million euros clause] (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ a b Gustems, Pol (25 June 2011). "España sub-21, campeona de Europa: El ciclo continúa" [Spain under-21, European champions: The cycle continues] (in Spanish). Diarios de Fútbol. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Dídac Vilá". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
- ^ "El Espanyol cae como campeón ante un Alcorcón salvado" [Espanyol fall as champions against saved Alcorcón]. Sport (in Spanish). 30 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "ITA – ESP 1:2 (0:0)" (PDF). Pescara 2009. 4 July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
External links
[edit]- Dídac Vilà at BDFutbol
- Dídac Vilà – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Official website
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mataró
- Spanish men's footballers
- Footballers from the Province of Barcelona
- Men's association football fullbacks
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- CE Mataró players
- RCD Espanyol B footballers
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- Real Betis players
- SD Eibar footballers
- Serie A players
- AC Milan players
- Super League Greece players
- AEK Athens F.C. players
- Kings League players
- Spain men's youth international footballers
- Spain men's under-21 international footballers
- Spain men's under-23 international footballers
- Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in football
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain
- Catalonia men's international footballers
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece