David Villa Sánchez Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið ˈβiʎa]; born 3 December 1981) is really a Spanish professional footballer who plays like a striker and is the captain for Nyc FC. He is nicknamed El Guaje (The Child in Asturian) because like a youngster he frequently performed football with children much over the age of him.
Despite sustaining a significant injury as a kid, Villa started his expert career with Sporting de Gijón. He or she moved to Real Zaragoza following two seasons, where he or she made his La Liga debut, successful the Copa del Rey as well as Supercopa de España. He joined Valencia CF in 2005 for any transfer fee of €12 million and was the main Valencia team that received the Copa del Rey within the 2007–08 season. Villa strike his La Liga goalscoring maximum while at Valencia, scoring 28 league goals within the 2008–09 season. In 2010, he or she moved to FC Barcelona with regard to €40 million, where he or she won his first Los angeles Liga and UEFA Winners League titles.
He was among the goalscorers in the 2011 final from the Champions League as Barcelona conquered Manchester United, 3–1. Following a €5. 1 million move, he spent the 2013–14 period at Atlético Madrid, winning another La Liga name before leaving to play for Nyc.
Villa made his worldwide debut for Spain within 2005. He has because participated in four main tournaments, becoming an integral person in the Spain teams which won UEFA Euro 2008 and also the 2010 FIFA World Mug. He scored three goals in the 2006 World Cup, was the very best scorer at Euro 08 and earned the Silver Boot in the 2010 World Cup. He's the first Spanish participant to ever reach 50 worldwide goals and retired from internationals following the 2014 World Cup along with 59 in 97 fits, making him Spain's all-time top goalscorer along with the country's top scorer on the planet Cup, with nine objectives.
