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Ricky Villa

Argentine football player
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  • Son Heung-Min in Tottenham Hotspur's away kit
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    / Later history: 1973–present

    …due to the contributions of Ricky Villa and Osvaldo Ardiles, two Argentine players who had been part of the winning 1978 FIFA World Cup squad. Their arrival at White Hart Lane broke the nearly 50-year ban on foreign footballers playing professionally in England. In 1981 and 1982 the Spurs claimed…

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    …due to the contributions of Ricky Villa and Osvaldo Ardiles, two Argentine players who had been part of the winning 1978 FIFA World Cup squad. Their arrival at White Hart Lane broke the nearly 50-year ban on foreign footballers playing professionally in England. In 1981 and 1982 the Spurs claimed…

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