Rodrigo Villagra


Rodrigo Román Villagra is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brazilian club Internacional on loan from Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow.

Club career

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.
On 6 March 2025, Villagra signed a contract with CSKA Moscow in Russia until the end of 2028, with an option to extend for one more year. On 21 January 2026, he was loaned to Internacional in Brazil.

International career

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

Personal life

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.