David Villa
Personal information
Full name	David Villa Sánchez
Date of birth	December 3, 1981 (1981-12-03) (age 26)
Place of birth	Langreo, Spain
Height	1. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Langreo, ( Asturian Llangréu) officially Llangréu / Langreo is a municipality of northern Spain, province of The Principality of Asturias Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. 75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Valencia CF
Number	7
Youth clubs
1991–1999 1999–2000	UP Langreo Sporting de Gijón B
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2003 2003–2005 2005–	Sporting de Gijón Real Zaragoza Valencia CF	115 (51) 073 (32) 101 (58)
National team2
2005–	Spain	033 (18)
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David Villa Sánchez (born 3 December 1981 in Langreo, Asturias, Spain), nicknamed El Guaje^[1] (The Kid) is a Spanish football player. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Langreo, ( Asturian Llangréu) officially Llangréu / Langreo is a municipality of northern Spain, province of The Principality of Asturias The Principality of Asturias ( Spanish: Principado de Asturias, Asturian: Principáu d'Asturies or Asturies) is an Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Valencia 1.3 International career 2 Honours 3 References 4 External links

Career

Early career

Born in the Asturias region in Northern Spain, he got his professional breakthrough at his local club Sporting de Gijón, for whom he made his first-team debut in the 2000–01 season. Real Sporting de Gijón is a Spanish football team from Gijón, Asturias. The next season he was a first team regular, scoring 18 league goals, and scored 20 the next season. After over 50 goals in just three seasons at Gijón, he got his chance in Spain's top-flight the La Liga, when promoted Real Zaragoza bought him in the summer of 2003. The Primera División of the es Liga de Fútbol Profesional ( Professional Football League) commonly known as La Liga or Real Zaragoza is a Spanish football team from Zaragoza in Aragón. He had no trouble adapting to the step up in class and scored 17 times in his first season at Zaragoza. Villa led Zaragoza to a Copa del Rey victory scoring the winning goal against Real Madrid. The Copa del Rey is an annual cup competition for Spanish football teams

Soon after he earned his first international call-up and cap, Valencia decided to take a chance on him and parted with €12 million (£8. 2 million) to secure his services in the summer of 2005.

Valencia

In the 2005–06 season, he scored 25 goals in 35 league matches for Valencia, to finish 1 goal behind the leagues top scorer Samuel Eto'o of Barcelona. Samuel Eto'o Fils (born March 10, 1981 in Douala) is a Cameroonian football striker who plays for Spanish La Liga club Fútbol Club Barcelona ( Catalan fudˈbɔɫ ˌklup bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish ˈfutβol ˌkluβ baɾθeˈlona known familiarly as Barça (Spanish ˈbaɾsa Catalan He scored his first hat-trick for Valencia against Athletic Bilbao on the 23 April 2006. A hat-trick in Sports is associated with succeeding at anything three times in three consecutive attempts Athletic Club is a Spanish football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Villa managed the hat trick in just over 5 minutes (80th to the 85th minute) making it one of the quickest hat-tricks ever recorded.

Villa's form continued into the 2006–07 season, with the striker forming a prolific partnership up front with former Real Madrid star Fernando Morientes. Fernando Morientes Sánchez (born April 5 1976 in Cilleros, Cáceres) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Valencia Together, Villa and Morientes netted around 40 goals in all competitions, and also ousted Raúl González from the Spanish national squad. Raúl González Blanco (born June 27, 1977 in Madrid) simply known as Raúl, is a Spanish football Striker He scored a brilliant free kick goal in the 2nd round of the champions league against Inter Milan which helped lead Valencia through to the quarter finals where they eventually lost to Chelsea FC. Football Club Internazionale Milano, most commonly referred to as simply Internazionale, or Inter, is an Italian professional football club

On his 100th league appearance for Valencia, Villa scored a hat-trick against Levante; his 54th, 55th and 56th league goals for the club. Another two goals on the final day of the season against Atletico Madrid meant he finished the season with 18 league goals from 29 games.

International career

Villa made his national debut on 9 February 2005 in Almeria. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was a match between Spain and San Marino in which Spain won 5–0.

Villa was included in Spain's 23 man squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, and was favoured over the more established striker Raúl, to line up alongside Fernando Torres in the opening match against Ukraine. The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Raúl González Blanco (born June 27, 1977 in Madrid) simply known as Raúl, is a Spanish football Striker Fernando José Torres Sanz (born 20 March 1984 in Madrid, Spain nicknamed El Niño ("The Kid" is a Spanish footballer, who plays for Liverpool The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. Villa made his first World Cup finals appearance scoring twice against Ukraine. He added one more from the penalty spot in Spain's 1–3 defeat to France in a Round of 16 knock-out match. The Spanish National Football Team, commonly referred to as La Selección, is the national football team of Spain and is controlled by the es [[Spanish The French national football team represents the nation of France in international football. The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament He finished joint top goal scorer for Spain along with Fernando Torres in World Cup 2006 with three goals. Fernando José Torres Sanz (born 20 March 1984 in Madrid, Spain nicknamed El Niño ("The Kid" is a Spanish footballer, who plays for Liverpool

After the World Cup, Villa continued to be Spain's first choice striker, starting all 11 international matches during 2006–07 season. He also scored an impressive 8 goals from those matches and was Spain's top scorer in Euro 2008 qualifying with 7 goals. He scored the winning goal against Italy with a volley in a friendly match on 26 March 2008. The Italian national football team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC and represents Italy in international football competition An exhibition game (also known as an exhibition match or simply exhibition, or a demonstration or demo event is a sporting event Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common He was included in the squad for Euro 2008, and scored a hat trick in the Spaniards' first match against Russia in Innsbruck on the 10th June, scoring in the 20th, 44th, and 75th minutes which ended in a 4–1 victory for the Spanish team. The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football Group D of the 2008 UEFA European Championships is one of four groups of competing nations at UEFA Euro 2008. The Russia national football team (Сборная России по футболу is the national football team of Russia controlled by the Football Union of Innsbruck is the capital city of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria. Villa was also part of the play that resulted in the fourth goal. ^[2] In the following game, against Sweden, on the 14th of June, Villa scored a goal in the 92nd minute to earn the Spaniards a 2-1 victory.

Honours

Club

• Copa del Rey : 2004, 2007-08
• Spanish Super Cup : 2004

Individual

• Zarra Trophy : (2) 2004-06 2006-07

References

External links

• David Villa FIFA competition record
• SkySports World Cup Profile
• Spain stats
• David Villa history
• Yahoo sports profile

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (French for International Federation of Association Football)

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