Daniel Villalva
Daniel Alberto Villalva Barrios ( born July 6, 1992 Caá Catí, Corrientes Province) is an Argentine football player at the position of a striker and midfielder. He currently plays for the CA River Plate in the Argentine Primera División, the top division of the country.
In his home, the young striker is also known by his nickname Keko.
Career
Youth and club career
Villalba began his active career as a football player already in the young field of CA River Plate. There he went through several youth leagues and was finally mainly in the local U- 19 team, and in the reserve team active. He quickly made the connection to the professional team of the association, which is represented in the highest Argentine league since time immemorial.
His debut finally was still in the Torneo Clausura 2009, when he was brought on 8 February 2009 in a 2-2 home draw against the CA Colon in 70 minutes for Mauro Rosales. With this application you wanted to arouse the fighting spirit of the then 16 -year-old player and give him an incentive to rapidly enforce the professional team.
Until his next championship use went nearly seven months before he was brought on 30 August 2009 in a 4-3 home win over the Chacarita Juniors in the 67 minutes Marcelo Gallardo. A few seconds later scored the now 17 -year-old after submission by Ariel Ortega the interim 3-3 equalizer. To date, followed by a further nine appearances in the Torneo Apertura 2009, and another two hits and one assist on December 6, 2009, he stood at a 1:3 away defeat against CA Velez Sarsfield for the first time in his short professional career the full duration to the lawn.
According to media reports late November 2009, should be interested in the young Argentine the two Spanish top clubs Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid. According to other reports Real Madrid should have already prepared an offer with a high transfer fee, just waiting Villalba to be submitted. Atlético Madrid shows why the young striker interest as their top talent to save current Argentine Kun Aguero is about to exit to Chelsea and therefore a replacement is needed. At the same time includes Chelsea as an alternative, a change Villalba's team into its own is not enough.
Another top European club who is interested in the Argentine U-17 team player, Manchester United is. According to British media Alex Ferguson showed as much interest as the representative of the Spanish clubs. AS Even Rome and Panathinaikos Athens they insisted their interest.
Internationally
With the U-17 national team of his native country Villalba took part in the U- 17 World Cup Nigeria 2009, where he, despite acceptable performance but not it past with his team over the last sixteen. During the competition he came in four games for use and made it one assist. Overall, he came so far in five appearances for the U-17 team for use and scoring three goals.