Trending

SOCCER PLAYER

David Villa

1981 - Today

Photo of David Villa

Icon of person David Villa

David Villa Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið ˈbiʎa santʃeθ]; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Villa has received more than 7,314,260 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). David Villa is the 249th most popular soccer player (down from 179th in 2019), the 373rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 344th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, David Villa ranks 249 out of 21,273. Before him are Arjen Robben, Ken Noritake, Paulino Alcántara, Francisco Varallo, Mordechai Spiegler, and Peter Bosz. After him are Fernando Hierro, Yoshio Okada, Valentin Ivanov, Antoine Griezmann, Udo Lattek, and Mesut Özil.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, David Villa ranks 10. Before him are Natalie Portman, Roger Federer, Fernando Alonso, Alicia Keys, Samuel Eto'o, and Britney Spears. After him are Beyoncé, Serena Williams, Jessica Alba, Rami Malek, Adriana Lima, and Justin Timberlake.

Others Born in 1981

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Spain

Among people born in Spain, David Villa ranks 373 out of 3,355. Before him are Ramiro I of Aragon (1008), Achila II (695), Juan de la Cosa (1460), Francisco Ferrer (1859), Ordoño II of León (873), and Erwig (642). After him are Fernando Hierro (1968), Rosalía de Castro (1837), Anthony Mary Claret (1807), Alfonso V of León (994), Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492), and Mercè Rodoreda (1908).

Others born in Spain

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, David Villa ranks 21. Before him are Pedro Cea (1900), Emilio Butragueño (1963), Amancio Amaro (1939), Ernesto Valverde (1964), Andoni Zubizarreta (1961), and Fernando Torres (1984). After him are Fernando Hierro (1968), Quique Setién (1958), Antoni Ramallets (1924), Raúl (1977), Míchel (1963), and Julen Lopetegui (1966).

Spanish born Soccer Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous