David Villa
David Villa Sánchez (; born 3 December 1981) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation, Villa is the all-time top goalscorer of the Spain national team. He is currently working as the Technical Advisor and Head of Global Football Operations for Indian Super League club Odisha FC.Nicknamed El Guaje (''The Kid'' in Asturian) due to a reputation of playing football with children much older than him, Villa sustained a serious injury as a child but managed to start his professional career with Sporting de Gijón in 2001. He moved to Real Zaragoza after two seasons, where he made his La Liga debut, and won the Copa del Rey and Supercopa de España. He joined Valencia in 2005 for a transfer fee of €12 million and captured another Copa del Rey title.
After a five-season tenure in Valencia where Villa elevated into one of the best players in La Liga, he signed for Barcelona for €40 million in 2010. In his first season, he won his first La Liga and UEFA Champions League titles, scoring in the 2011 final. He left the club in 2013 after transferring to Atlético Madrid, where he won another La Liga title and reached the 2014 UEFA Champions League final. After a single season in the Spanish capital, Villa departed to join new MLS franchise New York City, where he became the club's record goalscorer and appearance maker, winning the MLS MVP Award for best player in 2016. In 2018, Villa announced his departure from New York, to join Vissel Kobe in Japan before retiring in 2020.
Villa made his international debut for Spain in 2005. He participated in four major tournaments, and was an integral member of the Spain teams that won UEFA Euro 2008 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He scored three goals at the 2006 World Cup, was the top scorer at Euro 2008, and earned the Silver Boot at the 2010 World Cup. His displays for Spain and Valencia saw him named in the FIFPro World XI and UEFA Team of the Year for 2010. Having scored at the 2014 World Cup, Villa established himself as Spain's top scorer in World Cup history, with nine goals. He became the first Spanish player to ever reach 50 international goals and, after a brief comeback in 2017, he retired from the national team with 59 goals in 98 matches.
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Crisis tirotoxica, un reto terapéutico en el paciente crítico by Andres David Villa Garcia, Ronald Antonio Medina Lombo
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2-D sex images elicit mate copying in fruit flies by Sabine Nöbel, Magdalena Monier, David Villa, Étienne Danchin, Guillaume Isabel
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Zeta function of the Burnside ring for Cp3 by Juan Manuel Ramírez-Contreras, David Villa-Hernández, Cristhian Vázquez-Rosas
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El papel de los medios de comunicación en la fabricación de recuerdos, emociones y creencias sobre el enemigo que facilitan la polarización política y legitiman la violencia by Juan David Villa Gómez, Natali Velásquez Cuartas, Daniela Barrera Machado, Manuela Avendaño Ramírez
Published 2020-03-01
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Ideología política, creencias sociales y polarización como obstáculos psicosociales para la democracia y la paz en Colombia 2016-2020 by Juan David Villa-Gómez, Ivonne Leadith Díaz-Pérez, Tatiana Saavedra-Florez, Carlos Andrés Sanchez-Jaramillo, Alfonso Insuasty Rodríguez
Published 2024-04-01
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Los hilos invisibles de la memoria hegemónica: representaciones sociales de hechos históricos, olvidos convenientes y silencios instalados by Juan David Villa-Gómez, Marisol Velásquez-Vélez, Michell Piedrahita-Restrepo, Daniela Barrera-Machado, Lina Marcela Quiceno, Alfonso Insuasty-Rodríguez
Published 2022-10-01
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Ciudadanos del común y construcción de paz. Creencias sociales sobre el perdón, la justicia y la reconciliación en Colombia by Juan David Villa-Gómez, Wilson López-López, Lina Marcela Quiceno, Claudia Pineda-Marín, Johnatan Hurtado, Eliana María Urrego-Arango
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End-To-End procedure for IORT in brain metastases and film dosimetry by Sergio Lozares-Cordero, Ana Isabel Cisneros-Gimeno, Alberto García-Barrios, Raquel Castro-Moreno, Andrea González-Rodríguez, Marta Sánchez-Casi, Arantxa Campos-Boned, Almudena Gandía-Martínez, José Antonio Font-Gómez, Sara Jiménez-Puertas, David Villa-Gazulla, Javier Díez-Chamarro, Mónica Hernández-Hernández, Víctor González-Pérez, Reyes Ibáñez-Carreras
Published 2023-01-01
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