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Ricky Villa (born 18/8/1952, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former midfielder who played for Tottenham during the 1970’s and 1980’s.

Villa played successively for Argentinean club Quilmes, as well as Club Atlético Tucumán and Racing Club. In 1978 he was snapped up by Tottenham manager Keith Burkinshaw following Argentina's success in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. Villa scored 18 goals in 133 Spurs appearances, and his winning goal against Manchester City in the 1981 FA Cup Final replay won him the Wembley Goal of the Century Award in 2001.

In 1983 Villa left Spurs for Ford Lauderdale Strikers in America. He played on in the United States and Colombia before ending his career with Argentinean club Defensa y Justicia.
 
In November 2007 it was announced by FIFA that all members of winning World Cup squads prior to 1982 would receive World Cup winner’s medals and this includes Villa as part of the 1978 World Cup winning squad. On February 7 2008 Ricky Villa along with his fellow countryman Ossie Ardiles was inducted into the Tottenham Hotspur Hall of Fame.

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