Sebastián Villa called up for Colombia friendlies | OneFootball

The Colombian was reserved by Lorenzo and will return to his national team after almost seven years.

Looking ahead to the March FIFA date, where they will face Croatia and France in two friendly matches, the coach of the Colombian National Team, Néstor Lorenzo, is about to announce the list of players called up for these matches, and it includes a particularity in the forward line.

It is that Sebastián Villa, forward for Independiente Rivadavia de Mendoza, will be called up again to play with Los Cafeteros after more than six years of absence. In this way, the former Boca player will fight to make the list for the World Cup in Mexico, the United States, and Canada.

According to journalist Germán García Grova, in recent hours the forward received the notification of the call-up and after receiving VISA approval, in the coming days he will travel to the United States to join the training with the rest of the team.

“I have been working for a long time for this, and I will continue working to achieve that goal I have, which is to return to the Colombian National Team. I will not rest until I achieve it,” the player commented days ago, hopeful about the possibility of being called up.

The last time Villa was called up to play with the Colombian National Team was in 2019, when he was still a player for Xeneize. On that occasion, he played two friendly matches against Japan and South Korea, both as a starter in the March FIFA date.

Sebastián Villa's numbers in the season

In the 2026 season, the 29-year-old forward has played a total of 8 matches, all in the Torneo Clausura, in which he did not score any goals and provided two assists. He also received two yellow cards and was not sent off in 720 minutes on the field.

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