Ángel María Villar

Ángel María Villar
Villar in 2009
Senior Vice President of FIFA
In office
16 March 2017 – 27 July 2017
PresidentGianni Infantino
Preceded byIssa Hayatou
Succeeded byDavid Chung
First Vice President of UEFA
In office
1992 – September 2017
PresidentLennart Johansson
Michel Platini
Aleksander Čeferin
Acting President of UEFA
In office
9 October 2015 – 14 September 2016
Preceded byMichel Platini
Succeeded byAleksander Čeferin
24th President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation
In office
29 June 1988 – 27 July 2017
Preceded byJosé Luis Roca
Succeeded byJuan Luis Larrea (interim)
Luis Rubiales
Personal details
Born
Ángel María Villar Llona

(1950-01-21) 21 January 1950
Bilbao, Spain
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
OccupationFootballer (retired)

Association football career
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1961–1969 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1981 Athletic Bilbao 291 (8)
1969–1970 → Galdakao (loan) 18 (1)
1970–1971 → Getxo (loan) 23 (1)
Total 332 (10)
International career
1972 Spain amateur 1 (0)
1973–1979 Spain 22 (3)
1978–1980 Basque Country 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ángel María Villar Llona (born 21 January 1950) is a former Spanish football player. He was capped 22 times for Spain, scoring three goals.[1]

After retiring, he was the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation from 1988 to 2018 and acting President of UEFA from 9 October 2015 to 14 September 2016.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Villar, casi tres décadas al frente del fútbol español sin apenas oposición" [Villar, nearly three decades in charge of Spanish football with nary an opposition] (in Spanish). RTVE. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Ángel María Villar Llona re-elected RFEF president; UEFA, 17 February 2012