50 Top Soccer Player their trade today, based on a combination of current form, potential and overall ability. Ranking determined by a panel of contributors to ESPN's soccer.
David Villa Rank Player 11
Birth name David Villa Sánchez
nicknamed El Guaje
Birth date December 3, 1981
Birth place Langreo, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 69 kg
Playing position Striker/Forward
National team Spain
Current club Barcelona
Number 7
Biography
David Villa is a Spanish footballer who currently plays as a striker for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national football team. He can also operate as a winger. Despite sustaining a serious injury as a child, he started his professional career with Sporting de Gijón. He moved to Real Zaragoza after two seasons, where he made his La Liga début, winning his first senior honours—the Copa del Rey and Supercopa de España.
In 2005 he joined Valencia CF for a transfer fee of €12 million and was part of the Valencia team that won the Copa del Rey in the 2007–08 season. In 2010 he moved to FC Barcelona for €40 million where he won his first La Liga and UEFA Champions League titles. Villa made his international début in 2005. He has since participated in three major tournaments, becoming an integral member of the Spain teams that won Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup. He scored three goals at the 2006 World Cup, was the top scorer at Euro 2008 and earned the Silver Boot at the 2010 World Cup. He is the first Spanish player to ever reach 50 international goals and is Spain's all-time top goalscorer, having has also scored more World Cup goals than any other player in Spain's history in the process. The goals-to-games ratio he has achieved for the national team has not been matched by any player since Alfredo Di Stéfano.
Elite finisher who's comfortable with either foot. Instinctive, predatory goal scorer who constantly finds openings in the defense and penalty box.
Villa is a consummate finisher. His clever movement, excellent touch and deadly aim allow him to exploit any chances granted to this most resolute and determined of characters, but he also selflessly contributes with a number of assists.
Winning the 2010 World Cup and finishing as the tournament's joint top-scorer with five goals
Weaknesses
Like many of his international team-mates, Villa lacks height and real physical presence.
Missing the Euro 2008 final due to a hamstring injury as Torres scored the goal that ended Spain's 44-year wait for an international trophy.
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