Miguel Villalta

Miguel Villalta

Personal information
Full name	Miguel Ángel Villalta Hurtado
Date of birth	June 16, 1981 (1981-06-16) (age 30)
Place of birth	Cusco, Peru
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Sporting Cristal
Number	3
Youth career
1997-1999	Cienciano
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999-2000	Cienciano	12	(1)
2001	Sporting Cristal	2	(0)
2001	Juan Aurich	18	(2)
2002-2005	Sporting Cristal	120	(10)
2006	Cienciano	34	(2)
2007-	Sporting Cristal	21	(5)
National team
2001-	Peru	32	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Villalta and the second or maternal family name is Hurtado.

Miguel Ángel Villalta Hurtado (born on June 16, 1981, in Cusco, Perú) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as defender. He currently plays for Sporting Cristal.

Profile

After playing in several district teams, Miguel Villalta played for Cienciano's youth team in 1997, playing as a midfielder. In 1999, Villalta debuted with Cienciano's first team, when Cieniano's current coach, Franco Navarro, put him in as a defender in a match against Unión Minas.

In 2007 he suffered burns on the soles of his feet after playing on artificial turf or artificial pitch in blazing sun.^[1]

Villalta has made 28 appearances for the Peru national football team.^[2]

References

1. ^ Six Peruvian players suffer burns from artificial turf
2. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (2009-05-28). "Peru - Record International Players". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/peru-recintlp.html. 

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Name	Villalta,Miguel
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Short description
Date of birth	June 16, 1981
Place of birth	Cusco, Peru
Date of death
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