# List of Valencia CF players

Valencia CF is an association football club based in Valencia, Spain, that plays in La Liga. The club was formed in 1919, and played its first competitive match on 21 May 1919, when it lost 1–0 to Valencia Gimnástico. They were promoted to La Liga for the first time in 1931–32, finishing 7th at the first attempt, and have only spent one season (1986–87) outside the top division since then. They are one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football, having won La Liga on six occasions and the Copa del Rey eight times. They also won the Supercopa de España in 1999 and its predecessor, the Copa Eva Duarte, in 1949. They have also had significant success on the European stage, winning the UEFA Cup, and its predecessor the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, on three occasions. In addition to this, they have claimed two UEFA Super Cups, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1980, and the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1998. They were defeated finalists in the UEFA Champions League in both 2000 and 2001.
Ricardo Arias holds the record for most overall appearances, having played 501 times between 1976 and 1992. Waldo is the all-time top scorer with 160.
The list includes notable footballers who have played for Valencia. Generally, this means players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

## Key

| * | Club record holder |
| ¤ | Played their full career at Valencia |
* Players whose name is in italics currently play for the club.
* The years are the first and last calendar years in which the player was registered to the club.
* Appearances and goals comprise only those in league matches; that is those in La Liga and the Segunda División.

## List of players

| Name | Pos | Valencia career | Apps | Goals | Notes |
| Luis Pasarín | Defender | 1929–1935 | 46 | 0 | |
| Bertolí | Midfielder | 1933–1945 | – | – | |
| Carlos Iturraspe | Midfielder | 1933–1946 | 168 | 5 | |
| János Aknai | Goalkeeper | 1934–1935 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gaspar Rubio | Forward | 1934–1935 | – | – | |
| Juan Ramón | Defender | 1934–1952 | – | – | 1941 Copa del Generalísimo winning captain |
| Hilario | Midfielder | 1936 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mundo* | Forward | 1939–1950 | 210 | 186 | 1949 Copa del Generalísimo winning captain |
| Guillermo Gorostiza | Forward | 1940–1946 | 115 | 72 | |
| Epi | Forward | 1940–1949 | 198 | 78 | |
| Ignacio Eizaguirre | Goalkeeper | 1940–1950 | 197 | 0 | |
| Vicente Asensi | Midfielder | 1940–1955 | 275 | 33 | |
| Silvestre Igoa | Forward | 1941–1950 | 168 | 81 | |
| Pasieguito | Midfielder | 1942–1944 1945–1946 1948–1959 | 240+ | 65+ | |
| Simón Lecue | Midfielder | 1942–1946 | 77 | 4 | |
| Salvador Monzó | Defender | 1942–1955 | – | – | 1954 Copa del Generalísimo winning captain |
| Antonio Fuertes | Midfielder | 1943–1959 | 186 | 58 | |
| Antonio Puchades | Midfielder | 1945–1958¤ | 256 | 4 | |
