PLAYER PROFILE / Attacking Midfield
Fran Villalba.
Santos Laguna · Spain
TM 311680 · Current player profileAge today—
Recorded moves15
Peak recorded value€2.50m
Current market value€1.50m
01 / PLAYER DETAILS
At a glance
- Full name
- Francisco José Villalba Rodrigo
- Born
- —
- Nationality
- Spain
- Position
- Attacking Midfield
- Preferred foot
- right
- Height
- 168
- Joined current club
- 07 Jul 2024
- Contract expires
- 30 Jun 2027
02 / THE JOURNEY
Previous clubs
- Sporting GijónLast recorded move · 07 Jul 2024
- Málaga CFLast recorded move · 30 Jun 2023
- Birmingham CityLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2022
- UD AlmeríaLast recorded move · 30 Jun 2021
- Valencia CFLast recorded move · 07 Aug 2019
- CD NumanciaLast recorded move · 30 Jun 2019
- Valencia MestallaLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2018
- Valencia CF U19Last recorded move · 01 Jul 2015
Clubs from completed, dated transfers, most recent first. Repeat spells are listed in the full transfer history.
03 / VALUE OVER TIME
Market value history
| Valuation date | Age then | Club at the time | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 2026 | — | Santos Laguna | €1.50m |
| 29 Dec 2025 | — | Santos Laguna | €1.20m |
| 26 May 2025 | — | Santos Laguna | €1.20m |
| 11 Dec 2024 | — | Santos Laguna | €1.20m |
| 24 Jun 2024 | — | Sporting Gijón | €1.50m |
| 20 Dec 2023 | — | Sporting Gijón | €1.50m |
| 14 Jun 2023 | — | Málaga CF | €1.50m |
| 29 Dec 2022 | — | Málaga CF | €2.00m |
| 29 Jun 2022 | — | Sporting Gijón | €2.50m |
| 27 Dec 2021 | — | Sporting Gijón | €2.50m |
| 13 Oct 2021 | — | Sporting Gijón | €2.50m |
| 24 Jun 2021 | — | UD Almería | €1.50m |
| 08 Jan 2021 | — | UD Almería | €1.80m |
| 08 Oct 2020 | — | UD Almería | €1.80m |
| 08 Apr 2020 | — | UD Almería | €1.80m |
| 11 Feb 2020 | — | UD Almería | €2.00m |
| 29 Jun 2019 | — | CD Numancia | €2.00m |
| 19 Feb 2019 | — | CD Numancia | €1.20m |
| 30 May 2018 | — | Valencia Mestalla | €300k |
| 01 Jan 2018 | — | Valencia Mestalla | €200k |
| 29 Jun 2017 | — | Valencia Mestalla | €200k |
| 02 Feb 2017 | — | Valencia Mestalla | €300k |
| 01 Aug 2016 | — | Valencia Mestalla | €500k |
Each row is a dated valuation. The bar shows its share of the player’s peak recorded value. — means not recorded.
04 / EVERY MOVE
Full transfer history
| Date | From | To | Move | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Jul 2024 | Sporting Gijón | Santos Laguna | Transfer | €1.00m |
| 30 Jun 2023 | Málaga CF | Sporting Gijón | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 16 Aug 2022 | Sporting Gijón | Málaga CF | Loan | €150k |
| 01 Jul 2022 | Birmingham City | Sporting Gijón | Transfer | €500k |
| 30 Jun 2022 | Sporting Gijón | Birmingham City | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 03 Aug 2021 | Birmingham City | Sporting Gijón | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 30 Jun 2021 | UD Almería | Birmingham City | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 27 Aug 2020 | Birmingham City | UD Almería | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 17 Aug 2020 | UD Almería | Birmingham City | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 27 Jan 2020 | Birmingham City | UD Almería | Loan | €400k |
| 07 Aug 2019 | Valencia CF | Birmingham City | Transfer | Free |
| 30 Jun 2019 | CD Numancia | Valencia CF | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 12 Jul 2018 | Valencia CF | CD Numancia | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 01 Jul 2018 | Valencia Mestalla | Valencia CF | Internal move | — |
| 01 Jul 2015 | Valencia CF U19 | Valencia Mestalla | Internal move | — |
Includes loans, loan returns, internal moves and scheduled transfers. Free means a recorded €0 fee; — means no figure was recorded.