Fran Villalba — Profile, Stats, Transfers

Career snapshot

9

clubs played for

14/15

debut season

0.07

goals / match

Valencia Mestalla

top club · 79 apps

Career highs

€2.50m

peak value · 2021

€1.00m

top transfer fee · 24/25

6

best season · 17/18

5 / 2

int'l caps / goals

Born the same day

Mergim Berisha

Attack - Centre-Forward · TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

€3.50m

Caio Paulista

Defender - Left-Back · Clube Atlético Mineiro

€2.50m

Antony Alonso

Attack - Left Winger · Club Deportivo Riestra

€450k

Quentin Bena

Midfield - Defensive Midfield · LB Châteauroux

€350k

Shares 1998-05-11 · 6 players total

349Appearances

24Goals

36Assists

51Yellow cards

0Red cards

83Full matches (90′)

Full name	Fran Villalba
Name in home country	Francisco José Villalba Rodrigo
Date of birth	1998-05-11 (28 yrs)
Place of birth	Valencia, Spain
Citizenship	Spain
Position	Midfield - Attacking Midfield (main: Midfield)
Foot	right
Height	168.00 m
Current club	Santos Laguna
Joined	2024-07-07
Contract expires	2027-06-30
Agent	YOU FIRST

Jul 2025

2025 — Santos Laguna

2 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2025

25/26 — Santos Laguna

7 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2024

Transfer: Sporting Gijón → Santos Laguna

24/25 · Transfer · €1.00m

Jul 2024

2024 — Santos Laguna

3 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2024

24/25 — Santos Laguna

25 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2023

23/24 — Sporting Gijón

35 matches · 0 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions

Jun 2023

Transfer: Málaga CF → Sporting Gijón

22/23 · Return from loan

Aug 2022

Transfer: Sporting Gijón → Málaga CF

22/23 · Loan

Jul 2022

22/23 — Málaga CF

35 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2022

Transfer: Birmingham → Sporting Gijón

22/23 · Transfer · €500k

Jun 2022

Transfer: Sporting Gijón → Birmingham

21/22 · Return from loan

Aug 2021

Transfer: Birmingham → Sporting Gijón

21/22 · Loan

Jul 2021

21/22 — Sporting Gijón

42 matches · 4 G · 5 A · across 2 competitions

Jun 2021

Transfer: UD Almería → Birmingham

20/21 · Return from loan

Aug 2020

Transfer: Birmingham → UD Almería

20/21 · Loan

Aug 2020

Transfer: UD Almería → Birmingham

19/20 · Return from loan

Jul 2020

20/21 — UD Almería

35 matches · 3 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions

Jan 2020

Transfer: Birmingham → UD Almería

19/20 · Loan

Aug 2019

Transfer: Valencia → Birmingham

19/20 · Transfer

Jul 2019

19/20 — UD Almería, Birmingham City

35 matches · 3 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions

Jun 2019

Transfer: CD Numancia → Valencia

18/19 · Return from loan

Jul 2018

Transfer: Valencia → CD Numancia

18/19 · Loan

Jul 2018

18/19 — CD Numancia

40 matches · 4 G · 7 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2018

Transfer: Valencia B → Valencia

18/19 · Transfer

Jul 2017

17/18 — Valencia Mestalla

33 matches · 6 G · 3 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2016

16/17 — Valencia Mestalla

23 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2015

15/16 — Valencia Mestalla, Valencia CF, Valencia CF UEFA U19

32 matches · 0 G · 4 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2015

Transfer: Valencia U19 → Valencia B

15/16 · Transfer

Jul 2014

14/15 — Valencia Mestalla

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €2.50m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Minutes played by club

Santos Laguna 7.2%

Sporting Gijón 10.4%

Málaga CF 30.9%

UD Almería 13.2%

Birmingham City 16.4%

CD Numancia 11.1%

Valencia Mestalla 10.7%

Valencia CF 0.0%

Valencia CF UEFA U19 0.0%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Santos Laguna	4	2024	25/26	37	1	4	539
Sporting Gijón	2	21/22	23/24	77	4	10	778
Málaga CF	1	22/23	22/23	35	1	2	2,298
UD Almería	2	19/20	20/21	53	5	6	982
Birmingham City	1	19/20	19/20	17	1	0	1,219
CD Numancia	1	18/19	18/19	40	4	7	829
Valencia Mestalla	4	14/15	17/18	79	8	3	800
Valencia CF	1	15/16	15/16	4	0	0	0
Valencia CF UEFA U19	1	15/16	15/16	7	0	4	0

