José Luis Villanueva Ahumada (born November 5, 1981) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward.

Villanueva continued his goal-scoring during the 2003 season with Palestino by scoring 22 goals in 34 matches, including in the Pre-Sudamericana Cup.

Villanueva then had spells in South Korea for Ulsan Hyundai in 2007 and in Brazil for Vasco da Gama in 2008 before moving to Uzbekistan.

During AFC Champions League he couldn’t participate in the competition due to the limit of foreign players as Rivaldo, Victor and Ramos were chosen.

[3] After his retirement, he continued playing football at amateur level for the club Alianza of La Reina.