List of international goals scored by David Villa

David Villa lining up for Spain before the FIFA Confederations Cup match against Tahiti in 2013 in which he scored one of his three internaional hat-tricks

David Villa is a Spanish professional association footballer who has represented the Spanish national team since 2005. He made his debut for Spain as a substitute in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification match against San Marino in February 2005.[1][2] He scored his first international goal on his fourth appearance for Spain, scoring from the bench to equalise in the second leg of the 2006 World Cup qualification play-offs.[3] As of December 2017, he has scored 59 goals in 98 international appearances, making him Spain's all-time top scorer; he surpassed Raúl's previous record of 44 when he scored twice against the Czech Republic in UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying in March 2011.[4]

Villa achieved his first international hat-trick on 10 June 2008 when he scored the first three goals in a 4–1 victory for Spain over Russia during UEFA Euro 2008 to win group D.[5] He has scored two other hat-tricks, against Azerbaijan (in 2009) and Tahiti (in 2013).[6][7] He has scored more times against Liechtenstein than any other nation, with seven, including twice in a single match on three occasions. Twenty of Villa's goals have been scored at home at thirteen different venues.

Villa has scored more goals in qualifying matches than in any other type of match, with 21. He has scored nineteen times in friendlies, nine times in FIFA World Cup finals, six times in the FIFA Confederations Cup and four times in UEFA European Championship finals. Villa was equal top scorer at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, alongside Germany's Thomas Müller, Netherlands' Wesley Sneijder and Uruguay's Diego Forlán, all of whom scored five goals in the tournament.[8] Villa broke his leg playing for his club team FC Barcelona in December 2011 which resulted in him failing to take part in Spain's victorious UEFA Euro 2012 campaign.[9] He left Barcelona in 2013 to join La Liga opposition team Atlético Madrid for a season before moving to New York City FC in Major League Soccer in the summer of 2014.[10] As of April 2018, his last international goal came in June 2014, against Australia. Since his move to the United States in 2014, he has only played one game for Spain, against Italy in September 2017.[11][12]

International goals

Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first.[1]
Key
Penalty Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Goal Result Competition Ref
1 416 November 2005Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia Slovakia1–11–12006 FIFA World Cup qualification[3]
2 51 March 2006Estadio José Zorrilla, Valladolid, Spain Ivory Coast1–13–2Friendly[13]
3 913 June 2006Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany Ukraine2–04–02006 FIFA World Cup[14]
4 3–0Penalty
5 1227 June 2006AWD-Arena, Hanover, Germany France1–0Penalty1–3[15]
6 142 September 2006Estadio Nuevo Vivero, Badajoz, Spain Liechtenstein2–04–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying[16]
7 3–0
8 156 September 2006Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland2–12–3[17]
9 1711 October 2006Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain Argentina2–1Penalty2–1Friendly[18]
10 2024 March 2007Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain Denmark2–02–1UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying[19]
11 236 June 2007Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Liechtenstein1–02–0[20]
12 2–0
13 3026 March 2008Manuel Martínez Valero, Elche, Spain Italy1–01–0Friendly[21]
14 3131 May 2008Nuevo Colombino, Huelva, Spain Peru1–02–1[22]
15 3210 June 2008Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria Russia1–04–1UEFA Euro 2008[5]
16 2–0
17 3–0
18 3314 June 2008 Sweden2–12–1[23]
19 376 September 2008Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain Bosnia and Herzegovina1–01–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification[24]
20 3810 September 2008Estadio Carlos Belmonte, Albacete, Spain Armenia2–04–0[25]
21 3–0
22 3911 October 2008A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia2–03–0[26]
23 4015 October 2008King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Belgium2–12–1[27]
24 4119 November 2008El Madrigal, Villarreal, Spain Chile1–0Penalty3–0Friendly[28]
25 4211 February 2009Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville, Spain England1–02–0[29]
26 449 June 2009Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan1–06–0[6]
27 2–0
28 3–0
29 4514 June 2009Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa New Zealand5–05–02009 FIFA Confederations Cup[30]
30 4617 June 2009Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa Iraq1–01–0[31]
31 4720 June 2009 South Africa1–02–0[32]
32 515 September 2009Estadio Riazor, A Coruña, Spain Belgium2–05–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification[33]
33 5–0
34 5418 November 2009Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria Austria2–15–1Friendly[34]
35 3–1
36 553 March 2010Stade de France, Paris, France France1–02–0[35]
37 5629 May 2010Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria Saudi Arabia1–13–2[36]
38 6021 June 2010Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Honduras1–02–02010 FIFA World Cup[37]
39 2–0
40 6125 June 2010Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa Chile1–02–1[38]
41 6229 June 2010Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa Portugal1–01–0[39]
42 633 July 2010Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Paraguay1–01–0[40]
43 663 September 2010Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Liechtenstein2–04–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying[41]
44 6912 October 2010Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland Scotland1–0Penalty3–2[42]
45 7225 March 2011Nuevo Estadio de Los Cármenes, Granada, Spain Czech Republic1–12–1[4]
46 2–1
47 757 June 2011Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela Venezuela1–03–0Friendly[43]
48 786 September 2011Estadio Las Gaunas, Logroño, Spain Liechtenstein5–06–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying[44]
49 6–0
50 8011 October 2011Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain Scotland3–03–1[45]
51 8215 November 2011Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica Costa Rica2–22–2Friendly[46]
52 837 September 2012Estadio Municipal de Pasarón, Pontevedra, Spain Saudi Arabia4–0Penalty5–0[47]
53 8514 November 2012Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama Panama2–05–1[48]
54 9020 June 2013Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tahiti4–010–02013 FIFA Confederations Cup[49]
55 5–0
56 7–0
57 967 June 2014FedExField, Washington, D.C., United States El Salvador1–02–0Friendly[50]
58 2–0
59 9723 June 2014Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil Australia1–03–02014 FIFA World Cup[51]

Statistics

References

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