Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Aston, Birmingham, who currently play in the Premier League. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at its current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa was one of the founding members of The Football League in 1888 and the Premier League in 1992. [1] Aston Villa is one of the most successful clubs in English football history, having won 25 honours in its history.
This is a list of Aston Villa's notable players, generally this means players that have played 100 or more competitive matches for the club, a feat often referred to as joining the 100 club. [2] [3] However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included; players from the club's pre-Football League days, when they played fewer matches in a season than the present day, club captains, record-holders, and players that became coaches or managers at the club are also included. Players who hold records have footnotes describing the record. Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances are for first-team competitive matches only including those as a substitute; wartime matches are excluded as competitions were regarded as invitational or friendly.
This and the † indicate that they hold or held a club or national record
This and the * indicate that they played their full professional career at Aston Villa.
(n/a) = Information not available
Players in bold are still playing for the club.
Name | Nationality | Position [4] | Aston Villa career | Captaincy | Appearances | Goals | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walter H. Price | England | Defender | 1874 | 1874–1876 | n/a | n/a | † [5] [6] |
George Ramsay | Scotland | Forward | 1876–1882 | 1876–1882 | n/a | n/a | [7] |
Archie Hunter | Scotland | Forward | 1878–1890 | 1882–1891 | 73 | 42 | [8] |
Gershom Cox | England | Defender | 1878–1893 | – | 101 | 0 | – |
Howard Vaughton | England | Forward | 1880–1888 | – | 26 | 15 | † [9] |
Albert Brown | England | Forward | 1884–1894 | – | 114 | 58 | † [10] |
Dennis Hodgetts | England | Midfielder | 1886–1896 | – | 215 | 91 | – |
Jimmy Warner | England | Goalkeeper | 1886–1892 | – | 101 | 0 | – |
James Cowan | Scotland | Midfielder | 1889–1902* | – | 354 | 27 | – |
Charlie Athersmith | England | Winger | 1891–1901 | – | 307 | 85 | – |
Jack Devey | England | Forward | 1891–1902 | 1891–1898 | 304 | 187 | † [11] |
Howard Spencer | England | Defender | 1892–1907 | 1902–1906 | 292 | 2 | |
Jack Reynolds | England | Midfielder | 1893–1897 | – | 110 | 17 | – |
Willie Groves | Scotland | Midfielder, Forward | 1893–1894 | – | 22 | 4 | † [12] |
Stephen Smith | England | Forward | 1893–1901 | – | 184 | 42 | – |
Jimmy Crabtree | England | Defender | 1895–1904 | 1898–1902 | 200 | 7 | – |
Albert Evans | England | Defender | 1896–1906 | – | 206 | 0 | – |
Fred Wheldon | England | Forward | 1896–1900 | – | 137 | 74 | – |
Billy George | England | Goalkeeper | 1897–1911* | – | 401 | 0 | – |
Billy Garraty | England | Forward | 1897–1908 | – | 255 | 112 | – |
Tommy Bowman | Scotland | Midfielder | 1897–1901 | – | 113 | 2 | – |
George Johnson | England | Forward | 1897–1905 | – | 110 | 47 | – |
Albert Wilkes | England | Midfielder | 1898–1907 | – | 157 | 8 | – |
Joe Pearson | England | Midfielder | 1900–1908 | – | 118 | 7 | – |
Joe Bache | England | Forward | 1900–1914 | 1906–1914 | 474 | 185 | |
Alf Wood | England | Defender | 1900–1905 | – | 111 | 7 | – |
Willie Clarke | Scotland | Forward | 1901–1905 | – | 41 | 5 | † [13] |
William Brawn | England | Forward | 1901–1906 | – | 107 | 20 | – |
Alf Miles | England | Defender | 1902–1914 | – | 269 | 0 | – |
Alex Leake | England | Midfielder | 1902–1907 | – | 140 | 9 | – |
Bert Hall | England | Forward | 1903–1913 | – | 214 | 62 | – |
Harry Hampton | England | Forward | 1904–1920 | – | 376 | 242 | † [14] |
James Logan | Scotland | Defender | 1905–1912 | – | 157 | 4 | – |
George Tranter | England | Midfielder | 1905–1915 | – | 174 | 1 | – |
Joe Walters | England | Forward | 1905–1912 | – | 121 | 41 | – |
