1981 - Today
David Villa Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið ˈbiʎa santʃeθ]; born 3 December 1981) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Villa is regarded by pundits as one of the best forwards of his generation, and one of the best Spanish strikers of all time. Villa is currently working as the Technical Advisor and Head of Global Football Operations of the 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 5,971,226 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2019). David Villa is the 293rd most popular soccer player (down from 264th in 2019), the 419th most popular biography from Spain (up from 431st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Spanish Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, David Villa ranks 293 out of 16,923. Before him are Takashi Kano, Antonio Carbajal, Willy van de Kerkhof, Peter Shilton, Robert Lewandowski, and Franck Ribéry. After him are Kevin Keegan, Setsu Sawagata, Enzo Francescoli, Megumu Tamura, Usaburo Hidaka, and Reizo Fukuhara.
1920 - 2000
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 287
1929 - Present
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 288
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 289
1949 - Present
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 290
1988 - Present
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 291
1983 - Present
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 292
1981 - Present
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 293
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 294
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 295
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 296
1927 - 1986
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 297
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 298
1931 - 1970
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 299
Among people born in 1981, David Villa ranks 9. Before him are Natalie Portman, Alicia Keys, Iker Casillas, Britney Spears, Fernando Alonso, and Samuel Eto'o. After him are Beyoncé, Jessica Alba, Rami Malek, Justin Timberlake, Xabi Alonso, and Elijah Wood.
1981 - Present
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 3
1981 - Present
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 4
1981 - Present
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 5
1981 - Present
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 6
1981 - Present
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 7
1981 - Present
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 8
1981 - Present
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 9
1981 - Present
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 10
1981 - Present
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 11
1981 - Present
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 12
1981 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 13
1981 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 14
1981 - Present
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 15
Among people born in Spain, David Villa ranks 419 out of 2,595. Before him are María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880), Leander of Seville (534), Sara Montiel (1928), João da Nova (1460), Tiberius Sempronius Longus (-250), and Carlos Arias Navarro (1908). After him are Joanot Martorell (1415), Ordoño I of Asturias (821), Hasdai Crescas (1340), Eulalia of Barcelona (290), Francisco Rabal (1926), and Violant of Aragon (1236).
1880 - 1904
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 413
534 - 600
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 414
1928 - 2013
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 415
1460 - 1509
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 416
250 BC - 209 BC
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 417
1908 - 1989
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 418
1981 - Present
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 419
1415 - 1465
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 420
821 - 866
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 421
1340 - 1410
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 422
290 - 303
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 423
1926 - 2001
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 424
1236 - 1301
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 425
Among soccer players born in Spain, David Villa ranks 22. Before him are Sergio Ramos (1986), Amancio Amaro (1939), Luis Enrique (1970), Rafael Moreno Aranzadi (1892), Andoni Zubizarreta (1961), and Fernando Hierro (1968). After him are Raúl (1977), Fernando Torres (1984), Josep Samitier (1902), Antoni Ramallets (1924), Julen Lopetegui (1966), and José Antonio Camacho (1955).
1986 - Present
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 16
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 17
1970 - Present
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 18
1892 - 1922
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 19
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 20
1968 - Present
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 21
1981 - Present
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 22
1977 - Present
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 23
1984 - Present
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 24
1902 - 1972
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 25
1924 - 2013
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 26
1966 - Present
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 27
1955 - Present
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 28