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	Minutes
25/26	Liga MX Apertura	Santos Laguna	7	0	0	2	0
24/25	Liga MX Apertura	Santos Laguna	12	1	0	0	539
24/25	Liga MX Clausura	Santos Laguna	13	0	3	1	0
23/24	2ª División	Sporting Gijón	31	0	5	4	0
23/24	Copa del Rey	Sporting Gijón	2	0	0	0	0
23/24	Promoción a LaLiga	Sporting Gijón	2	0	0	1	0
22/23	2ª División	Málaga CF	34	1	2	7	2,298
22/23	Copa del Rey	Málaga CF	1	0	0	0	0
21/22	2ª División	Sporting Gijón	38	4	4	8	778
21/22	Copa del Rey	Sporting Gijón	4	0	1	1	0
2025	Leagues Cup	Santos Laguna	2	0	1	0	0
2024	Leagues Cup	Santos Laguna	3	0	0	0	0
20/21	2ª División	UD Almería	30	3	3	3	474
20/21	Copa del Rey	UD Almería	5	0	1	0	0
20/21	Promoción a LaLiga	UD Almería	0	0	0	0	0
19/20	2ª División	UD Almería	16	2	2	3	508
19/20	Championship	Birmingham City	17	1	0	0	1,219
19/20	Promoción a LaLiga	UD Almería	2	0	0	0	0
18/19	2ª División	CD Numancia	39	4	7	5	829
18/19	Copa del Rey	CD Numancia	1	0	0	0	0
17/18	2ª B - Grupo III	Valencia Mestalla	33	6	3	6	385
16/17	2ª B - Grupo III	Valencia Mestalla	22	2	0	6	415
16/17	Ascenso a 2ª	Valencia Mestalla	1	0	0	0	0
15/16	2ª B - Grupo III	Valencia Mestalla	21	0	0	3	0
15/16	Copa del Rey	Valencia CF	3	0	0	0	0
15/16	Europa League	Valencia CF	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	LaLiga	Valencia CF	1	0	0	1	0
15/16	UEFA Youth League	Valencia CF UEFA U19	7	0	4	0	0
14/15	2ª B - Grupo III	Valencia Mestalla	2	0	0	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
15/16	2015-07-01	Valencia U19	Valencia B	Transfer	0	—
18/19	2018-07-01	Valencia B	Valencia	Transfer	300000	—
18/19	2018-07-12	Valencia	CD Numancia	Loan	300000	—
18/19	2019-06-30	CD Numancia	Valencia	Return from loan	2000000	—
19/20	2019-08-07	Valencia	Birmingham	Transfer	2000000	—
19/20	2020-01-27	Birmingham	UD Almería	Loan	2000000	—
19/20	2020-08-17	UD Almería	Birmingham	Return from loan	1800000	—
20/21	2020-08-27	Birmingham	UD Almería	Loan	1800000	—
20/21	2021-06-30	UD Almería	Birmingham	Return from loan	1500000	—
21/22	2021-08-03	Birmingham	Sporting Gijón	Loan	1500000	—
21/22	2022-06-30	Sporting Gijón	Birmingham	Return from loan	2500000	—
22/23	2022-07-01	Birmingham	Sporting Gijón	Transfer	2500000	€500k
22/23	2022-08-16	Sporting Gijón	Málaga CF	Loan	2500000	—
22/23	2023-06-30	Málaga CF	Sporting Gijón	Return from loan	1500000	—
24/25	2024-07-07	Sporting Gijón	Santos Laguna	Transfer	1500000	€1.00m

No recorded injuries.

Current€1.20m

Peak€2.50m

Low€200k

Δ since start+€700k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	€1.20m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.20m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.80m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.80m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.80m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.20m
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€300k
Jan 1, 1970	€500k

Team	Shirt	Matches	Goals	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #33775	—	2	1	—	—	former national player
Team #12609	—	0	0	—	—	former national player
Team #12395	#8	3	1	—	—	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals
Pedro Díaz	1	0
José Gragera	1	0
Fran Navarro	1	2
Antonio Sivera	2	0
José Luis Rodríguez	1	0
Pichu Atienza	1	1
Iván Balliu	1	1
Vasyl Kravets	1	0
Sergio Ayala	1	0
Álex Centelles	2	1
Uros Djurdjevic	1	1
Rafa Mir	1	6
Nikola Maras	2	0
José Corpas	2	3
Guille Rosas	1	0
Gaspar Campos	1	2
Jordi Sánchez	2	1
Rubén Yáñez	1	0
Nacho Méndez	1	0
Alberto Escassi	1	1

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
17/18	2ª B - Grupo III	Valencia Mestalla	6	33
18/19	2ª División	CD Numancia	4	39
21/22	2ª División	Sporting Gijón	4	38

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
18/19	2ª División	CD Numancia	7	39
23/24	2ª División	Sporting Gijón	5	31
15/16	UEFA Youth League	Valencia CF UEFA U19	4	7

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
22/23	2023-06-30	Málaga CF	Sporting Gijón	Return from loan	—	€1.50m
22/23	2022-08-16	Sporting Gijón	Málaga CF	Loan	—	€2.50m
21/22	2022-06-30	Sporting Gijón	Birmingham	Return from loan	—	€2.50m
21/22	2021-08-03	Birmingham	Sporting Gijón	Loan	—	€1.50m
20/21	2021-06-30	UD Almería	Birmingham	Return from loan	—	€1.50m
20/21	2020-08-27	Birmingham	UD Almería	Loan	—	€1.80m
19/20	2020-08-17	UD Almería	Birmingham	Return from loan	—	€1.80m
19/20	2020-01-27	Birmingham	UD Almería	Loan	—	€2.00m
18/19	2019-06-30	CD Numancia	Valencia	Return from loan	—	€2.00m
18/19	2018-07-12	Valencia	CD Numancia	Loan	—	€300k

Last 33 matches for Santos Laguna while Fran Villalba was at the club (joined 2024-07-07). The Availability column cross-references our injury database — matches inside a known injury window are flagged INJURED. Per-match goal attribution requires a paid feed (FBref/Sofascore) and isn't wired up yet.

