Emiliano Buendía is an attacking midfielder in Aston Villa’s first-team squad for the 2026/27 Premier League season. He was born on 25 December 1996 in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
He began his senior career at Getafe in 2014, and he went on to play for Cultural Leonesa, Norwich City and Bayer Leverkusen. Aston Villa signed him in 2021.
Buendía has represented Argentina at youth international level.
Across 12 seasons of senior club football, beginning in 2014/15, Buendía has played 378 matches and scored 59 goals for 5 clubs. The 2020/21 season, with 15 goals from 41 matches for Norwich City, remains his highest tally. His busiest campaign was 2025/26, with 54 appearances. So far in 2026/27 he has 2 goals in 8 appearances for Aston Villa. The full season-by-season record is in the Stats section of this profile.