David Villa

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David Villa
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David Villa (2013)
Personnel
Surname David Villa Sánchez
birthday 3rd December 1981
place of birth Langreo ,  Spain
size 175 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
1991-1999 UP Langreo
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1999-2000 Sporting Gijón B. 75 0(24)
2000-2003 Sporting Gijón 80 0(38)
2003-2005 Real Zaragoza 73 0(31)
2005-2010 Valencia CF 164 (107)
2010-2013 FC Barcelona 77 0(33)
2013-2014 Atlético Madrid 36 0(13)
2014 Melbourne City 4 00(2)
2015-2018 New York City FC 124 0(80)
2019-2020 Vissel Kobe 28 0(13)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2000-20030 Spain U21 17 0(11)
2005-20170 Spain 98 0(59)
1 Only league games are given.

David Villa Sánchez (born December 3, 1981 in Langreo ) is a former Spanish football player . With 59 goals he is the record scorer of the Spanish national team and has won all major national and international titles in his career. He became world champion with the national team in 2010 and European champion in 2008. At club level, he won the Champions League and the Club World Cup with FC Barcelona . He also won the Spanish championship three times and the Copa del Rey three times in his career. In Spain, villa is often called "Maravilla" ( German: miracle), based on its name . Most recently he played for the Japanese first division club Vissel Kobe .

Villa is a member of a group of investors that the USL - Franchise Queensboro SC established that from the season 2021 is scheduled to play mode.

Career

youth

In his childhood, Villa often played with children older and bigger than him. At the age of nine he broke his thighbone in a game after an attack by a major opponent. He was taken to the Valle del Nalon Hospital, 20 kilometers away, where the attending physician Dionisio Cuetos initially even thought of an amputation. Ultimately, Villa was able to return home after three hours of surgery and a month and a half in hospital. This injury could have prevented his professional career, but he was able to play football again after just three months.

As a child, Villa admired the Spanish footballer Luis Enrique . In his honor he wore the number 21 in the Spanish national team for a while. In the later course of his national team career he had the shirt number 7. In his club Atletico Madrid he ran with the number 9 on the back.

Start of career

Villa in August 2005

Villa began his football career in 1991 with UP Langreo . In 1999 he signed his first professional contract with Sporting Gijón and first played in the club's second team; from 2000, however, he was brought into the 1st team. Villa describes himself as a great admirer of Juanele and Luis Enrique , two strikers from his Asturian homeland and from Sporting Gijón, the club where he himself learned to play football.

In 2003 he moved to the Primera División for Real Saragossa , where he lost his debut match against Deportivo La Coruña 1-0 on August 31, 2003 . In his first season in 2003/04 he scored 16 times in 38 games for Zaragoza. He and his team won the 2004 cup final against Real Madrid, where he himself was successful as a goalscorer.

Valencia CF

In 2005 Villa moved to Valencia CF for twelve million euros and was the second top scorer in the league with 24 goals in the 2004/2005 season (behind Samuel Eto'o with 25 goals).

He took part in the 2005 UI Cup with Valencia , where he made it 1-0 in his second game for Valencia against AA Gent . Villa extended his contract to 2013 in March 2006. His popularity with the fans of Valencia CF continued to grow with his success. " Villa Maravilla" ("Villa, the miracle") shouts were often heard at home games .

In the winter of 2006 transfer rumors became loud. Allegedly, the English Premiere League club FC Chelsea should have shown interest in the Spanish striker. However, no transfer talks were officially held. Villa himself was negative about moving to England. In August 2008, Valencia CF rejected an offer from Real Madrid of 47 million euros. Club president Vicente Soriano promised fans that despite all financial problems, the club would not sell its best players. On August 27, 2008, Villa's annual salary was increased to three million euros. To this end, Villa signed a new contract until 2014. The rejection of the aforementioned million-dollar offers made it clear that Villas is close to his association.

FC Barcelona

David Villa at his introduction (2010)

On May 19, 2010, Valencia Villas confirmed the move to FC Barcelona for a transfer fee of 40 million euros. The attacker signed a four-year deal with the Catalans with an option for an additional year. He played his first competitive game for Barcelona on August 21, 2010 in the second leg of the Supercopa de España 2010. Although he did not score a goal, he was able to celebrate his first title win with FCB. On his league debut for FC Barcelona, ​​he scored the goal to make it 3-0 in the away game against Racing Santander . At the end of the season he won the Spanish championship and the Champions League with Barça. In the final against Manchester United he scored the goal to make it 3-1.

