Biography

David Villa Sánchez was born on December 3, 1981 in Langreo, Asturias, Spain. His nickname is El Guaje and he is a Spanish soccer player, who is presently playing for Valencia CF and the Spanish national side.



David is the Asturias region in Northern Spain, he got his professional breakthrough at his local club Sporting de Gijón for whom he made his first-team debut in the 2000-01 season.In the next season he was a first team regular, scoring 18 league goals, and scored 20 the next season. After over 50 goals in just three seasons at Gijón, he got his chance in Spain's top-flight the La Liga, when promoted Zaragoza bought him in the summer of 2003.He had no trouble adapting to the step up in class and scored 17 times in his first season at Zaragoza. Villa led Zaragoza to a Copa del Rey victory scoring the winning goal against Real Madrid. Soon after he earned his first international call-up and cap, Valencia decided to take a chance on him and parted with over £8 million to secure his services in the summer of 2005.



David was included in Spain's 23 man squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, and was
favoured over the more established striker Raúl, to line up alongside Fernando Torres in
the opening match against Ukraine. Villa made his first World Cup finals appearance scoring
twice against Ukraine. He added one more from the penalty spot in Spain's 1-3 defeat to
France in a Round of 16 knock-out match. He finished joint top goal scorer for Spain along
with Fernando Torres in World Cup 2006 with 3 goals. Presently in 2010 world cup going on
he is highest scorer for goal. He is striker of Spain.