| Seguí | Midfielder | 1945–1959 | – | 83 | |
| Manuel Badenes | Forward | 1950–1956 | 97 | 90 | |
| Faas Wilkes | Forward | 1953–1956 | 62 | 38 | |
| José Manuel Pesudo | Goalkeeper | 1955–1961 1966–1971 | 127 | 0 | |
| Manuel Mestre | Defender | 1955–1969¤ | 323 | – | |
| Esteban Areta | Defender | 1956–1957 | 26 | 5 | |
| Goyo | Goalkeeper | 1956–1962 | – | – | |
| Vicente Piquer | Defender | 1954–1965 | 197 | 4 | |
| Ricardo | Forward | 1957–1960 | – | – | |
| Joel Antônio Martins | Forward | 1958–1961 | – | – | |
| José Aveiro | Forward | 1959–1961 | 32 | 15 | |
| Héctor Núñez | Forward | 1959–1965 | 154 | 61 | |
| Vicente Guillot | Forward | 1959–1970 | 153 | 50 | |
| Roberto Gil | Midfielder | 1959–1971¤ | – | – | 1967 Copa del Generalísimo winning captain |
| Waldo* | Forward | 1961–1970 | 216 | 115 | |
| Paquito | Midfielder | 1963–1972 | 212 | 26 | |
| Abelardo | Goalkeeper | 1965–1974 | – | – | |
| Juan Sol | Defender | 1965–1975 1979–1981 | 237 | 14 | |
| José Claramunt | Midfielder | 1965–1978¤ | 294 | 55 | |
| Enrique Collar | Forward | 1969–1970 | 15 | 1 | |
| Fernando Barrachina | Defender | 1969–1977 | 146 | 1 | |
| Óscar Valdez | Forward | 1971–1978 | 167 | 42 | |
| Kurt Jara | Midfielder | 1973–1975 | 57 | 11 | |
| Salif Keïta | Forward | 1973–1976 | 74 | 23 | |
| Raimundo Aguilera | Goalkeeper | 1974–1975 | – | – | |
| Juan Planelles | Midfielder | 1974–1976 | 50 | 12 | |
| Johnny Rep | Midfielder | 1975–1977 | 55 | 22 | |
| Enrique Saura | Midfielder | 1975–1985 | 306 | 37 | |
| Mario Kempes* | Forward | 1976–1981 1982–1984 | 184 | 116 | |
| José Carrete | Defender | 1976–1983 | 208 | 2 | 1979 Copa del Rey winning captain |
| Javier Subirats | Midfielder | 1976–1990 | 291 | 30 | |
| Ricardo Arias* | Defender | 1976–1992 | 411 | 3 | |
| Eufemio Cabral | Midfielder | 1977–1979 | 35 | 0 | |
| Carlos Diarte | Forward | 1977–1979 | 71 | 18 | |
| José Luis Manzanedo | Goalkeeper | 1977–1985 | – | – | |
| Miguel Tendillo | Defender | 1977–1986 | 208 | 17 | 1980 European Cup Winners' Cup winning captain |
| José Manuel Sempere | Goalkeeper | 1977–1995¤ | 301 | 0 | |
| Rainer Bonhof | Midfielder | 1978–1980 | 61 | 10 | |
| Darío Felman | Forward | 1978–1983 | 121 | 18 | |
| Daniel Solsona | Midfielder | 1978–1983 | 139 | 26 | |
| Pablo Rodríguez | Midfielder | 1978–1984 | 104 | 8 | |
| Fernando Morena | Forward | 1980–1981 | 31 | 16 | |
| Frank Arnesen | Midfielder | 1981–1983 | 32 | 13 | |
| Kurt Welzl | Forward | 1981–1983 | 41 | 12 | |
| Roberto | Midfielder | 1981–1986 1990–1995 | 258 | 58 | |
| Santiago Idígoras | Forward | 1982–1983 | 16 | 4 | |
| Voro | Defender | 1982–1993 | 216 | 8 | |
| Fernando Giner | Defender | 1982–1995 | 300 | 12 | |
| Juan José Urruti | Forward | 1983–1986 | 74 | 8 | |
| Fernando | Midfielder | 1983–1998 | 459 | 118 | |
| Wilmar Cabrera | Forward | 1984–1985 | 54 | 22 | |
| Quique Sánchez Flores | Defender | 1984–1994 | 272 | 23 | |
| Paco Camarasa | Defender | 1985–2000¤ | 266 | 7 | |
| Miguel Bossio | Midfielder | 1986–1990 | 96 | 0 | |