Villa fractured his left shin during a FIFA Club World Cup game against Qatari club Al-Sadd on December 14, 2011. After almost eight months of injury, he made his comeback on August 19, 2012 at the season opener against Real Sociedad. Just 10 minutes after being substituted on, he made it 5-1.

Atlético Madrid

David Villa in the shirt of Atlético Madrid (2013)

For the 2013/14 season , Villa moved to Atlético Madrid for 2.1 million euros . FC Barcelona retained half of the transfer rights. The transfer fee would have increased by a further two or three million euros if Villa had also played for Atlético Madrid in the following two seasons. In his first competitive game for Atlético Madrid, the Supercopa de España , Villa scored his first competitive goal for the new club against his former club Barcelona.

Career end

David Villa in the jersey of New York City FC (2015)

In the summer of 2014, Villa was signed by the newly formed MLS franchise New York City for the 2015 season for three seasons. Before that, he was supposed to appear on loan in the Australian A-League for the Melbourne City club, which also belongs to the City Football Group, in 10 planned games until the end of the year . In October 2014, however, he was brought back from New York City after four games.

On April 29, 2018, Villa scored two goals in a 3-1 win over Dallas. It was the 400th and 401st goals for his clubs and the Spanish national team. Villa is one of the few modern players who has scored more than 400 goals in his career.

The franchise announced on November 28, 2018 that Villa would not renew its contract, which ran until December 31, 2018.

For the 2019 season, Villa moved to the Japanese first division club Vissel Kobe . In addition to Lukas Podolski and Andrés Iniesta , he became the third world champion in the team. On January 1, 2020 he won his first title with the club shortly before the end of the game with Kobe after defeating the Kashima Antlers in the Kaiser Cup 2019 . The Spaniard then ended his active career.

National team

David Villa made his debut in the Spanish national team on February 9, 2005 against San Marino (final score: 5: 0). He scored his first goal for the national team on November 16, 2005 in the World Cup play-off match against Slovakia, thus sealing Spain's qualification for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Villa was nominated for the Spanish World Cup squad by coach Luis Aragonés and played from the start in the first game against Ukraine , which Spain won 4-0. Already in the 17th minute he proved his skills and circled a free kick into the Ukrainian goal, a second goal to make it 3-0 for Spain he scored with a controversial penalty. In Spain’s second group game against Tunisia (3-1), Villa couldn’t set a lot of accents and was substituted for Joaquín in the 57th minute . Villa was also used in Spain's third group game against Saudi Arabia , when he came on for Raúl after the half-time break. In the round of 16, David Villa gave Spain a 1-0 lead with a penalty, but he was substituted in the second half and Spain ultimately lost 3-1 to France , the eventual World Cup finalists.

At the European Championship 2008 in Austria and Switzerland, Villa (with the shirt number 7) scored three goals in the opening match of Group D against Russia and won with his team 4: 1. In the second game against Sweden , he scored the decisive goal in stoppage time for the 2-1 victory. In the game against Greece Luis Aragonés only used the B-Elf, which is why Villa did not play. The Spaniards won the quarter-finals against Italy on penalties 4-2, with Villa also scoring. In the semifinals against Russia he had to be replaced injured in the first half. With a total of four goals, he was also the top scorer at the 2008 European Championships. In the final, which Spain won 1-0 against Germany with a goal by Fernando Torres , David Villa was injured.

David Villa made it 1-0 in the round of 16 against Portugal

In the Confederations Cup in 2009 against South Africa missed Villa a penalty, but this made with a goal that fell a minute later, up for it. Then Villa was changed. Spain finally won 2-0. Spain finished third in the tournament after being eliminated against the USA in the semi-finals and beating South Africa in the “small final”.

At the 2010 World Cup , Villa scored five goals for Spain in seven games. He scored his first goals in the 17th minute and in the 51st minute in the 2-0 win over Honduras . In the subsequent games against Chile , Portugal and Paraguay he scored the 1-0 for his team. In the last two games of the tournament he did not score, but his team won 1-0 through goals from Andrés Iniesta in the final against the Netherlands and Carles Puyol in the semi-finals against Germany . This was the first time that Spain became world champions . After the tournament, Villa was awarded the Silver Shoe as the second best goalscorer and the Bronze Ball as the third best player.

