Jaime Villarreal

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Jaime Villarreal
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-06-23) June 23, 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Inglewood, California, United States
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
LA Galaxy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 LA Galaxy II 61 (4)
2017 LA Galaxy 7 (0)
2018–2021 Sacramento Republic 91 (6)
International career‡
2014 United States U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 1, 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of August 2, 2014

Jamie Villarreal (born June 23, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder.

Career[edit]

LA Galaxy[edit]

Born in Inglewood, California, Villarreal started his career at the LA Galaxy academy set-up. While with the U18s Villarreal scored ten goals as he led his team to the Southwest Division championship.[1] In 2014, he signed his first professional contract with the LA Galaxy II, the reserve team of the LA Galaxy, of the USL.[1] He made his debut for the team on June 8, 2014, against the Dayton Dutch Lions. Villarreal came on as a 58th minute substitute for Jack McBean as LA Galaxy II won 5–1.[2]

He made his debut for the senior team on May 21, 2017, coming on as a late substitute for the injured João Pedro in the 87th minute as LA Galaxy beat Minnesota United 2–1.

Sacramento Republic[edit]

Villarreal signed with USL side Sacramento Republic FC for the 2018 season on January 4, 2018.[3] Villarreal was released by Sacramento following the 2021 season.[4]

International[edit]

Villarreal has represented the United States at the under-20 level.[5]

Personal life[edit]

Villarreal was born in the United States and is of Mexican descent.[6] His older brother José (born 1993) is also a professional soccer player.

Career statistics[edit]

As of July 15, 2018[7]
Club Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
LA Galaxy II 2014 USL 4 0 2 0 — — 6 0
2015 23 1 2 0 — — 25 1
2016 27 3 1 0 — — 28 3
2017 7 0 0 0 — — 7 0
Total 61 4 5 0 — — 66 4
LA Galaxy 2017 MLS 7 0 0 0 3 0 — 10 0
Total 7 0 0 0 3 0 — 10 0
Sacramento Republic 2018 USL 19 0 0 0 3 0 — 22 0
Total 19 0 0 0 3 0 — 22 0
Career total 87 4 5 0 6 0 0 0 98 4

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Galaxy II signs academy product Jaime Villarreal". socceramerica.com. Soccer America. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  2. ^ "LA Galaxy II vs. Dayton Dutch Lions 5 - 1". soccerway.com. Soccerway. June 9, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  3. ^ Bjork, Erika (January 4, 2018). "Sacramento Republic FC Sign Former MLS Midfielder Jaime Villarreal". sacrepublicfc.com. Sacramento Republic FC. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  4. ^ Communications, Republic FC (November 12, 2021). "Republic FC Exercise Contract Options on Four Players, Preparing for 2022 USL Championship Season". Sacramento Republic FC - USL.
  5. ^ Serrano, Adam. "LA Galaxy U-18 Jaime Villarreal seeks to follow in his older brother's footsteps". LA Galaxy. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  6. ^ "A Shot at the Galaxy - Los Angeles Magazine". lamag.com. Los Angeles Magazine. October 1, 2014. Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  7. ^ Jaime Villarreal at Soccerway

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