Emiliano Buendía, born on 25 December 1996 (age 29), is an Argentine central attacking midfielder with Aston Villa. His early development included loan football, the sort of necessary education that tends to matter more than it is credited for at the time.
He came properly to wider attention at Norwich City, where his 2020-2021 league season was his most productive: 15 goals in 39 appearances. That was the campaign that fixed him as a creative player with end product, rather than just another neat attacking midfielder passing through the English game.
At Aston Villa, Buendía remains a regular first-team presence in 2025-2026. He has made 54 appearances across all competitions this season, scoring 11 goals: six in 36 Premier League games, one in the FA Cup, and four in the Europa League. His current market value is around £15.5m, according to Transfermarkt.
His career has moved from early loan football into a productive Norwich spell and then a sustained role at Aston Villa. He is not a headline act every week, but he remains involved, useful, and firmly part of Villa’s first-team picture.
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