What is the secret of football stars, they argue and discuss constantly. Let's add fuel to the fire and try to reveal Villa's secret. A phenomenon in a happy combination of speed ...

David Villa: photo, biography of a football player

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07.06.2018 10:00

There are speaking surnames in the world. This is exactly what the Spanish super-productive footballer David Villa has. "Villa" is Spanish for "village", and he was born in the village of Tuilla, in the municipality of Langreo, which, in turn, is located in the northern Spanish province of Asturias.

Villa de Villa

It is not hard to guess that his parents were not rich. His father worked at the Langreo mine and purposefully raised his son as a football player. Already at the age of four, David drove the ball. At this age he suffered severe injury- fracture of the femur. In the future, David paid tribute to his father, who always supported him in playing football and showed persistence in his attitude towards his son, when difficulties pushed him to engage in sports in his youth.

And there were enough difficulties. The team of the football school "Langreo", for example, did not agree with the coach. I had to go to the “Mareo”, where the talent of the bombardier Villa, who is from the village, showed itself.

Villa - "nuevilla"

David's exploits in youth football interested all the clubs in Asturias. However, father and son Villa turned their footsteps into the front line of the Oviedo provincial team. However, the Asturian “Real” considered David unpromising, apparently due to unimpressive physical data. Say, in adult football, they'll screw up a guy.

This was not a tragedy for the newcomer Villa. Fortunately, there was also Sporting Gijon who played in the Segunda (second division) of Spain. They did not dwell on the growth of David Villa. Dali played “Nuevilla” in the second team, where he showed his promise. Therefore, the main team of “Sporting” was included without fear and there quickly became the main attacking weapon. Then came the inevitable in the biography of David Villa - the transition to a more classy team.

Villa - "maravilla"

She became “Zaragoza”, which is also officially called “Real”. It was here that David received his first rhymed nickname from journalists. Maravilla is magic. This was the name given to Villa's decisive goal against Real Madrid (3: 2) in the 2003-04 Spanish Cup final. If before someone did not notice Vilya, then after this goal absolutely everyone saw their sight. On the next year he even received an invitation to the national team. It was also a historic event for Zaragoza. “Real” from Zaragoza, although “Real”, but to the giants Spanish football not applicable. Therefore, David had to leave her.

Villa - Efikasilla

Perhaps the full talent of Villa manifested itself in “Valencia” - a team that is now not the leader of Spanish football, but with a glorious past and great ambitions. Valencia (pictured by David Villa) won only one Spanish Cup, but it was in this team that he became the top scorer of Spain four times in five seasons. Such efficiency ("efikasia" - in Spanish) was inherent only to the titans of the past like Di Stefano. But that was then, and Villa was playing now!

Villa - "campeonilla"

The Spanish national team - the champion ("campeon" - in Spanish) of Europe in 2008 and the champion of the world in 2010 - cannot be imagined without David Villa. Memories of these tournaments will always start with his name. In addition, Villa rewrote almost all of the national team's scorer records on himself.

Villa - "traumilla"

The inevitable happened once again. Further in his career there should have been “giants”: either Real Madrid or Barcelona. Villa chose a Catalan club. In Barcelona he reached all the peaks, but in the company of great football players his talent was no longer so prominent. David's game faded somewhat - he no longer played in the best scorers of Examples. In “Barcelona” came two injuries (“trauma” - in Spanish), which he had previously happily avoided, despite the harshness, impudence, and sometimes meanness of the Spanish defenders. Due to one of the injuries, I even had to miss the 2012 European Championship. It also turned out that David is not very comfortable in Catalonia. He decided to change the scenery. “Barcelona” tried to keep the striker, but where there, if they offer more than five million dollars.

Villa - "Colchonilla"

David left not just anywhere, but intending to finally be reborn from the ashes of Atletico Madrid. "Mattresses" ("kolchones" - the nickname "Atlético" because of its red and white striped uniform, according to legend, it was from the mattress fabric that the first team uniform was sewn) were going to win all possible prizes. Although Villa was far from shining, he helped the club become the champion of Spain for the first time in 18 years and reach the Champions League final.

