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David Villa Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið ˈbiʎa santʃeθ]; born 3 December 1981) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.Regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation, [4] [5] [6] Villa is the all-time top goalscorer of the Spain national team.
David Villa lining up for Spain before the FIFA Confederations Cup match against Tahiti in 2013 in which he scored one of his three international hat-tricks. David Villa is a Spanish professional association footballer who represented the Spain national football team from 2005 to 2017.
Most hat-tricks scored: 3 – Fernando Torres & David Villa; Most consecutive games with at least one goal: 6 – David Villa; Top scorer in World Cup finals: 9 – David Villa; Most goals scored in one World Cup: 5 – Emilio Butragueño & David Villa ; Most consecutive matches scored in at World Cup: 4 – David Villa
The Spain national football team (Spanish: Selección Española de Fútbol) ... David Villa is the top scorer in the history of Spain with 59 goals.
2010 – member of the 2010 FIFA World Cup winning team. ... David Villa: 2005–2017 98 59 2008, 2010: 15 ... David de Gea: 2014–2020 45 36 (Conceded) 57
Both teams also entered the final as champions of their domestic leagues (the Premier League and La Liga, respectively), but neither team had won a domestic cup that season. Barcelona dominated the match, winning 3–1 with goals from Pedro, Lionel Messi and David Villa, securing their fourth Champions League title. [7]
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On 11 March 2008, del Bosque announced that he would replace Luis Aragonés as head coach of the Spain national team; it was confirmed on 15 July 2008. [8] [9] Spain under del Bosque began their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign successfully, defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 with a goal from David Villa.