Matilde Villa
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| No. 6 – Umana Reyer Venezia | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||
| League | Lega Basket Femminile | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | December 9, 2004 | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2024: 3rd round, 32nd overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2022–present | ||||||||||||||
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| 2022–present | Umana Reyer Venezia | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Matilde Villa (born 9 December 2004) is an Italian basketball player for Umana Reyer Venezia of the Lega Basket Femminile. She was drafted by the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) with the 32nd pick in the 2024 WNBA draft.[1]
At age 14, she debuted in Serie A1 with the Costa Masnaga sports club first team in the position of point guard. In 2020, she scored 36 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists in a match against Dinamo Sassari.[1][2] Her Serie A record is 20 wins and 3 losses.[3]
Villa has played for Umana Reyer Venezia in Venice, Italy since 2022. In the 2023–2024 season, she led the Italian Serie A with a per-game average of 10 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 3 assists. She had a 52% shot rate from two points, 36% from three, and 78% from the free throw line.[2]
She was selected in the third round, 32nd overall, by the Atlanta Dream in the 2024 WNBA draft. She was the fourth Italian player to be selected in the WNBA, and joined fellow Italian Lorela Cubaj on the team.[2] Villa remained overseas for the 2024 WNBA season.[4]
International career
At the FIBA U20 Women's European Championship in 2023, Villa was named a stand-out player by FIBA. She accumulated an average of 18.9 points per game, 6.7 rebounds per game, 4.9 assists per game, and 2.6 steals per game.[5]
