However, Villa’s reputation only became known when he joined Valencia in 2005, when “The Bats” were a force in Spanish football. Here, Villa scored 108 goals in 166 matches. Also during this time, Villa formed a unique scoring style with brilliant curling shots. “El Guaje” was praised as “the king of curling” when Villa’s technique of finishing with curling shots has reached the level of “skilled”. Impressive performances in La Liga and Champions League make Villa always highly appreciated. Even Kaka, in an interview with Canal+, affirmed that Villa is “the best Spanish player” as well as “the player he wants to play with the most”.

Also during his time playing for Valencia, David Villa won the EURO 2008 championship with the Spanish Team. He also won the top scorer title at this tournament with 4 goals. In the 2008 Golden Ball voting, Villa finished in 7th place. In the FIFA Player of the Year voting, Villa ranked 9th, tied with Iniesta.

One of the people who had the greatest influence on David Villa’s playing career wasCoachVicente del Bosque, when he led the Spanish Team. He commented like this about Villa: “David is a guy who always focuses on his work and always shows professionalism. He has a strong passion for football.”

Vicente del Bosque’s predecessor, the late coach Luis Aragones, also expressed respect for his student when deciding to hand over the number 7 shirt that belonged tolegendaryRaul Gonzalez to David Villa. The Spaniard himself had a controversy about Villa, when he took Raul Gonzalez’s place and the number 7 shirt of “La Roja”. However, the impressive performance of the new number 7 at EURO 2008 has shattered the whispers and discussions. Luis Aragones was correct, and Villa played an important part in ushering in Spain’s golden era, which Del Bosque later took over.

David Villa and magical moments with Barcelona

On May 19, 2010, David Villa moved to Barcelona for a fee of 40 million euros. 3 years later with the Camp Nou home team, “El Guaje” wrote many magical moments.

On November 29, 2010, Villa had the first “El Clasico” match of his career when Barca hosted Real Madrid at Camp Nou in La Liga. Right in the first taste of the “Super Classic”, “El Guaje” scored a double to contribute to Barca’s “small hand” 5-0 victory, one of the biggest victories in the tournament.history“El Clasico”. Villa scored 2 consecutive goals in minutes 55 and 58. Both goals were assisted by Messi.

In his first season at Barca, Villa experienced many glories and sweet moments. On May 28, 2011, in the Champions League final between Barca and Man United at Wembley Stadium (London), Villa was the one who scored the beautiful goal that sealed a 3-1 victory for the Catalan team. It was a curling shot without running from a distance of 25 meters, the ball curved beautifully into the right corner of the goal. This is also one of the genius moments that created David Villa’s “king of hearts” brand. Barca thereby lifted the C1/Champions League trophy for the fourth time in history.

Right in the Spanish Super Cup match next season, which was also an “El Clasico” match, Villa continued to open fire to help Barca once again surpass their great rival Real Madrid. In total, “El Guaje” scored 48 goals in 119 matches for the Camp Nou team, winning 8 with Barca.titlelarge and small, including: 2 La Liga (2010/11 and 2012/13), 2 Spanish Super Cup (2010/11 and 2011/12), 1 Champions League (2010/11), 1 King’s Cup (2011 /12), 1 European Super Cup (2011/12) and 1 FIFA Club World Cup (2011/12).

David Villa – Legend has never been praised properly

Although he is a key factor in helping the Spanish Team, Barcelona or other clubs win noble titles, the praise given to Daivd Villa is truly undeserving of his talent and what he has contributed to. World Football. Villa was the top scorer of EURO 2008, but all the praise was directed towards Torres – who scored in the final. And the same thing happened again at the 2010 World Cup when all the glory was directed towards Iniesta.

“Born to score goals” – that was El Pais newspaper’s comment for “El Guaje”, which is probably the simplest but most truthful comment about David Villa. To conclude everything about David Villa, let me borrow the comment of Andres Iniesta – another great player: “He is one of the greatest players in history.”