He scored nineteen times in friendlies, nine times in FIFA World Cup finals, six times in the FIFA Confederations Cup and four times in UEFA European Championship finals. Villa scored more goals in qualifying matches than in any other type of match, with 21. Twenty of Villa's goals were scored at home at thirteen different venues. He scored more times against Liechtenstein than any other nation, with seven, including twice in a single match on three occasions. He scored two other hat-tricks, against Azerbaijan (in 2009) and Tahiti (in 2013).

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 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. 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 made his debut for Spain as a substitute in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification match against San Marino in February 2005. David Villa lining up for Spain before the FIFA Confederations Cup match against Tahiti in 2013 in which he scored one of his three international hat-tricksĭavid Villa is a Spanish professional association footballer who represented the Spain national football team from 2005 to 2017.

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