David Villa is set to join Atletico Madrid after three seasons at the Camp Nou. In 2010 he moved to FC Barcelona for €40 million where he won his first La Liga and UEFA Champions League titles. David Villa throughout his career has been a reliable striker, however due to an injury picked on December 15 2011 he has been struggling to recapture his amazing form that saw Barcelona paying €40 million for him. Personally I think that Villa should not have been playing in that match due to the quality of players that Barcelona has. There were about three other forwards that could have been chosen to play in that game. After he had broken his leg Barcelona just did not seem to put any trust in him anymore because I’ve seen games that Villa could have easily dominated and he did not even play in some of those games. I could see this transfer happening from the moment Barcelona set sights on Neymar it was just a matter of time before one of the other strikers had to leave and the decision was made easy for management. Alexis Sanchez 24, and Pedro 25, it is very clear what Barcelona are trying to do and that is building for the future because one would have to say that both Pedro and Sanchez has not reached the peak of their careers as yet on the other hand David Villa could be looking to the end of his career.
This transfer proves a lost for Barcelona and a gain for David Villa’s. He went to Barcelona to win trophies and he did accomplish that, he has won every major title at the club level at Barcelona basically in his first season. Barcelona bought this player for €40 million and sold him for €5.1 this is a huge lost for the Spanish giants. Usually when a player is leaving a club it is often times for more than what he came in at. So it is therefore fair to say that Barcelona did not develop this player. Instead they used him and refuse him. David Villa is 31 and he is Spain all-time leading goal scorer. Below is a list of his honors.
Honors
Club
Real Zaragoza
- Copa del Rey (1): 2003–04
- Supercopa de España (1): 2004
Valencia
- Copa del Rey (1): 2007–08
Barcelona
- La Liga (2): 2010–11, 2012–13
- Copa del Rey (1): 2011–12
- Supercopa de España (2): 2010, 2011
- UEFA Champions League (1): 2010–11
- UEFA Super Cup (1): 2011
- FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2011
Country
Spain
- FIFA World Cup (1): 2010
- UEFA European Championship (2): 2008, 2012
If you’re counting correctly that is 14 winners medal. Below is a list of his individual honours.
Individual
Awards
- Spanish Player of the Year: 2005–06
- Zarra Trophy: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
- UEFA Euro 2008 Golden Boot
- UEFA Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament[121]
- UEFA Euro 2008 Man of the Match Spain vs Russia, Spain vs Sweden
- 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Bronze Shoe
- 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Team of the Tournament.[131]
- 2010 FIFA World Cup Silver Shoe
- 2010 FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2010
- 2010 FIFA World Cup Man of the Match Spain vs Honduras
- Male Athlete of the Year: 2010
- FIFA/FIFPro World XI: 2010
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2010
Achievements
- Valencia Top Scorer: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
- La Liga‘s Top Assisting Player: 2006–07
- Spain all-time top scorer: 51 goals
- Spain’s all-time top scorer in FIFA World Cup matches
- Most goals scored in one World Cup (by a Spanish international): 5
- Most goals scored in one calendar year (by a Spanish international): 12 (2008, 2009)
- Largest streak of games having scored (by a Spanish international): 6
Decorations
A lot of players could only dream of such achievements, David Villa has done it all.
Expect David Villa to score against Barcelona when they face Atletico Madrid.
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