About Rodrigo Villagra

Rodrigo Román Villagra (born 14 February 2001) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for River Plate.

Villagra came through the youth ranks of Rosario Central. Diego Cocca was the manager who selected him for his professional debut, as the midfielder featured for the full duration of a Copa Libertadores group stage defeat to Libertad on 4 April 2019; he had previously been on the substitutes bench in the same competition a month prior versus Grêmio.

On 5 August 2021, Villagra joined fellow league club Talleres de Córdoba on a deal until the end of 2025.

On 3 February 2024, he signed for River Plate of Argentina for 4 years.

In March 2019, Villagra received a call-up to the Argentina U20s ahead of friendlies in Murcia, Spain.

Villagra has a footballing brother, Cristian, who also started his senior career with Rosario Central. Their other brother, Gonzalo, died in June 2018 following a battle with leukemia.