Villa has been Spain's top scorer since March 25, 2011 when he scored both goals against the Czech Republic . With that he replaced Raúl . On October 11, 2011, he scored his 50th international goal in the European Championship qualifier against Scotland .

Because of his injury in December, Villa did not take part in the 2012 European Football Championship . On September 7, 2012, he came back to the test match against Saudi Arabia for the first time after his injury and scored in the 62nd minute with a penalty to 4-0 in a 5-0 victory.

At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Villa was part of the Spanish national team. On June 23, 2014 he was voted Man of the Match in the game against Australia at the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba .

After the 2014 World Cup, Villa's national team career ended for the time being. It was only in September 2017 that he received another brief assignment in the Spanish national team.

Play style

Villa was said to have goal instinct and fighting spirit on the pitch. He was also considered to be versatile and played mainly as a center forward, but also hanging tip or winger. His greatest strengths were his speed of approach, his strength in duels, his "game intelligence" and his confident finish. Villa was considered a "complete" player and was known for quickly looking for the end of the goal, even from seemingly impossible positions.

Career as a functionary

Villa is a member of a group of investors that the USL - Franchise Queensboro SC established that from the season 2021 is scheduled to play mode.

Private

In 2003 Villa married his girlfriend (who had also played soccer when she was young) whom he has known since childhood. The couple have two daughters and one son.

Achievements / titles

David Villa with the 2010 World Cup

As a national player

With his clubs

Individual successes / honors

Web links

Commons : David Villa  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Spain's record scorer ends career , spiegel.de, accessed on November 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ Queensboro FC To Join USL Championship In 2021 , uslchampionship.com, accessed November 12, 2019.
  3. ↑ marca.com: Dionisio, el médico que salvó la carrera de Villa
  4. ↑ Villa moves to Barcelona kicker-online from May 19, 2010.
  5. ↑ Barca agree Villa move with Valencia ( Memento from May 22, 2010 in the web archive archive.today ) fcbarcelona.cat from May 19, 2010.
  6. ↑ FCBarcelona.cat: Super Messi win Super Cup (4-0) ( Memento from 23 August 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ sport1.de
  8. ↑ telegraph.co.uk: David Villa out for six months after breaking shinbone during Barcelona's Club World Cup semi-final
  9. ↑ fcbarcelona.com: Club reach deal in principal to sell David Villa to Atletico Madrid , July 8, 2013 (English)
  10. ↑ Spanish Supercup: Cheers for Neymar, worries about Messi , spiegel.de, August 22, 2013
  11. ^ New York City FC: David Villa signs for New York City FC , June 2, 2014.
  12. ^ David Villa to join Melbourne City FC for the 2014–2015 season , nycfc.com, June 5, 2014.
  13. ↑ Melbourne City FC Confirms David Villa ( October 6, 2014 memento in the Internet Archive ), footballaustralia.com.au, June 5, 2014.
  14. ↑ #VillaForever | David Villa Departs New York City Football Club , nycfc.com, accessed November 29, 2018.
  15. ↑ Rakuten Announces Signing of David Villa to Vissel Kobe , vissel-kobe.co.jp, December 1, 2018, accessed December 1, 2018.
  16. ↑ Andrés Iniesta skippers Vissel Kobe to first trophy in David Villa's final match , as.com, accessed on January 3, 2020 (English)
  17. ↑ weltfussball.de: Match scheme / line-up: Spain - South Africa (Confederations Cup 2009 in South Africa)
  18. ↑ de.fifa.com
  19. ↑ de.fifa.com
  20. ↑ UEFA.com: Spaniards give Scots no hope
  21. ↑ Villa will not play at the EURO
  22. ↑ fifa.com: Spain beats Saudi Arabia ( Memento of October 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  23. ↑ fifa.com , FIFA.com, accessed June 30, 2014.
  24. ↑ sF Sport: David Villa, the Spanish Torgaranti , sf.tv
  25. ↑ The Anti-Star from the Mine on SPOX.com
personal data
SURNAME Villa, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Villa Sanchéz, David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Langreo