page_title: David Villa
section_title: 2009 Confederations Cup
hierarchical_section_title: David Villa / International career / 2009 Confederations Cup
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Spanische Fußballnationalmannschaft anlässlich des Freundschaftsspieles (5:1) am 18.11.2009 im Wiener Ernst-Happel-Stadion gegen die Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft → Für die Spielernamen bitte mit der Maus über das Bild fahren.Das Bild zeigt von links nach rechtsstehend: Álvaro Arbeloa (2), Raúl Albiol (18), Iker Casillas (1), Sergio Busquets (16), Sergio Ramos (15), Carlos Marchena (4); hockend: David Silva (21), Cesc Fàbregas (10), David Villa (7), Andrés Iniesta (6), Xavi Hernández (8). English: Spain national football team at 2009-11-18 in Vienna (Ernst-Happel-Stadion) vs. Austria national football team (5:1) → For the names of the players move the mouse over the photo. Français&#160;: L'équipe nationale de football d'Espagne, le 18 novembre 2009 à Vienne (Stade Ernst Happel), l'opposant à l'équipe nationale de football d'Autriche. (5:1) Pour le nom des joueurs, passez la souris sur la photo.
context_page_description: David Villa Sánchez is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Villa is regarded by pundits as one of the best forwards of his generation, and one of, if not the best Spanish strikers of all time.
  Nicknamed El Guaje due to cultivating a reputation of playing football with children much older than him, Villa sustained a serious injury as a child but managed to start his professional career with Sporting de Gijón in 2001. He moved to Real Zaragoza after two seasons, where he made his La Liga debut, winning the Copa del Rey and Supercopa de España. He joined Valencia in 2005 for a transfer fee of €12 million and captured another Copa del Rey title. At age 28, Villa registered 28 league goals and garnered a move to Barcelona for €40 million in 2010, where he won his first La Liga and UEFA Champions League titles, and scored in the 2011 final. He left the club in 2013 after concluding a €5.1 million transfer to Atlético Madrid, where he won another La Liga title.
context_section_description: Spain's first match during qualification for the 2010 World Cup was against Bosnia and Herzegovina where Villa scored the only goal of the game. He would go on to score four goals in Spain's next three games, including a last minute winner against Belgium. Another goal during a friendly match against Chile saw him end the year with 12 goals, breaking Raúl's record of 10 goals held since 1999. Villa began 2009 with a goal against England in a 2–0 friendly, with this goal, he broke another record and became the first Spanish international to have scored in six consecutive games, seeing off records set by Telmo Zarra and László Kubala. Speaking of the goal, he said, "I am very happy with the goal. Truth is, I really want to see it on TV. The record is very nice. I would never have imagined in years that I would be able to obtain it. I am very proud and I hope I can continue breaking records."
  On 1 June 2009, Vicente del Bosque named Villa in his 23-man squad for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. In a friendly match before the tournament, Villa scored his second international hat-trick against Azerbaijan, nearly exactly a year after his hat-trick against Russia at Euro 2008. He debuted at the Confederations Cup with a goal, the last of the five goals in Spain's 5–0 victory over New Zealand, while in the next game he scored the decisive goal against a defensive Iraqi team. Against South Africa, he missed a penalty, but within a minute made up for the miss by putting Spain ahead, helping them equal the records of most consecutive wins and most consecutive matches undefeated before making way for Pablo Hernández. The goal was his last of the tournament but was enough to see him win the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Bronze Shoe, he would also go on to make the team of the tournament.
  Villa earned his 50th cap during a friendly against the Republic of Macedonia in a match where Spain won 3–2.
caption: Villa (number 7) with the Spain team before a match against Austria
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