Villa - "americanilla"

A season at Atlético has shown that David's youth is behind him. Yes, and it could not be eternal, of course. WITH light heart David went to the United States to create his "maravilla" in "New York City" (his arrival in the economic capital of the United States was preceded by a short lease in the Australian "Melbourne City"), playing in the local MLS league. The level of football here, of course, is lower than in the Spanish Example, but which side to kick the ball from, in the USA they already know very well. Therefore, the two MLS Most Valuable Player titles surprised many. Apparently, the "village" guy has not yet said his last word. This is confirmed by the video of Villa's 10 best goals last season.

Villa - "Phenomenilla"

What is the secret of football stars, they argue and discuss constantly. Let's add fuel to the fire and try to reveal Villa's secret. Phenomenon ("phenomenon" - in Spanish) - in a happy combination of speed qualities, technical skill, dexterity, quickness of game thinking and scoring instinct. It is impossible to say what is primary in this list and what is secondary. It is all together that they allow this player to be recorded in world history like Vilyu - "maravilla".

Dossier

David Villa Sanchez (Spain). Villa

Football player.

Born on 03.12.1981 in Langreo (province of Asturias).

Position: forward.

Anthropometrics: 175 cm, 69 kg.

2000-03 - Sporting CP (Gijon, Spain) - 80 games, 39 goals;
2000-01 - Sporting B (Gijon, Spain) - 36 games, 14 goals;
2003-05 - Zaragoza (Spain) - 73 games, 32 goals;
2005-10 - Valencia (Spain) - 166 games, 107 goals;
2010-13 - Barcelona (Spain) - 77 games, 33 goals;
2013-14 - Atlético Madrid, Spain - 36 games, 13 goals;
2014 - Melbourne City (Australia) - 4 games, 2 goals;
from 2014 - New York City (USA) - 104 games, 69 goals;
In the Spanish national team (2005-17) - 98 games, 59 goals.

Achievements:

Spanish Cup 2004, 2008, 2011, 2014.
Spanish Super Cup 2004, 2010, 2011.
The best scorer of the Spanish championships in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010.
The best football player in Spain in 2006.
"Gold" of Europe in 2008.
In the symbolic European team in 2008.
"Bronze" of the 2009 Confederations Cup.
"Gold" of the world in 2010.
In the symbolic world team (FIFA version) of 2010.
Best Athlete of Asturias 2010.
Champion of Spain 2011, 2013.
Winner of the Champions League 2011.
Winner of the European Super Cup 2011.
Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit (Spain) 2011.
Silver medalist at the 2013 Confederations Cup.
Most Valuable Player of the MLS (US Championship) 2016, 2017.
Record holder of the Spanish national team in goals at the world championships (9).
The top scorer in the history of the Spanish national team (59).

Personal life:

Married to Patricia Gonzalez. They have two daughters - Saida (13 years old) and Olalia (8 years old), as well as a son Luka (5 years old).

Public life:

In 2007, he appeared alongside Brazilian Ronaldinho on the FIFA 07 video game box, which also included an interview with the player as a bonus.
In 2008 he participated in the campaign for the recognition of the Asturian language as the official language of the province of Asturias.
In 2008, he organized for the first time a charity match "Friends of Villa against Friends of Mejuto" (Mehuto is a famous Spanish football referee, countryman of Villa). Since then, this is traditionally held on Catholic Christmas. The faces of famous Spanish athletes, artists and musicians constantly appear in the teams.
In May 2010 he released the DVD "Learn to Play with David Villa", which includes football lessons and documentary about Villa and a video clip of the song "Villa maravilla" ("Magic Villa").
In July 2012, he publicly supported the strike of miners in his native Langreo, stressing that he himself comes from a mining family.

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David Villa - childhood, biography

David Villa was born on December 3, 1981 in Spain, in a small village called Langreo. This town is located in the north of Spain. There was practically no work in the village and the father of the family was forced to work as a miner.

At the age of four, Villa suffered a serious injury to the femur. In order to rehabilitate himself, the boy constantly played football with his father. Thanks to grueling training, David managed to recover and now plays with both feet without any difficulties.