| Nando | Defender | 1987–1992 | 140 | 7 | |
| Rabah Madjer | Forward | 1988 | 14 | 4 | |
| Luis Flores | Forward | 1988–1989 | 36 | 6 | |
| José Ochotorena | Goalkeeper | 1988–1992 | 105 | 0 | |
| Eloy | Forward | 1988–1995 | 203 | 37 | |
| José Molina | Goalkeeper | 1989–1994 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lyuboslav Penev | Forward | 1989–1995 | 167 | 67 | |
| Rommel Fernández | Forward | 1991–1993 | 21 | 2 | |
| Leonardo | Midfielder | 1991–1993 | 70 | 7 | |
| Juan Sánchez | Forward | 1991–1994 1999–2004 | 142 | 30 | |
| Sergio Barila | Defender | 1991–1995 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miodrag Belodedici | Defender | 1992–1994 | 49 | 0 | |
| Álvaro Cervera | Midfielder | 1992–1995 | 82 | 5 | |
| Gaizka Mendieta* | Midfielder | 1992–2001 | 230 | 44 | 1999 Supercopa de España winning captain |
| Juan Antonio Pizzi | Forward | 1993–1994 | 19 | 4 | |
| Predrag Mijatović | Forward | 1993–1996 | 104 | 56 | |
| Javi Navarro | Defender | 1993–2000 | 41 | 0 | |
| Víctor Aristizábal | Forward | 1994 | 7 | 0 | |
| Juan Carlos | Defender | 1994–1995 | 14 | 0 | |
| Oleg Salenko | Forward | 1994–1995 | 25 | 7 | |
| Mazinho | Midfielder | 1994–1996 | 71 | 0 | |
| Vicente Engonga | Midfielder | 1994–1997 | 69 | 2 | |
| Jorge Otero | Defender | 1994–1997 | 84 | 0 | |
| Enrique Romero | Defender | 1994–1997 | 91 | 5 | |
| Andoni Zubizarreta | Goalkeeper | 1994–1998 | 152 | 0 | |
| Viola | Forward | 1995–1996 | 30 | 10 | |
| Iván Campo | Defender | 1995–1997 | 25 | 1 | |
| Patxi Ferreira | Defender | 1995–1997 | 60 | 4 | |
| José Ignacio | Midfielder | 1995–1997 | 61 | 1 | |
| David Albelda | Midfielder | 1995–2013 | 351 | 6 | 2004 UEFA Cup winning captain 2004 UEFA Super Cup winning captain |
| Valeri Karpin | Midfielder | 1996–1997 | 36 | 6 | |
| Leandro Machado | Forward | 1996–1997 | 23 | 8 | |
| Gabriel Moya | Midfielder | 1996–1997 | 35 | 7 | |
| Romário | Forward | 1996–1997 | 11 | 5 | |
| Fernando Cáceres | Defender | 1996–1998 | 51 | 0 | |
| Javier Farinós | Midfielder | 1996–2000 | 115 | 10 | |
| Claudio López | Forward | 1996–2000 | 126 | 47 | |
| Goran Vlaović | Forward | 1996–2000 | 73 | 17 | |
| Miguel Ángel Angulo | Midfielder | 1996–2009 | 313 | 43 | |
| Marcelinho Carioca | Midfielder | 1997 | 11 | 1 | |
| José del Solar | Midfielder | 1997–1998 | 12 | 0 | |
| Ariel Ortega | Midfielder | 1997–1998 | 29 | 9 | |
| Moussa Saïb | Midfielder | 1997–1998 | 14 | 0 | |
| Juanfran | Defender | 1997–1999 | 41 | 0 | |
| Guillermo Morigi | Midfielder | 1997–1999 | 15 | 1 | |
| Gerard | Midfielder | 1997–2000 | 45 | 4 | |
| Luis Milla | Midfielder | 1997–2001 | 79 | 1 | |
| Jocelyn Angloma | Defender | 1997–2002 | 120 | 5 | |
| Miroslav Đukić | Defender | 1997–2003 | 157 | 4 | |
| Amedeo Carboni* | Defender | 1997–2006 | 245 | 1 | |
| Curro Torres | Defender | 1997–2009 | 117 | 1 | |
| Nicolás Olivera | Forward | 1998 | 2 | 0 | |
| Cristiano Lucarelli | Forward | 1998–1999 | 13 | 1 | |
| Gabi Popescu | Midfielder | 1998–1999 | 25 | 1 | |
