Valencia football club
Club Information | ||||||||||
| League: Primera Division (Spa) | ||||||||||
| Nickname: los Pulos, los Ches | ||||||||||
| Year Founded: 1919 | ||||||||||
| Location: Valencia, Spain | ||||||||||
| Stadium: Estadio Mestalla | ||||||||||
| Capacity: 53000 | ||||||||||
| Official Website: valenciacf.es | ||||||||||
| Record Transfer Fees Paid: £16.87m for Joaquin Sanchez from Real Betis in 2006 | ||||||||||
| Record Transfer Fees Received: £29m for Gaizka Mendieta from Lazio in 2001 | ||||||||||
| Average age of players: 27 years | ||||||||||
| Number of foreigners: 9 | ||||||||||
| Longest serving player: Vicente (9 years) | ||||||||||
Squad Information | ||||||||||
| No. | Name | Pos. | Age | Birthplace | Ht | Wt | Contr. | Signed | From | Fee |
Staff | ||||||||||
| - | Unai Emery (Spa) | Mgr | 38 | Hondarribia | - | - | 06/2010 | 2008 | Almeria (Spa) | Hired |
Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Cesar Sanchez (Spa) | GK | 38 | Caceres | 185 | 85 | 06/2010 | 2009 | Tottenham Hotspur (Eng) | Free |
| 13 | Miguel Angel Moya (Spa) | GK | 25 | Binissalem | 185 | 75 | 06/2013 | 2009 | Mallorca (Spa) | £5.1m |
Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Bruno (Spa) | RB | 30 | - | 181 | 76 | 06/2012 | 2009 | Almeria (Spa) | Free |
| 23 | Luis Miguel (Por) | RB | 30 | Lisbon | 175 | 64 | 06/2012 | 2005 | Benfica (Por) | Undisc. |
| 22 | Jeremy Mathieu (Fra) | LB | 24 | Luxeuil-les-Bains | 192 | 82 | 06/2012 | 2009 | Toulouse (Fra) | Bosman |
| 4 | David Navarro (Spa) | CD | 29 | Valencia | 188 | 82 | 06/2011 | 2002 | - | - |
| 5 | Carlos Marchena (Spa) | CD | 30 | Seville | 183 | 78 | 06/2011 | 2001 | Benfica (Por) | Swap |
| 15 | Angel Dealbert (Spa) | CD | 27 | Castellon | 185 | 75 | 06/2012 | 2009 | Castellon (Spa) | Bosman |
| 20 | Alexis (Spa) | CD | 24 | Malaga | 183 | 75 | 06/2013 | 2007 | Getafe (Spa) | £4.07m |
| - | Yago Fernandez (Por) | CD | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 3 | Hedwiges Maduro (Ned) | DM | 25 | Almere | 185 | 79 | 06/2012 | 2008 | Ajax Amsterdam (Ned) | £2.24m |
| 28 | Jordi Alba (Spa) | LM | 19 | L'Hospitalet | 170 | 69 | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | David Albelda (Spa) | CM | 32 | Alzira | 181 | 77 | 06/2011 | - | - | - |
| 8 | Ruben Baraja (Spa) | CM | 34 | Valladolid | 180 | 77 | 06/2010 | 2000 | Atletico Madrid (Spa) | £8m |
| 18 | Manuel Fernandes (Por) | MF | 24 | Cacem | 175 | 69 | 06/2013 | 2007 | Benfica (Por) | Undisc. |
| 19 | Pablo Hernandez (Spa) | MF | 24 | Castellon | 173 | 64 | 06/2014 | 2008 | Getafe (Spa) | £877.2k |
| 24 | Ever Banega (Arg) | MF | 21 | Rosario | 174 | 71 | 06/2013 | 2008 | Boca Juniors (Arg) | £15.79m |
| 25 | Nacho (Uru) | MF | 27 | Montevideo | 180 | 67 | 06/2012 | 2008 | Danubio (Uru) | £7.7m |
| 21 | David Silva (Spa) | AM | 24 | Arguineguin | 170 | 67 | 06/2013 | 2004 | - | - |
| 17 | Joaquin Sanchez (Spa) | RW | 28 | Puerto de Santa Maria | 179 | 75 | 06/2012 | 2006 | Real Betis (Spa) | £16.87m |
| 10 | Juan Manuel Mata (Spa) | LW | 21 | Burgos | 170 | 63 | 06/2012 | 2007 | Real Madrid Castilla (Spa) | Bosman |
| 14 | Vicente (Spa) | LW | 28 | Valencia | 176 | 74 | 06/2011 | 2000 | - | - |
Forwards | ||||||||||
| 7 | David Villa (Spa) | ST | 28 | Langreo | 175 | 69 | 06/2014 | 2005 | Real Zaragoza (Spa) | £7.99m |
| 9 | Nikola Zigic (Srb) | ST | 29 | Backa Topola | 202 | 90 | 06/2012 | 2007 | Racing Santander (Spa) | Undisc. |
| 25 | Alejandro Dominguez (Arg) | ST | 28 | Lanus | 175 | 71 | 06/2013 | 2010 | Rubin Kazan (Rus) | £? |