Father supported David from childhood. It was thanks to his support that the boy was able to recover from the injury. There were times when Villa spent whole seasons on the bench, clashed with the coach and dreamed of giving up these meaningless, as it seemed to him then, training. However, the support of the family helped the guy not to give up. Already at the age of seventeen, it became clear to everyone that Villa would become a footballer. The boy went to study at football school"Mareo".

David Villa football career

Despite all the successes of the athlete, the local club Real Oviedo refused to sign a contract with Villa. According to the management of Real, the footballer lacked potential and, besides that, he was young. David was invited to Sporting.

He spent his first season with the club in 2000. Then the coaches argued that in David there is no endurance in order to significantly influence the course of matches. However, in the first two seasons, the footballer scored 25 goals and began to appear more and more in the first team.

Three years later, the athlete is invited to a more prestigious club. "Zaragoza"... He had a good start in the national championship, and in the first season he managed to score seventeen times. He did not have to adapt to a new level of play for a long time, Villa successfully made his debut as part of a prestigious club and very soon became a full-fledged player.

In the 2003 Spanish Cup, David significantly influenced the victory of his team, realizing a stunning goal against Real Madrid. No wonder Villa got noticed football managers and offered to play in the UEFA Cup. This was the first game of a football player in European cups.

In 2005 Davil moved to the Valencia club... As part of the club, he became the second in the list best strikers championship.

The result of Valencia was the third indicator for the entire existence of the club. The player managed to save a seat top scorer in the example for almost four years.

In 2010, for forty-two million euros, Villa began to play for Barcelona. The contract was signed for four years, the player's salary reached seven million euros per year. The player himself admits that leaving Valencia was one of the most exciting moments in his life. It was in this team that he reached real heights in his career and took his place among the most successful players in Spain.

As part of Barcelona, the footballer was recognized the best athlete of the year. At the 2010 World Cup, the Spaniard managed to score five goals. David's career has developed rapidly, in November 2012, he reached the mark of 300 goals scored during his career. However, in the same year, the player wanted to leave the club, the coaching staff refused to give Villa to other teams.

Only in July 2013 did David manage to leave Barcelona. For more than five million euros, the Spaniard was taken by the team Atletico Madrid.

But already in 2014, the footballer switched to American "New York city".

During his long career, the footballer became the owner Super Cup, champion of Spain, winner of the UEFA Champions League and even world champion in football.

Personal life of David Villa

Villa is also successful in his personal life. Davil has been living with his wife for over ten years Patricia.

In 2005, the couple had Said's daughter, and in 2009 the family was replenished Olalia.

In 2013, the footballer had a long-awaited son, who was named Luke.

During his turbulent football career, David Villa played in several famous clubs in Europe and even played for one of the American teams. He is a master of dribbling and long passes.

Childhood

The footballer was born on December 3, 1981 in Langreo, in the northern part of the country. His father was a miner and loved football all his life. He personally trained David when the boy was still young. Later, Villa Sr. began to take his child to classes at the Mareo Sports School. At the age of four, David suffered a fracture of his right leg, but his father did not stop training his son. Since that time, the footballer has a well-developed left leg.

At one time, young David had long-term disagreements with the coaching staff of "Mareo" and he was going to leave the sport, but on the insistent recommendation of his father, the teenager continued to play football. In 1991 he already trained at FC Langreo.

Sporting

Seventeen-year-old Vilyu wanted to get many teams from the Spanish province. He chose Sporting from Gijón. In the first season, David was mainly on the bench, and after a year of his time in the team he was taken to the main team and he became a striker. After two seasons with Sporting, Villa became the club's leader and top scorer. During this time, he scored 42 years. The penalty kick was mostly trusted only to him.

Zaragoza

David then moved to Zaragoza from Examples, where he again became a full-time penalty player and the club's top scorer. In his first season alone, he managed to hit the opponent's goal seventeen times. As part of Zaragoza, Villa first distinguished himself with a double and a hat-trick. This club under David won the Spanish Cup. In the UEFA Cup, the team reached the 1/8.

