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: £34.81m for David Villa from Barcelona in 2010 | ||||||||||
| Average age of players: 27 years | ||||||||||
| Number of foreigners: 13 | ||||||||||
| Longest serving player: David Navarro (10 years) | ||||||||||
Squad Information | ||||||||||
| No. | Name | Pos. | Age | Birthplace | Ht | Wt | Contr. | Signed | From | Fee |
Staff | ||||||||||
| - | Unai Emery (Spa) | Mgr | 40 | Hondarribia | - | - | 06/2010 | 2008 | Almeria (Spa) | Hired |
Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Cesar Sanchez (Spa) | GK | 40 | Caceres | 185 | 85 | 06/2011 | 2009 | Tottenham Hotspur (Eng) | Free |
| 13 | Miguel Angel Moya (Spa) | GK | 28 | Binissalem | 185 | 75 | 06/2013 | 2009 | Mallorca (Spa) | £5.1m |
| - | Renan Brito (Bra) | GK | 27 | Viamao [RS] | 187 | 82 | 06/2012 | 2008 | Internacional (Bra) | Undisc. |
| - | Vicente Guaita (Spa) | GK | 25 | Valencia | 192 | 86 | - | - | - | |
Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Bruno (Spa) | RB | 32 | - | 181 | 76 | 06/2012 | 2009 | Almeria (Spa) | Free |
| 23 | Luis Miguel (Por) | RB | 32 | Lisbon | 175 | 64 | 06/2012 | 2005 | Benfica (Por) | Undisc. |
| 22 | Jeremy Mathieu (Fra) | LB | 27 | Luxeuil-les-Bains | 192 | 82 | 06/2012 | 2009 | Toulouse (Fra) | Bosman |
| - | Thiago Carleto (Bra) | LB | 23 | Sao Bernardo do Campo | 172 | 68 | 06/2014 | 2008 | Santos (Bra) | Undisc. |
| - | Jaume Costa (Spa) | LB | 24 | Valencia | 169 | 67 | - | - | - | |
| - | Asier Del Horno (Spa) | LB | 31 | Barakaldo | 180 | 80 | 06/2012 | 2006 | Chelsea (Eng) | Undisc. |
| 4 | David Navarro (Spa) | CD | 31 | Valencia | 188 | 82 | 06/2011 | 2002 | - | - |
| 15 | Angel Dealbert (Spa) | CD | 29 | Castellon | 185 | 75 | 06/2012 | 2009 | Castellon (Spa) | Bosman |
| 20 | Alexis (Spa) | CD | 26 | Malaga | 183 | 75 | 06/2013 | 2007 | Getafe (Spa) | £4.07m |
| - | Yago Fernandez (Por) | CD | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | David Lomban (Spa) | CD | 24 | Aviles | 185 | 74 | - | - | - | |
| - | Ricardo Costa (Por) | DF | 31 | Vila Nova de Gaia | 183 | 80 | 06/2014 | 2010 | Lille (Fra) | £? |
Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 3 | Hedwiges Maduro (Ned) | DM | 27 | Almere | 185 | 79 | 06/2012 | 2008 | Ajax Amsterdam (Ned) | £2.24m |
| - | Angel Montoro (Spa) | DM | 23 | Valencia | 182 | 77 | - | - | - | |
| 28 | Jordi Alba (Spa) | LM | 21 | L'Hospitalet | 170 | 69 | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | David Albelda (Spa) | CM | 34 | Alzira | 181 | 77 | 06/2011 | - | - | - |
| 18 | Manuel Fernandes (Por) | MF | 26 | Cacem | 175 | 69 | 06/2013 | 2007 | Benfica (Por) | Undisc. |
| 19 | Pablo Hernandez (Spa) | MF | 27 | Castellon | 173 | 64 | 06/2014 | 2008 | Getafe (Spa) | £877.2k |
| 24 | Ever Banega (Arg) | MF | 23 | Rosario | 174 | 71 | 06/2013 | 2008 | Boca Juniors (Arg) | £15.79m |
| - | Nacho (Uru) | MF | 29 | Montevideo | 180 | 67 | 06/2012 | 2008 | Danubio (Uru) | £7.7m |
| - | Sofiane Feghouli (Fra) | MF | 22 | - | 177 | 71 | 06/2014 | 2010 | Grenoble (Fra) | Undisc. |
| - | Mehmet Topal (Tur) | MF | 26 | Malatya | 187 | 76 | - | 2010 | Galatasaray (Tur) | £3.59m |
| 17 | Joaquin Sanchez (Spa) | RW | 30 | Puerto de Santa Maria | 179 | 75 | 06/2012 | 2006 | Real Betis (Spa) | £16.87m |
Forwards | ||||||||||
| 25 | Alejandro Dominguez (Arg) | ST | 30 | Lanus | 175 | 71 | 06/2013 | 2010 | Rubin Kazan (Rus) | £? |
| - | Aritz Aduriz (Spa) | ST | 31 | San Sebastian | 180 | 74 | - | 2010 | Mallorca (Spa) | £3.34m |
| - | Aaron Niguez (Spa) | ST | 23 | - | 171 | 70 | - | - | - | |
| - | Roberto Soldado (Spa) | ST | 26 | Valencia | 179 | 81 | 06/2014 | 2010 | Getafe (Spa) | £8.26m |