Date	Comp	Home	Score	Away	Availability
2025-04-20	`MEXA`	Santos Laguna	0–4	Club Tijuana	Available
2025-04-16	`MEXA`	Pumas UNAM	2–0	Santos Laguna	Available
2025-04-13	`MEXA`	Santos Laguna	1–2	Gallos Blancos	Available
2025-04-06	`MEXA`	Deportivo Toluca	2–1	Santos Laguna	Available
2025-03-30	`MEXA`	Santos Laguna	2–3	Atlético San Luis	Available
2025-03-15	`MEXA`	UANL Tigres	3–0	Santos Laguna	Available
2025-03-09	`MEXA`	Santos Laguna	2–1	Club León	Available
2025-03-02	`MEXA`	CF Monterrey	4–2	Santos Laguna	Available
2025-02-23	`MEXA`	Santos Laguna	2–0	Atlas Guadalajara	Available
2025-02-19	`MEXA`	Santos Laguna	0–1	Cruz Azul	Available
2025-02-14	`MEXA`	Mazatlán FC	1–1	Santos Laguna	Available
2025-02-07	`MEXA`	Club Necaxa	3–2	Santos Laguna	Available
2025-02-02	`MEXA`	Santos Laguna	0–2	Puebla FC	Available
2025-01-29	`MEXA`	FC Juárez	1–0	Santos Laguna	Available
2025-01-25	`MEXA`	Santos Laguna	1–4	CF América	Available
2025-01-20	`MEXA`	CF Pachuca	2–1	Santos Laguna	Available
2025-01-11	`MEXA`	Deportivo Guadalajara	1–0	Santos Laguna	Available
2024-11-08	`MEXA`	Gallos Blancos	3–2	Santos Laguna	Available
2024-11-05	`MEXA`	Santos Laguna	0–2	Deportivo Guadalajara	Available
2024-11-02	`MEXA`	Cruz Azul	2–0	Santos Laguna	Available
2024-10-25	`MEXA`	Santos Laguna	0–0	Mazatlán FC	Available
2024-10-22	`MEXA`	Santos Laguna	1–1	CF Pachuca	Available
2024-10-19	`MEXA`	CF América	3–0	Santos Laguna	Available
2024-10-06	`MEXA`	Santos Laguna	0–2	FC Juárez	Available
2024-09-28	`MEXA`	Atlético San Luis	3–1	Santos Laguna	Available
2024-09-22	`MEXA`	Santos Laguna	2–0	Deportivo Toluca	Available
2024-09-14	`MEXA`	Santos Laguna	0–2	CF Monterrey	Available
2024-09-01	`MEXA`	Santos Laguna	3–2	Club Necaxa	Available
2024-08-24	`MEXA`	Club León	1–1	Santos Laguna	Available
2024-08-18	`MEXA`	Club Tijuana	3–1	Santos Laguna	Available
2024-07-20	`MEXA`	Santos Laguna	0–3	UANL Tigres	Available
2024-07-16	`MEXA`	Atlas Guadalajara	1–0	Santos Laguna	Available
2024-07-13	`MEXA`	Santos Laguna	1–1	Pumas UNAM	Available

Teams faced most often by Fran Villalba's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Real Zaragoza	48	18	10	20	59	55	+4	38%
Real Oviedo	48	11	17	20	47	51	-4	23%
CD Tenerife	47	20	15	12	53	39	+14	43%
CD Lugo	42	21	13	8	62	39	+23	50%
Albacete	38	14	12	12	51	43	+8	37%
AD Alcorcón	38	19	14	5	46	22	+24	50%
UD Las Palmas	38	9	12	17	35	43	-8	24%
Cádiz CF	35	7	13	15	26	39	-13	20%
SD Huesca	34	6	15	13	23	37	-14	18%
CD Mirandés	34	13	12	9	52	39	+13	38%
Girona FC	28	11	6	11	28	30	-2	39%
Granada CF	28	10	6	12	29	35	-6	36%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
14/15	Senior debut season
16/17	First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	Cards / 90′
25/26	7	0	2	0	0
24/25	25	539	1	0	0.17
23/24	35	0	5	0	0
22/23	35	2,298	7	0	0.27
21/22	42	778	9	0	1.04
20/21	35	474	3	0	0.57
19/20	35	1,727	3	0	0.16
18/19	40	829	5	1	0.65
17/18	33	385	6	0	1.4
16/17	23	415	6	0	1.3
15/16	32	0	4	0	0