Valencia

From that time on, Villa began to interest the management of several well-known clubs in Spain and from them he chose Valencia. With David's participation, the team took third place in the Spanish championship, and in 2008 won the country's Cup.

Barcelona

Villa started playing for Barcelona two years later. His transfer from Valencia to this renowned Catalan club cost the owners of Barcelona 42 million euros.

As part of the team, David won the Spanish Cup, twice became the champion of the country and won the Champions League.

Atlético

In 2011, Villa was seriously injured. He had a broken tibia on his leg. For half a year, David did not enter the field. But when he returned, he again became a striker for Barcelona, with which he still had to part and go to play in the capital Atletico. Villa's transfer cost the owners of the Madrid club five million euros. For this team, David played 36 matches and hit the opponent's goal thirteen times.

In 2014, he left for America, where he took to the field with MLS New York City. Before that, Villa managed to play in the Australian club Melbourne City. In the New York team, he was entrusted with the function of captain.

Spain squad

The footballer first appeared in the Spanish national team at the beginning of 2005, and made his debut by hitting the ball into the opponent's goal just six months later. Villa took part in the World Championship, which was held on German soil. With his help, the team defeated the Ukrainian national team. He also scored the first goal for the French. The Spaniards managed to get only to 1/8.

In 2008, at the European Championship, David scored a hat-trick against the Russian national team, and then scored the decisive goal against the Swedish team. With his help, the Spaniards were in the playoffs. Two years later, Villa helped the Spanish national team win the world championship title. In 2014, David struck the opponent's goal in a game with the Australians.

In 2003, he married Patricia Gonzalez. There are three children in their family.

David Villa is the pride of Spain. A native of a small village replaced several famous European clubs and got to America. The striker's style of play is original. David prefers long passes and dribbling, likes to hit from afar and often plays in the air.

Childhood and youth

David's biography began in the village of Langreo in northern Spain. The boy was born into the family of the miner Jose Manuel Villa. The man was fond of football and became the first coach for the heir, and later took his son to sports school"Mareo".

The head of the family seriously intended to fashion a future out of David football star... Even when a 4 year old child broke right leg, continued to exercise with him with the ball. Since then, Villa has mastered the left foot as well.

Once, due to lingering disagreements with the school's coach, the boy was going to give up sports. Young David got tired of warming up the bench, he wanted to drop everything and leave. But my father persuaded not to part with the dream, the training continued. Since 1991, the boy has been studying at the Langreo club.

Football

Already at the age of 17, many large provincial clubs paid attention to David. The first contract was offered by Sporting, based in the city of Gijon. The young man accepted the offer and made his debut in the reserve. After a season, fans began to notice a talented player in the main squad.

Vilyu was immediately put in the forward position. For two seasons he managed to prove himself brilliantly, so much so that he received the title of the best scorer and became the leader of the team. His ball hit the opponents' goal 42 times. The leadership of the organization was imbued with confidence in young footballer, making him a regular penalty taker.

The athlete continued his career at the top division club Zaragoza, which performs in Example. And here the talented football player was not taken aback, showing everything that he can. He regained the title of top scorer and regular penalty taker. The first appearance on the field, however, was unsuccessful. Then Zaragoza lost at home. But in the next fight, the team won.

In his debut season, Villa managed to score 17 goals. In this FC, the potential of a football player flourished. Achievements include the first double and a hat-trick. Here David opened the list of trophies, having won the Spanish Cup. Together with him, the club managed to qualify for the UEFA Cup and even reach the 1/8 finals.

Best goals David Villa

Player stats with shift sports organization did not remain unchanged, he continued to keep excellent shape, captivating fans with his playing technique. Eminent Spanish clubs have opened the hunt for the striker. As a result, David Villa joined the ranks of Valencia.

However, at that time, the "bats" lost ground, but continued to fight fiercely for a place in the sun. And Villa helped the team by raising Valencia from seventh to third place in the championship with a scattering of goals in the first season. A year later, he distinguished himself by scoring the ball into the goal of Deportivo from the center of the field. In 2008, David took the Spanish Cup. The matured player, who was already cramped within the "weak" clubs, was awaited by the top teams.