| Stefan Schwarz | Midfielder | 1998–1999 | 23 | 4 | |
| Óscar Téllez | Defender | 1998–1999 | 1 | 0 | |
| Alain Roche | Defender | 1998–2000 | 34 | 1 | |
| Joachim Björklund | Defender | 1998–2001 | 57 | 1 | |
| Adrian Ilie | Midfielder | 1998–2002 | 84 | 29 | |
| Dennis Șerban | Midfielder | 1998–2002 | 14 | 1 | |
| Santiago Cañizares* | Goalkeeper | 1998–2008 | 305 | 0 | |
| Kily González | Midfielder | 1999–2003 | 92 | 8 | |
| Mauricio Pellegrino | Defender | 1999–2005 | 140 | 5 | |
| Didier Deschamps | Midfielder | 2000–2001 | 13 | 0 | |
| Zlatko Zahovič | Midfielder | 2000–2001 | 20 | 3 | |
| Diego Alonso | Forward | 2000–2002 | 20 | 2 | |
| John Carew | Forward | 2000–2004 | 84 | 20 | |
| Roberto Ayala | Defender | 2000–2007 | 188 | 9 | |
| Rubén Baraja | Midfielder | 2000–2010 | 262 | 41 | |
| Vicente | Midfielder | 2000–2011 | 243 | 36 | |
| Salva | Forward | 2001–2005 | 24 | 5 | |
| Pablo Aimar | Midfielder | 2001–2006 | 162 | 27 | |
| Gonzalo de los Santos | Midfielder | 2001–2006 | 31 | 2 | |
| Mista | Forward | 2001–2006 | 144 | 40 | |
| Francisco Rufete | Midfielder | 2001–2006 | 132 | 13 | |
| Carlos Marchena | Defender | 2001–2010 | 230 | 8 | |
| Anthony Réveillère | Defender | 2003 | 18 | 1 | |
| Ricardo Oliveira | Forward | 2003–2004 | 21 | 8 | |
| Fabián Canobbio | Midfielder | 2003–2005 | 11 | 1 | |
| Mohamed Sissoko | Midfielder | 2003–2005 | 45 | 0 | |
| Raúl Albiol | Defender | 2003–2009 | 131 | 5 | |
| David Silva | Midfielder | 2003–2010 | 119 | 21 | |
| Bernardo Corradi | Forward | 2004–2006 | 21 | 3 | |
| Marco Di Vaio | Forward | 2004–2006 | 35 | 11 | |
| Stefano Fiore | Midfielder | 2004–2007 | 20 | 2 | |
| Pablo Hernández | Midfielder | 2004–2007 2008–2012 | 112 | 16 | |
| Marco Caneira | Defender | 2004–2008 | 46 | 1 | |
| Emiliano Moretti | Defender | 2004–2009 | 135 | 4 | |
| Miku | Forward | 2004–2010 | 2 | 0 | |
| Patrick Kluivert | Forward | 2005–2006 | 10 | 1 | |
| Fabián Estoyanoff | Midfielder | 2005–2008 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mario Regueiro | Midfielder | 2005–2008 | 30 | 3 | |
| Edu | Midfielder | 2005–2009 | 50 | 1 | |
| David Villa | Forward | 2005–2010 | 166 | 108 | |
| Hugo Viana | Midfielder | 2005–2010 | 44 | 2 | |
| Miguel | Defender | 2005–2012 | 175 | 2 | |
| Fernando Morientes | Forward | 2006–2009 | 66 | 19 | |
| Asier del Horno | Defender | 2006–2011 | 15 | 0 | |
| Joaquín | Midfielder | 2006–2011 | 158 | 18 | |
| Javier Arizmendi | Forward | 2007–2008 | 30 | 1 | |
| Iván Helguera | Defender | 2007–2008 | 25 | 1 | |
| Timo Hildebrand | Goalkeeper | 2007–2008 | 26 | 0 | |
| Nikola Žigić | Forward | 2007–2010 | 28 | 5 | |
| Manuel Fernandes | Midfielder | 2007–2011 | 56 | 2 | |
| Juan Mata | Midfielder | 2007–2011 | 129 | 33 | |
| Sunny | Midfielder | 2007–2011 | 10 | 0 | |
| Jordi Alba | Defender | 2007–2012 | 74 | 5 | |
| Nacho González | Midfielder | 2008–2011 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hedwiges Maduro | Midfielder | 2008–2012 | 76 | 2 | |
| Éver Banega | Midfielder | 2008–2014 | 136 | 9 | |
