Sergio Villagra is a name shared by several individuals, the most notable of whom is documented in reliable encyclopedic sources.
Sergio Rodrigo Villagra (Australian rules football umpire)
Sergio Rodrigo Villagra (born 11 October 1973) is an Australian rules football goal umpire who has officiated in the Australian Football League (AFL) since 2002.
Early life
Villagra immigrated to Australia with his family from Chile during the Pinochet regime. The family settled in the west of Sydney.
Umpiring career
After watching his first Australian Football League match, between the Sydney Swans and Fremantle at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1995, Villagra developed a fascination with the goal umpires, who at the time wore white hats. In 1999, he decided to become a goal umpire, joining one of his local leagues. By the 2002 AFL season, he had joined the AFL umpiring panel. In Round 4 of 2002, he made his AFL umpiring debut at the Sydney Cricket Ground in a match between the Sydney Swans and the Kangaroos.
As of Round 19 of the 2009 AFL season, he had umpired in 79 AFL matches. Villagra has twice been awarded the Michael Heinrichs Award for best goal umpire by the New South Wales Australian Football Umpires Association. He has officiated in over 100 senior matches in the Sydney AFL competition.
Other individuals named Sergio Villagra
The name is also associated with other public figures, including a Chilean musician and music producer active in synth-pop, an IT consultant based in Latin America, and a professor affiliated with the Universidad de Buenos Aires. These individuals are not documented in major encyclopedic sources and information about them is limited.
