David Villa, Spain - 42 years

David Villa

David Villa (Spain) has been the proud number one top scorer 3 times, in United States, World Cup and European Championship. See his wins and other positions in top scorer lists below.

He was born on 3 December 1981, and the place of birth was Langreo, Spain and the position he normally occupied on the football field was as striker. In total he did 98 matches wearing his national team sweater and scored 59 goals in these games. He ended his football career as a player in 2020.

Sometimes David Villa is also called El Guaje.

David Villa top scorer list postions

League, Team Season Goals Position Age Winner/leader
J1 League
2019
13
5 38 Marcos Junior and Teruhito Nakagawa
MLS
2018
14
8 37 Josef Martinez
MLS
2017
24
1 36 David Villa and Nemanja Nikolic
MLS
2016
23
2 35 Bradley Wright-Phillips
MLS
2015
18
4 34 Kei Kamara
La Liga
2013/2014
13
16 32 Cristiano Ronaldo
Champions League
2010/2011
4
10 29 Lionel Messi
World Cup
2010
5
1 28 David Villa, Diego Forlán, Thomas Müller and Wesley Sneijder
La Liga
2010/2011
18
5 29 Cristiano Ronaldo
Europa League
2009/2010
6
3 28 Claudio Pizarro and Oscar Cardozo
La Liga
2009/2010
21
4 28 Lionel Messi
European Championship
2008
4
1 26 David Villa
La Liga
2008/2009
28
3 27 Diego Forlán
La Liga
2007/2008
18
4 26 Daniel Güiza
Champions League
2006/2007
4
7 25 Kaká
World Cup
2006
3
2 24 Miroslav Klose
La Liga
2006/2007
16
8 25 Ruud van Nistelrooy
La Liga
2005/2006
25
2 24 Samuel Eto'o
La Liga
2004/2005
15
7 23 Diego Forlán
La Liga
2003/2004
16
8 22 Ronaldo

David Villa hat-tricks

Here you find 6 hat-tricks that David Villa have scored over the years.

League Match and date Goals
MLS 2017
New York City FC - New York Red Bulls - 3-2
6 august 2017
3
28', 72', 76'
Europa League 2009/2010
Werder Bremen - Valencia - 4-4
18 march 2010
3
2', 45', 65'
European Championship 2008
Spain - Russia - 4-1
10 june 2008
3
20', 44', 76'
La Liga 2007/2008
Levante - Valencia - 1-5
11 may 2008
3
13', 29', 67'
La Liga 2005/2006
Athletic Bilbao - Valencia - 0-3
23 april 2006
3
81', 84', 86'
La Liga 2003/2004
Real Zaragoza - Sevilla - 4-4
25 april 2004
4
26', 42', 53', 58'

Information about David Villa

Player position
Striker
Date of birth
3 December 1981
Place of birth
Langreo, Spain
Retired
2020
Height
175 cm
National team caps
98
National team goals
59
Source: Wikipedia

Articles containing David Villa

At the moment we have 3 articles where David Villa is mentioned, select an article below to read a bit more about him.

5 Most Overrated Footballers of the 2010s
(26 January 2023)
The 5 Most Underrated Footballers of the 2010s
(28 March 2021)
African top scorers from 2000 to today
(26 February 2021)

Note that this is top scorer data we have in our database. David Villa might be part of top scorer lists in other leagues we don't have here, or seasons we don't have in our database yet.