| César Sánchez | Goalkeeper | 2009–2011 | 63 | 0 | |
| Isco | Midfielder | 2009–2011 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jérémy Mathieu | Defender | 2009–2014 | 126 | 6 | |
| Paco Alcácer | Forward | 2009–2016 | 93 | 30 | |
| Marius Stankevičius | Defender | 2010–2011 | 20 | 2 | |
| Aritz Aduriz | Forward | 2010–2012 | 58 | 17 | |
| Alejandro Domínguez | Midfielder | 2010–2012 | 22 | 0 | |
| Mehmet Topal | Midfielder | 2010–2012 | 43 | 1 | |
| Tino Costa | Midfielder | 2010–2013 | 84 | 10 | |
| Roberto Soldado | Forward | 2010–2013 | 101 | 59 | |
| Ricardo Costa | Defender | 2010–2014 | 87 | 7 | |
| Sofiane Feghouli | Midfielder | 2010–2016 | 146 | 20 | |
| Juan Bernat | Defender | 2011–2014 | 51 | 1 | |
| Jonas | Forward | 2011–2014 | 113 | 36 | |
| Adil Rami | Defender | 2011–2014 | 61 | 2 | |
| Antonio Barragán | Defender | 2011–2016 | 110 | 1 | |
| Diego Alves | Goalkeeper | 2011–2017 | 146 | 0 | |
| Pablo Piatti | Midfielder | 2011–2017 | 110 | 15 | |
| Dani Parejo | Midfielder | 2011–2020 | 282 | 54 | |
| Fernando Gago | Midfielder | 2012–2013 | 18 | 0 | |
| Nelson Valdez | Forward | 2012–2013 | 28 | 6 | |
| Aly Cissokho | Defender | 2012–2014 | 25 | 2 | |
| Jonathan Viera | Midfielder | 2012–2014 | 18 | 2 | |
| Andrés Guardado | Midfielder | 2012–2015 | 48 | 1 | |
| João Pereira | Defender | 2012–2015 | 55 | 0 | |
| José Luis Gayà | Defender | 2012–¤ | 104 | 2 | |
| Dorlan Pabón | Forward | 2013–2014 | 13 | 3 | |
| Hélder Postiga | Forward | 2013–2014 | 15 | 3 | |
| Seydou Keita | Midfielder | 2014 | 11 | 1 | |
| Philippe Senderos | Defender | 2014 | 8 | 0 | |
| Eduardo Vargas | Forward | 2014 | 17 | 3 | |
| Nicolás Otamendi | Defender | 2014–2015 | 35 | 6 | |
| André Gomes | Midfielder | 2014–2016 | 63 | 7 | |
| Shkodran Mustafi | Defender | 2014–2016 | 61 | 6 | |
| Lucas Orbán | Defender | 2014–2016 | 29 | 1 | |
| Álvaro Negredo | Forward | 2014–2017 | 55 | 10 | |
| João Cancelo | Defender | 2014–2018 | 74 | 2 | |
| Rodrigo* | Midfielder | 2014–2020 | 172 | 38 | |
| Enzo Pérez | Midfielder | 2015–2017 | 61 | 0 | |
| Mathew Ryan | Goalkeeper | 2015–2017 | 10 | 0 | |
| Aymen Abdennour | Defender | 2015–2019 | 35 | 0 | |
| Zakaria Bakkali | Midfielder | 2015–2018 | 34 | 2 | |
| Denis Cheryshev | Midfielder | 2016 2019–2022 | 96 | 6 | |
| Eliaquim Mangala | Defender | 2016–2017 2019–2021 | 45 | 2 | |
| Munir | Forward | 2016–2017 | 33 | 6 | |
| Mario Suárez | Midfielder | 2016–2017 | 21 | 3 | |
| Ezequiel Garay | Defender | 2016–2020 | 92 | 6 | |
| Nani | Midfielder | 2016–2018 | 25 | 5 | |
| Gonçalo Guedes | Midfielder | 2017–2022 | 113 | 23 | |
| Geoffrey Kondogbia | Midfielder | 2017–2020 | 82 | 6 | |
| Nemanja Maksimović | Midfielder | 2017–2018 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jeison Murillo | Defender | 2017–2020 | 18 | 0 | |
| Fabián Orellana | Midfielder | 2017–2018 | 16 | 1 | |
| Simone Zaza | Forward | 2017–2019 | 53 | 18 | |
| Lee Kang-in | Midfielder | 2018–2021 | 44 | 2 | |
| Uroš Račić | Midfielder | 2018– | 7 | 0 | |