Name: David Villa
Age: 28
Club: Valencia
International Caps: 55
International Goals: 36
Villa started his career at Sporting Gijon, where his superb finishing and all-round game attracted the attentions of Spain's biggest clubs.
In 2003 he moved to Zaragoza for 3 million euros, and in two seasons at the club scored at a rate of almost a goal every other game.
Villa was now hot property, and Valencia paid 12 million euros for his services in the summer of 2005.
In his time at the club Villa has scored a remarkable 108 goals in 164 appearances, and been courted by the likes of Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona - where rumours suggest he may end up next season.
On the international stage, Villa has been equally prolific. A member of Spain's Euro 2008 winning side, he won the golden boot with four goals, but was forced out of the final with injury.
The odds will be short on him winning the boot in South Africa this summer, and with Fernando Torres alongside him, he arguably forms half of the most-feared strikeforce in the world.
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Source: DSG
