Jaime Villegas

For the Colombian Olympic cyclist, see Jaime Villegas (cyclist).
Jaime Villegas
Personal information
Full name Jaime Enrique Villegas Roura
Date of birth (1950-07-05) 5 July 1950
Place of birth La Ceiba, Honduras
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970-1986 Real España 309 (2)
National team
1973-1985 Honduras 32 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Villegas and the second or maternal family name is Roura.

Jaime Enrique Villegas Roura (born 5 July 1950 in La Ceiba) is a Honduran football defender who played for Honduras in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Club career

He also played for Real España. He played a then record 309 matches in the Honduran National League[2] and scored only 2 goals: in March 1971 against Platense and in August 1976 against Broncos. [3]

International career

Villegas played several years for Honduras and has earned over 30 caps. He has represented his country in 25 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[4] and played at the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Club President

In May 2010, Villegas confirmed he would be Real España's new president[5] and later became sporting director.

References

  1. 1982 FIFA World Cup Spain
  2. El adiós de un grande at the Wayback Machine (archived November 29, 2007) - La Prensa (Spanish)
  3. Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (Spanish)
  4. Jaime VillegasFIFA competition record
  5. Jaime Villegas: Acepto la presidencia, pero no juguemos en San Pedro Sula - La Tribuna (Spanish)
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