Career record
David Villa is a forward, born 3 December 1981, listed at 175 cm, and holds Spain citizenship. The club record here runs 2000–2020 across 10 clubs, 656 appearances and 359 goals.
The longest stay was Valencia CF, 5 years from 2005 to 2010 and 166 appearances. Valencia CF accounts for the most football: 166 appearances of the 656 on record. The best scoring rate came at Asturias autonomous football team — 27 in 32, a goal every 1.2 games. Across 20 years there were 9 moves, roughly one every 2.2 seasons. At senior international level the record is 98 caps and 67 goals.
| Club | Years | Appearances | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sporting de Gijón B | 2000–2001 | 36 | 14 |
| Sporting de Gijón | 2001–2003 | 80 | 38 |
| Asturias autonomous football team | 2001–2002 | 32 | 27 |
| Real Zaragoza | 2003–2005 | 73 | 32 |
| Valencia CF | 2005–2010 | 166 | 107 |
| FC Barcelona | 2010–2013 | 77 | 33 |
| Atlético Madrid | 2013–2014 | 36 | 13 |
| New York City FC | 2014–2018 | 124 | 80 |
| Melbourne City FC | 2014–2014 | 4 | 2 |
| Vissel Kobe | 2019–2020 | 28 | 13 |
International record
| Team | Years | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain national under-21 association football team | 2002–2003 | 7 | 0 |
| Spain men's national football team | 2005–2014 | 98 | 67 |
His clubs, in this archive
The archive covers 5 of the seasons David Villa spent at Valencia CF, 2005/06 to 2009/10. Their best finish in those years was 3rd in 2005/06 and their worst 10th in 2007/08, averaging 64 points a season. At FC Barcelona, 3 covered seasons run 2010/11 to 2012/13, best finish 1st in 2010/11. The single covered season at Atlético Madrid is 2013/14, when they finished 1st of 20 on 90 points. Those placings are recalculated from the individual results rather than copied from a table, so they can be read against any other club on this site.
| Season | Competition | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valencia CF, 2005/06–2009/10 | |||
| 2005/06 | La Liga | 3rd of 20 | 69 |
| 2006/07 | La Liga | 4th of 20 | 66 |
| 2007/08 | La Liga | 10th of 20 | 51 |
| 2008/09 | La Liga | 6th of 20 | 62 |
| 2009/10 | La Liga | 3rd of 20 | 71 |
| FC Barcelona, 2010/11–2012/13 | |||
| 2010/11 | La Liga | 1st of 20 | 96 |
| 2011/12 | La Liga | 2nd of 20 | 91 |
| 2012/13 | La Liga | 1st of 20 | 100 |
| Atlético Madrid, 2013/14 | |||
| 2013/14 | La Liga | 1st of 20 | 90 |
Only the seasons this archive holds are listed — it begins in 2000/01 and covers league matches in the five competitions named above, so a career that started earlier or ran through other leagues shows a gap here rather than a blank.
How this page is put together
The career table above is the structured record held on Wikidata under a public-domain licence, read once and cached, not queried while you are reading. The player is bound to that record by date of birth rather than by name: a name search returns the wrong Klose and three different Robinhos, and a page carrying somebody else’s links cannot afford that.
Compare any two clubs he played for with the head-to-head tool, or read the records these seasons feed into.
Frequently asked
When and where was David Villa born?
3 December 1981, and holds Spain citizenship.
Which clubs did David Villa play for?
10 on record: Sporting de Gijón B, Sporting de Gijón, Asturias autonomous football team, Real Zaragoza, Valencia CF, FC Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, New York City FC….
How many of those seasons are in this archive?
9 of them, at 3 clubs. The archive runs from 2000/01 and covers the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga, so seasons outside that window or in other leagues are not counted.
How long did the career last?
From 2000 to 2020 on the club record here, 20 years across 10 clubs in 1 of the five leagues this archive covers.
Which competitions can this site say anything about?
La Liga. Those are the ones his clubs played in during the seasons the archive holds; the rest of the career is listed above but has no placings beside it.
Where do these figures come from?
The career record is the structured data held for this player on Wikidata, which is public-domain. The league placings and points beside it are not: those are recalculated here from every individual result in the archive, which is why they can be compared with any other club or season on this site.