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List of international goals scored by David Villa

David Villa is a Spanish professional association footballer who represented the Spain national football team from 2005 to 2017. 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] He 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]

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

Villa achieved his inaugural 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 scored two other hat-tricks, against Azerbaijan (in 2009) and Tahiti (in 2013).[6][7] He 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 were scored at home at thirteen different venues.

Villa scored more goals in qualifying matches than in any other type of match, with 21. He 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 his failure 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] His last international goal came in June 2014, against Australia at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. After his move to the United States in 2014, he only played one more game for Spain, a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Italy in September 2017.[11][12] After joining Japanese side Vissel Kobe in 2018, Villa announced his retirement from football at the end of the 2019 J1 League season.[13]

International goals

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Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first.[1]
Key
‡ Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Goal Result Competition Ref
1 4 16 November 2005 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia   Slovakia 1–1 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [3]
2 5 1 March 2006 Estadio José Zorrilla, Valladolid, Spain   Ivory Coast 1–1 3–2 Friendly [14]
3 9 13 June 2006 Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany   Ukraine 2–0 4–0 2006 FIFA World Cup [15]
4 3–0‡
5 12 27 June 2006 AWD-Arena, Hanover, Germany   France 1–0‡ 1–3 2006 FIFA World Cup [16]
6 14 2 September 2006 Estadio Nuevo Vivero, Badajoz, Spain   Liechtenstein 2–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying [17]
7 3–0
8 15 6 September 2006 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland   Northern Ireland 2–1 2–3 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying [18]
9 17 11 October 2006 Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain   Argentina 2–1‡ 2–1 Friendly [19]
10 20 24 March 2007 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain   Denmark 2–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying [20]
11 23 6 June 2007 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein   Liechtenstein 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying [21]
12 2–0
13 30 26 March 2008 Manuel Martínez Valero, Elche, Spain   Italy 1–0 1–0 Friendly [22]
14 31 31 May 2008 Nuevo Colombino, Huelva, Spain   Peru 1–0 2–1 Friendly [23]
15 32 10 June 2008 Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria   Russia 1–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 2008 [5]
16 2–0
17 3–0
18 33 14 June 2008 Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria   Sweden 2–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2008 [24]
19 37 6 September 2008 Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 1–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [25]
20 38 10 September 2008 Estadio Carlos Belmonte, Albacete, Spain   Armenia 2–0 4–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [26]
21 3–0
22 39 11 October 2008 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia   Estonia 2–0 3–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [27]
23 40 15 October 2008 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   Belgium 2–1 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [28]
24 41 19 November 2008 El Madrigal, Villarreal, Spain   Chile 1–0‡ 3–0 Friendly [29]
25 42 11 February 2009 Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, Seville, Spain   England 1–0 2–0 Friendly [30]
26 44 9 June 2009 Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan   Azerbaijan 1–0 6–0 Friendly [6]
27 2–0
28 3–0
29 45 14 June 2009 Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa   New Zealand 5–0 5–0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup [31]
30 46 17 June 2009 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa   Iraq 1–0 1–0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup [32]
31 47 20 June 2009   South Africa 1–0 2–0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup [33]
32 51 5 September 2009 Estadio Riazor, A Coruña, Spain   Belgium 2–0 5–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [34]
33 5–0
34 54 18 November 2009 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria   Austria 2–1 5–1 Friendly [35]
35 3–1
36 55 3 March 2010 Stade de France, Paris, France   France 1–0 2–0 Friendly [36]
37 56 29 May 2010 Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria   Saudi Arabia 1–1 3–2 Friendly [37]
38 60 21 June 2010 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa   Honduras 1–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup [38]
39 2–0
40 61 25 June 2010 Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa   Chile 1–0 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup [39]
41 62 29 June 2010 Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa   Portugal 1–0 1–0 2010 FIFA World Cup [40]
42 63 3 July 2010 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa   Paraguay 1–0 1–0 2010 FIFA World Cup [41]
43 66 3 September 2010 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein   Liechtenstein 2–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying [42]
44 69 12 October 2010 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland   Scotland 1–0‡ 3–2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying [43]
45 72 25 March 2011 Nuevo Estadio de Los Cármenes, Granada, Spain   Czech Republic 1–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying [4]
46 2–1
47 75 7 June 2011 Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela   Venezuela 1–0 3–0 Friendly [44]
48 78 6 September 2011 Estadio Las Gaunas, Logroño, Spain   Liechtenstein 5–0 6–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying [45]
49 6–0
50 80 11 October 2011 Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain   Scotland 3–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying [46]
51 82 15 November 2011 Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica   Costa Rica 2–2 2–2 Friendly [47]
52 83 7 September 2012 Estadio Municipal de Pasarón, Pontevedra, Spain   Saudi Arabia 4–0‡ 5–0 Friendly [48]
53 85 14 November 2012 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama   Panama 2–0 5–1 Friendly [49]
54 90 20 June 2013 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Tahiti 4–0 10–0 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup [50]
55 5–0
56 7–0
57 96 7 June 2014 FedExField, Washington, D.C., United States   El Salvador 1–0 2–0 Friendly [51]
58 2–0
59 97 23 June 2014 Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil   Australia 1–0 3–0 2014 FIFA World Cup [52]

Hat-tricks

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No. Opponent Goals Score Venue Competition Date
1   Russia 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') 4–1 Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria UEFA Euro 2008 10 June 2008
2   Azerbaijan 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') 6–0 Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan Friendly 9 June 2009
3   Tahiti 3 – (4–0', 5–0', 7–0') 10–0 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup 20 June 2013

Statistics

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As of match played 2 September 2017

See also

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References

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