David Villa

**David Villa Sánchez** (born 3 December 1981) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a striker. He last played for Vissel Kobe of the J1 League. Best known for his ability to understand, and control the game, he was considered to be one of the best strikers of his generation.

Villa also played for the Spanish national team from 2005 to 2017.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Sporting Gijón B||Segunda División B|35|13|—|—|35|13|||
|2001–02|Segunda División B|1|1|—|—|1|1|||||
|rowspan="4"|Sporting Gijón|2000–01|Segunda División|1|0|—|—|1|0|||
|2001–02|Segunda División|40|18|4|2|—|44|20||||
|2002–03|Segunda División|39|20|1|1|—|40|21||||
|rowspan="3"|Zaragoza|2003–04|La Liga|38|17|8|4|—|46|21||
|2004–05|La Liga|35|15|3|0|10|3|48|18|||
|rowspan="6"|Valencia|2005–06|La Liga|37|25|4|2|6|1|47|28|
|2006–07|La Liga|36|16|2|0|11|5|49|21|||
|2007–08|La Liga|28|18|6|3|7|3|41|24|||
|2008–09|La Liga|33|28|5|2|5|1|43|31|||
|2009–10|La Liga|32|21|2|0|11|7|45|28|||
|rowspan="4"|Barcelona|2010–11|La Liga|34|18|6|1|12|4|52|23|
|2011–12|La Liga|15|5|3|1|6|3|24|9|||
|2012–13|La Liga|28|10|5|5|10|1|43|16|||
|Atlético Madrid|2013–14|La Liga|36|13|4|2|7|0|47|15||
|Melbourne City (loan)|2014–15|A-League|4|2|0|0|—|4|2|||
|rowspan="5"|New York City FC|2015|MLS|30|18|0|0|—|30|18||
|2016|MLS|33|24|2|0|—|35|24||||
|2017|MLS|31|24|3|0|—|34|24||||
|2018|MLS|23|14|4|1|—|27|15||||
|Vissel Kobe|2019|J1 League|28|13|1|0|—|29|13|||

### International

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|Year|colspan="2"|Competitive|colspan="2"|Friendly|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="13"|Spain|2005|4|1|–|4|1|||
|2006|7|6|7|2|14|8||||
|2007|8|3|2|0|10|3||||
|2008|8|9|5|3|14|12||||
|2009|8|5|5|6|13|11||||
|2010|10|7|6|2|16|9||||
|2011|5|5|7|2|12|7||||
|2012|1|0|2|2|3|2||||
|2013|6|3|4|0|10|3||||
|2014|1|1|1|2|2|3||||
|2015|–|–|–|||||||
|2016|–|–|–|||||||
|2017|1|0|–|1|0|||||

## Honours

**Zaragoza**
- Copa del Rey: 2003–04
- Supercopa de España: 2004

**Valencia**
- Copa del Rey: 2007–08

**Barcelona**
- La Liga: 2010–11, 2012–13
- Copa del Rey: 2011–12
- Supercopa de España: 2010, 2011
- UEFA Champions League: 2010–11
- UEFA Super Cup: 2011
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2011

**Atlético Madrid**
- La Liga: 2013–14

**Vissel Kobe**
- Emperor's Cup: 2019

**Spain**
- FIFA World Cup: 2010
- UEFA European Championship: 2008

**Individual**
- FIFA FIFPro World11: 2010
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2010
- 2010 FIFA World Cup Silver Shoe
- 2010 FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball
- 2010 FIFA World Cup Dream Team
- 2010 FIFA World Cup Man of the Match: Spain vs Honduras
- UEFA Euro 2008 Golden Boot
- UEFA Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament
- UEFA Euro 2008 Man of the Match: Spain vs Russia, Spain vs Sweden
- 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Bronze Shoe
- 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Team of the Tournament.
- Spanish Player of the Year: 2005–06
- Zarra Trophy: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
- USSA Male Athlete of the Year: 2010
- MLS MVP Award: 2016
- Best MLS Player ESPY Award: 2017
- MLS Best XI: 2016, 2017
- MLS All-Star: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- Ride of Fame: September 2015
- NYCFC Most Valuable Player: 2015, 2016, 2017
- NYCFC Goal of the Year: 2015
- NYCFC Offensive Player of the Year: 2016
- MLS Player of the Month: June 2017
- MLS Player of the Week 2015: Week 2, Week 15
- NYCFC Etihad Airways Player of the Month: July 2015, April 2016, September 2016, November 2017
- J1 League Goal of the Year: 2019

**Achievements**
- Valencia Top Scorer: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
- La Liga's Top Assisting Player: 2006–07
- Spain all-time top scorer: 59 goals
- Spain's all-time top scorer in FIFA World Cup matches: 9 goals
- New York City FC all-time top scorer: 80 goals
- Most goals scored in one World Cup (by a Spanish international): 5 in 2010
- Most goals scored in one calendar year (by a Spanish international): 12 (2008, 2009)
- Largest streak of games having scored (by a Spanish international): 6

**Decorations**
- Prince of Asturias Awards: 2010
- Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit: 2011