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David Villa

Born: December 3, 1981 (age 43)

Height: 5' 8.5" (175cm)

Hometown: Langreo, Spain
Nationality: Spain Spanish

Position: Striker
Team: New York City FC (no. 7)
Atletico de Madrid's new player David Villa poses for a picture during his presentation at the Vicente Calderon Stadium on July 15, 2013
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Career History
Senior1999-2003Sporting Gijon
2003-2005Real Zaragoza
2005-2010Valencia
2010-2013Barcelona
2013-2014Atletico Madrid
2014-New York City FC
→ 2014Melbourne City (loan)
International2005-2014Spain
Sports Mole has 607 articles about David Villa. Articles 1 to 40:
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Barcelona's Antoine Griezmann celebrates scoring their first goal on February 25, 2020
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Fernando Torres for Liverpool
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Spain's David Villa gestures to fans on September 2, 2017
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David Villa reveals that he held talks with Arsenal and Arsene Wenger in 2013, before signing for Atletico Madrid after three years at Barcelona.
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Spain's David Villa gestures to fans on September 2, 2017
David Villa credits Pep Guardiola for Raheem Sterling improvement
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England's Harry Kane celebrates scoring their second goal on November 17, 2019
David Villa: 'Harry Kane is the best striker in the world right now'
Spain's record scorer Villa believes Kane is world class.
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Spain's David Villa gestures to fans on September 2, 2017
David Villa: 'I want to be remembered as a humble player'
Villa will retire in January before returning to America.
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Barcelona attacker Lionel Messi in action during the La Liga clash with Granada on September 21, 2019
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