David Villa

David Villa is my kind of striker, all instinct and relentlessness rather than spectacle. From a mining town in Asturias, he famously rebuilt a broken leg by training his weaker foot until he could finish with either, which is why he became so two-footed and deadly in the box. Spain's all-time leading scorer and a key figure in their 2010 World Cup triumph, he did it at 175 cm, never overpowering anyone, just always appearing where the goal was. El Guaje, number seven, climbed to the summit on sheer will. I have always had a soft spot for self-made finishers, and he is exactly that.

Name (English)

David Villa

Name (Japanese)

ダビド・ビジャ

Reading

だびど・びじゃ

Born

December 3, 1981 (age 44)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rooster

Origin

Tiuya / Tuilla, Asturias, Spain

Height

175 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

• Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit

• Official sitehttps://www.davidvilla7.es/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/davidvilla/
• Xhttps://x.com/Guaje7Villa
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Villa
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%93%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83006

Tags

• Asturias
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.