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. 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. 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.

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. He scored two other hat-tricks, against Azerbaijan (in 2009) and Tahiti (in 2013). 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 matches, six times in the FIFA Confederations Cup and four times in UEFA European Championship matches. 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. 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. 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. 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. After joining Japanese side Vissel Kobe in 2018, Villa announced his retirement from football at the end of the 2019 J1 League season.

International goals Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first. + Key Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick

Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 4 16 November 2005 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia 1–1 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 2 5 1 March 2006 José Zorrilla, Valladolid, Spain 1–1 3–2 Friendly 3 9 13 June 2006 Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany 2–0 4–0 2006 FIFA World Cup 4 3–0 5 12 27 June 2006 AWD-Arena, Hanover, Germany 1–0 1–3 2006 FIFA World Cup 6 14 2 September 2006 Nuevo Vivero, Badajoz, Spain 2–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 7 3–0 8 15 6 September 2006 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland 2–1 2–3 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 9 17 11 October 2006 Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain 2–1 2–1 Friendly 10 20 24 March 2007 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain 2–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 11 23 6 June 2007 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying 12 2–0 13 30 26 March 2008 Martínez Valero, Elche, Spain 1–0 1–0 Friendly 14 31 31 May 2008 Nuevo Colombino, Huelva, Spain 1–0 2–1 Friendly 15 32 10 June 2008 Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria 1–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 2008 16 2–0 17 3–0 18 33 14 June 2008 Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria 2–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2008 19 37 6 September 2008 Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain 1–0 1–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 20 38 10 September 2008 Carlos Belmonte, Albacete, Spain 2–0 4–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 21 3–0 22 39 11 October 2008 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 2–0 3–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 23 40 15 October 2008 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium 2–1 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 24 41 19 November 2008 El Madrigal, Villarreal, Spain 1–0 3–0 Friendly 25 42 11 February 2009 Ramon Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain 1–0 2–0 Friendly 26 44 9 June 2009 Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan 1–0 6–0 Friendly 27 2–0 28 3–0 29 45 14 June 2009 Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa 5–0 5–0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 30 46 17 June 2009 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa 1–0 1–0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 31 47 20 June 2009 Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa 1–0 2–0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 32 51 5 September 2009 Riazor, A Coruña, Spain 2–0 5–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 33 5–0 34 54 18 November 2009 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria 2–1 5–1 Friendly 35 3–1 36 55 3 March 2010 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France 1–0 2–0 Friendly 37 56 29 May 2010 Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria 1–1 3–2 Friendly 38 60 21 June 2010 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 1–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup 39 2–0 40 61 25 June 2010 Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa 1–0 2–1 2010 FIFA World Cup 41 62 29 June 2010 Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa 1–0 1–0 2010 FIFA World Cup 42 63 3 July 2010 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 1–0 1–0 2010 FIFA World Cup 43 66 3 September 2010 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein 2–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 44 69 12 October 2010 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland 1–0 3–2 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 45 72 25 March 2011 Los Cármenes, Granada, Spain 1–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 46 2–1 47 75 7 June 2011 Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela 1–0 3–0 Friendly 48 78 6 September 2011 Las Gaunas, Logroño, Spain 5–0 6–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 49 6–0 50 80 11 October 2011 José Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain 3–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying 51 82 15 November 2011 Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica 2–2 2–2 Friendly 52 83 7 September 2012 Pasarón, Pontevedra, Spain 4–0 5–0 Friendly 53 85 14 November 2012 Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama 2–0 5–1 Friendly 54 90 20 June 2013 Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4–0 10–0 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup 55 5–0 56 7–0 57 96 7 June 2014 FedExField, Washington, D.C., United States 1–0 2–0 Friendly 58 2–0 59 97 23 June 2014 Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil 1–0 3–0 2014 FIFA World Cup

Hat-tricks

OpponentGoalsScoreVenueCompetitionDate 1 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') 4–1 Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria UEFA Euro 2008 10 June 2008 2 3 – (1–0', 2–0', 3–0') 6–0 Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan Friendly 9 June 2009 3 3 – (4–0', 5–0', 7–0') 10–0 Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup 20 June 2013

Statistics

+ Appearances and goals by year Year Apps Goals200541200614820071032008131220091311201016920111272012322013103201423201710 Total9859

+ Appearances and goals by competition Competition Apps Goals Friendlies 39 19 UEFA Euro qualifying 19 13 FIFA World Cup finals 12 9 FIFA World Cup qualification 16 8 FIFA Confederations Cup 8 6 UEFA European Championship 4 4 Total 98 59

+ Goals by opponent Opponent Goals 7 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 59

See also List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals List of top international men's football goal scorers by country Spain national football team records and statistics

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