In the spring of 2010, the striker was bought by Barcelona, the transfer price was € 42 million. According to football experts, he fits perfectly into the character of the Catalan organization, which is famous for its attacking play. Villa is not just a forward, the young man knows how to become a full-fledged participant in attacks and make an assist.

The Spaniard has finally started expanding his trophy and titles box again. In Catalonia, the footballer snatched the national cup from his rivals, two championships, won the 2011 Champions League. The fans will remember Villa's goal in the League for a long time: in the final, the young man scored the third goal against the Manchester United team, deciding the fate of the competition.

At the end of 2011, the forward was seriously injured. Due to the fracture of the tibia, the leg had to forget about sports for six months, and when he returned to the team, he was unable to become a leader again. Soon the talented striker said goodbye to Barça, joining Atletico Madrid, which bought him for only € 5 million.

The main striker was listed, but David also managed to declare himself: he scored 13 goals and was noted in 36 matches. With Villa, the Mattress Makers became champions at the Camp Nou, beating Barcelona, but lost the Champions League.

In 2014, the Spaniard was awarded the New York City MLS. The contract was signed in May, and at this time the next sports season had already come to an end. Therefore, to keep fit, David went to Australia, where he played for Melbourne City.

Over the years of cooperation with New York City, he became the captain of the American club. He again scored a goal from the center of the field, and later, Villa was awarded the title of the most valuable player in the MLS.

For the first time for the Spanish national team, an athlete performed in the winter of 2005, scoring his debut goal by the fall. The ball from David's foot was received by the gate of Slovakia. The World Cup tournament held in Germany became important for the Spaniard. David scored a double against the Ukrainian goal and the first goal in the match with France. Then Spain reached the 1/8 finals.

Euro 2008 added Villiers fans: he became the author of a hat-trick in the game with the Russians, and in the second round - the winning goal in the match with Sweden. The national team advanced to the playoffs. Many football fans will remember David's achievements in 2010. Switzerland fell before the Spaniards, the striker scored goals in 1/8 and 1/4 finals - he scored five out of six goals, as a result, the team became the world champion. And this merit is attributed to the forward.

Villa lamented in 2012 - did not make it to the European Championship, an injury prevented. But two years later he entered the field in final round with Australia and scored the ball. Since then, the player has not been called up for the national team. In total, the striker scored 59 goals in national matches.

David really appreciates the talent and merits of his Barcelona colleague. In 2016, he was rooting for the football legend to be awarded the Ballon d'Or, but the prize went to him. Villa noted in the comments to the event:

“It is difficult to assess this award. Sometimes individual contributions are assessed, sometimes team successes. But if we are talking about best player peace, then Messi was to receive the award. This year and many other years. "

Personal life

To the disappointment of football fans, handsome, dark-skinned, besides with an excellent physique (with a height of 175 cm, David weighs 69 kg), the football player has long established his personal life. Back in 2003, the beautiful Patricia Gonzalez became the athlete's wife. The family has three children: two daughters and a son, Luke.

With family and sports life the Spanish striker is introduced to his personal page on Instagram. There are especially many photos with the heir.

David Villa now

In August 2017 coaching staff the Spanish national team announced an application for the upcoming qualifying matches for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. For the first time in four years, David Villa was on the list of players called up by the national team, who has already managed to score 19 goals in the MLS this season. However, the striker did not make it to the final list of players in the championship held in Russia. The honor of Spain was defended by Iago Aspas, Rodrigo Moreno and Diego Costa.

Today, the salary of the New York City striker is $ 5.61 million. In May 2018, the young man celebrated his anniversary: in the match against Dallas, he scored the 400th and 401st goals of his football career. The achievement put him in sixth place on the list of those who managed to overcome the mark of four hundred. goals scored... The Spaniard is facing Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Samuel Eto'O.

Awards

2008 - European champion
2010 - World Champion
2009 - bronze medalist of the Confederations Cup
2013 - silver medalist of the Confederations Cup
Three Spanish Super Cups
Three Spanish Cups
Twice champion of Spain
2011 - Winner of the Champions League
2011 - UEFA Super Cup
2011 - Winner of the Club World Championship
2013/2014 - champion of Spain