Juan Manuel Villa Gutiérrez (26 September 1938 – 5 January 2025) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder.
He spent the better part of his career with Real Zaragoza, winning three major trophies while scoring 70 goals from 233 competitive appearances.
[4] Villa never appeared in La Liga for the first team, his only two competitive matches being in the Copa del Generalísimo against Extremadura and Barcelona.
[8][4] At Zaragoza, Villa was part of an attacking line that also included Canário, Carlos Lapetra, Marcelino and Eleuterio Santos, dubbed Los Magníficos (The Magnificent).
[15] His debut arrived on 11 March in the first leg of the 1964 European Nations' Cup's last qualifying stage, a 5–1 home victory over the Republic of Ireland (7–1 aggregate).