Emiliano Buendía

About

Emiliano Buendía Stati (born 25 December 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Argentina national team.
Buendía’s senior career began at Spanish club Getafe with whom he spent four years, including a short spell with Cultural Leonesa, before he moved to England, joining Norwich City in 2018. His first season at Norwich saw the club achieve promotion to the Premier League. However, the next season saw them relegated back to the Championship. In his final season at Norwich, he won the EFL Championship Player of the Season award.
Buendía transferred to Aston Villa in 2021. After falling out of favour by the end of the 2024–25 season, he re-emerged as a focal player in the 2025–26 season. In 2026, he won the Europa League, being named man of the match in the final.

Born in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Buendía moved to Spain at the age of eleven to join the academy of Real Madrid. After two years, he moved to Getafe. On 30 March 2014, still a junior, he made his senior debut, starting for the reserves in a 2–1 away win against Puerta Bonita in the Segunda División…