"I want people to remember me when I'm the kind of player who gives everything no matter which shirt I wear, I gave everything for my fans, my team, I want people to remember me. I am a player with a lot of love and respect for football, a player who always strives for victory. ”
On the afternoon of January 1, 2020, Tokyo, the scene of the final of the 99th Emperor's Cup, the game went on until the last two minutes of injury time, and a player wearing the Number 7 shirt on the sidelines was replaced, which was the last two minutes of Villa's career as a professional player. The final whistle, this whistle is both the sound of victory and the sound of parting, the victory is the Kobe Victory Ship where Villa is located, defeated Kashima Antlers 2:0 to win the championship, parting because Villa is really going to end his football career, really want to say goodbye to his beloved football, wave to himself, there is no gourd baby in the jianghu.
Villa was born in the small town of Tuia, joined gijón Athletic at the age of 17, because he was the youngest in the team, his teammates called him "GUAJE", asturian means "child", and "GUAJE" has the meaning of "gourd" in Spanish, so domestic fans gave him the title of gourd, since then, huluwa name shocked the river.
In 2003, Villa joined Zaragoza and made his La Liga debut. In the final of the Spanish Copa del Rey, facing Real Madrid with stars such as Zidane, Figo, Beckham and Carlos, Villa made a penalty and personally hit it, reversing the invincible Real Madrid 3:2 and winning the championship. Half a year later, in the league arena, Villa once again staged a good play of a thousand miles to ride alone, sinking the Real Madrid battleship, and pele, who was watching the game on the spot that day, praised "This is a heroic goal!" ”
Villa during the Zaragoza period
In 2005, Villa moved to Valencia and showed the potential of the giant nemesis, grabbing two mistakes in a row and scoring two goals, once causing Valdés to "psychological shadow", speaking of Villa can think of his own low-level mistakes. The media praised Villa as the "Rainbow Magician". In his first season with Valencia, Villa scored 25 goals in 37 league games, trailing Eto'o by just one goal and missing out on top scorer.
Villa during the Valencian period
The club's highlights allowed Villa to gain the favor of the national team, and in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the veteran coach Aragonés was out of the question, replacing Raúl with Villa and forming a forward partner with Torres. Villa scored twice in his first World Cup match, leading Spain to a 4-0 win over Ukraine. Unfortunately, in the round of 16, the French team led by Zizou and Henry was unfortunately eliminated by 1:3. After the World Cup, the old coach Aragonés let Villa take over the No. 7 shirt of the national team, which originally belonged to Raúl made Villa feel pressure, but he vowed to defend the national team shirt through his own efforts, and he did.
At Euro 2008, Villa and Torres were combined to score a hat-trick in their European Cup debut, and became the first Spanish player in the history of the Final Stage of the European Championship to complete a hat-trick. It was only in the semi-final against Russia that Villa was accidentally injured, leaving him out of the final. Not every accident will be regrettable, not every absence will leave people with lifelong pain, Villa's forward partner Torres hammered out, killed Germany to win the championship, Villa himself scored four goals to win the Golden Boot, and achieved a double harvest of personal honors for the team.
After the European Championship, Villa's value rose and he won an olive branch from a number of giants, but unexpectedly, Villa chose to renew his contract with the club for 6 years, and the penalty reached 126 million euros. Mestalla is the place where Villa became famous, and he was grateful and grateful. Valencia fans say "we don't deserve Villa, he should go to a better place", while Villa says "Here, Mestalla, is the best place".
In 2010 Valencia was in deep financial crisis and decided to sell their gourds. Villa said whoever paid the most money would transfer there to repay the club's kindness with a final action, and finally Barca took Villa to Camp Nou for 40 million euros.
In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Bosque's Spain was unfavorable, losing to Switzerland in the first game 0:1, and Switzerland won the first time in history against Spain. Spain quickly adjusted to their position, beating Honduras 2-0 in the second round of the group stage, Villa hit the crossbar, and then scored twice, but he missed a penalty and almost scored a hat-trick. In the final round of the group stage, Villa took the lead and assisted Iniesta to extend the scoreline, and Spain won 2-1 against Chile. In the quarter-finals, Spain beat Portugal 1:0, Villa won the battle, Spain's No. 7 defeated Portugal's No. 7, and Spain advanced to the quarterfinals. In the quarter-finals, Villa was once again the savior, and Spain eliminated Paraguay 1-0 to advance to the semi-finals.
On July 12, 2010, the World Cup final was staged as scheduled. Spain and the Netherlands exchanged white papers in regular time and did not achieve anything in the first half of extra time. Before the start of the second half of extra time, Villa was replaced by Torres due to physical exhaustion and cramps, and after Torres came on the pitch, he instigated the attack, and iniesta the little white sword sealed his throat. Villa was the first to rush to Iniesta, by which time he had completely forgotten the pain of cramping. Spain held aloft the Hercules Cup and Villa topped the World Cup top scorers with five goals.
After the World Cup, Villa officially appeared at camp Nou, formed an MVP combination with Pedro and Messi, scored 98 goals in the first season, and what is more talked about is the league 5:0 kill real Madrid! At the end of the season, Villa won la Liga for the first time. In the Champions League final, Pedro, Messi and Villa shot three arrows at the same time to knock Manchester United off the horse, and that night, fans all over the world saw Ferguson's trembling hands and witnessed Barca's successful accession to the Champions League. Life is often like this, before the dawn of success, it may be a slow and long night, only through this, in order to break through the cocoon into a butterfly, to glory.
That season, Villa also won the Spanish Super Cup with Barca, the European Super Cup, the Club World Cup, and the five crowns. But in the club world cup semi-finals, Huluwa suffered one of the worst injuries of her football career, causing him to miss Euro 2012.
Villa returned from injury after 8 months, but at this time, Barca's Sanchez, Fabregas's excellent play, Villa has no fixed playing time, but as long as he is given a chance, give him time, he can still attack the city.
After three seasons with Barca and eight titles, Villa moved to Atletico Madrid. Sometimes, fate is so magical, the script is such a coincidence that Villa's first official game for Atletico was against Barca and scored a goal. In the 22nd round of the season against Real Sociedad, Villa, after scoring, pointed two fingers to comfort his mentor Aragonés, and at that moment, the coach must have been protecting his disciples in heaven. In the final round of the league, Atletico drew with Barca, with a three-point advantage, and won the La Liga title again after a gap of 18 years.
In the first two group games of the 14-year World Cup, the first scorer in the history of the Spanish national team sat on the bench and witnessed the team's group exit. In the third round of the group stage, Villa's heel goal was amazing enough, and after the goal, Villa kept kissing the Spanish emblem on his chest, saying goodbye to the World Cup in this way, saying goodbye to the national team, full of reluctance and nostalgia, three World Cups, the best time of 8 years, the most brilliant memories, all here.
After the World Cup, Villa left for the United States, where he scored 80 goals during his four years in New York City.
On August 25, 2017, Villa, who claimed that he would never retire from the national team, came off the bench in a World Cup qualifier against Italy after 1159 days, which was his 98th and final national team match, Villa said he could play for the national team until the age of 55, but this time it was really his last national team match.
In 2019, Villa came to the last stop of his football career, the Kobe Victory Ship. In the 34th round of the 2019 J-League, Kobe Victory ship defeated Iwata Joy 4-1, and Villa scored the last goal of his career.
The world is difficult to defeat the hero twilight, the star is no exception, just like the prosperity is always over, life is finally over, Villa faded her armor, removed its armor and returned, and since then it is close to the end of the world!
David Villa Sanchez, our forever gourd baby!