Chris Buckley | England | Forward | 1906–1914 | – | 143 | 3 | – |
Tom Lyons | England | Defender | 1907–1915 | – | 238 | 0 | – |
Charlie Wallace | England | Forward | 1907–1921 | – | 349 | 57 | – |
Clem Stephenson | England | Forward | 1910–1921 | – | 216 | 96 | [8] |
Tommy Weston | England | Defender | 1911–1922 | – | 179 | 0 | – |
Jimmy Harrop | England | Defender | 1912–1921 | – | 171 | 4 | – |
Andy Ducat | England | Midfield | 1912–1921 | 1919–1921 | 87 | 4 | |
Sam Hardy | England | Goalkeeper | 1912–1921 | – | 183 | 0 | [8] |
Frank Moss | England | Defender Midfielder | 1914–1929 | 1921–1927 | 283 | 9 | – |
Richard York | England | Forward | 1915–1931 | – | 390 | 86 | – |
Jimmy Gibson | Scotland | Defender | 1927–1936 | – | 197 | 9 | – |
Danny Blair | Scotland | Defender | 1931–1936 | – | 138 | 0 | – |
Arthur Dorrell | England | Forward | 1919–1931 | – | 390 | 65 | |
Frank Barson | England | Midfielder | 1919–1922 | – | 108 | 10 | – |
Tommy Jackson | England | Goalkeeper | 1919–1930 | – | 186 | 0 | – |
Billy Kirton | England | Forward | 1919–1928 | – | 261 | 59 | – |
Billy Walker | England | Forward | 1919–1933* | 1927–1933 | 531 | 244 | † [15] [16] |
Tommy Ball | England | Defender | 1920–1923 | – | 77 | 0 | [17] [18] |
George Blackburn | England | Midfielder | 1920–1926 | – | 145 | 2 | – |
Tommy Smart | England | Defender | 1920–1934 | – | 452 | 8 | – |
Cyril Spiers | England | Goalkeeper | 1920–1927 | – | 112 | 0 | – |
Len Capewell | England | Forward | 1921–1930 | – | 156 | 100 | – |
Jock Johnstone | Scotland | Defender | 1921–1927 | – | 115 | 1 | – |
Thomas Mort | England | Defender | 1921–1935 | – | 368 | 2 | – |
Vic Milne | Scotland | Defender | 1923–1929 | – | 175 | 1 | – |
Alec Talbot | England | Defender | 1923–1936 | 1933–1934 | 263 | 7 | – |
Teddy Bowen | England | Defender | 1923–1934 | – | 199 | 0 | – |
Joe Tate | England | Midfielder | 1925–1935 | – | 193 | 4 | – |
Billy Kingdon | England | Midfielder | 1926–1936 | – | 241 | 5 | – |
Joseph Beresford | England | Forward | 1927–1935 | – | 251 | 73 | – |
Eric Houghton | England | Forward | 1927–1946 | 1934–1936 | 392 | 170 | [7] [19] |
Tom Waring | England | Forward | 1928–1935 | – | 226 | 167 | † [20] |
George Brown | England | Forward | 1929–1934 | – | 126 | 89 | – |
Jack Mandley | England | Forward | 1929–1934 | – | 112 | 26 | – |
Ernie Callaghan | England | Defender | 1930–1947* | – | 142 | 0 | [21] |
Harry Morton | England | Goalkeeper | 1930–1937 | – | 207 | 0 | – |
Fred Biddlestone | England | Goalkeeper | 1930–1939 | – | 160 | 0 | – |
Dai Astley | Wales | Forward | 1931–1936 | – | 173 | 100 | – |
Ronnie Dix | England | Striker | 1932–1937 | – | 104 | 30 | – |
Jimmy Allen | England | Midfielder | 1934–(n/a) | – | 160 | 3 | – |
Frank Broome | England | Forward | 1934–1946 | – | 151 | 90 | – |
Freddie Haycock | England | Forward | 1936–1939 | – | 110 | 33 | – |
George Cummings | Scotland | Defender | 1935–1949 | 1938–1939 | 232 | 0 | – |
Tom Griffiths | Wales | Midfielder | 1935–1939 | 1936–1937 | 67 | 1 | – |
Alex Massie | Scotland | Midfielder | 1935–1945 | 1937–1938 | 152 | 5 | [22] |
Bob Iverson | England | Defender | 1936–1948 | – | 153 | 12 | – |
Billy Goffin | England | Forward | 1937–1954 | – | 173 | 42 | – |
George Edwards | England | Forward | 1938–1956 | – | 152 | 41 | – |
Frank Moss | England | Midfielder | 1938–1951 | – | 313 | 3 | – |
Harry Parkes | England | Defender Utility | 1939–1955* | – | 345 | 4 | – |
Joe Rutherford | England | Goalkeeper | 1939–1951 | – | 156 | 0 | – |
Johnny Dixon | England | Forward | 1945–1961* | 1955–1959 | 430 | 144 | |
Eddie Lowe | England | Midfielder | 1945–1950 | – | 117 | 3 | – |
Amos Moss | England | Defender | 1945–1956 | – | 109 | 5 | – |
Leslie Smith | England | Forward | 1945–1952 | – | 197 | 37 | – |
Dicky Dorsett | England | Defender | 1946–1953 | 1949–1951 | 271 | 36 | – |
Keith Jones | Wales | Goalkeeper | 1946–1957 | – | 199 | 0 | – |
Trevor Ford | Wales | Forward | 1947–1950 | – | 128 | 61 | [7] [8] |
Peter Aldis | England | Defender | 1948–1960 | – | 294 | 1 | – |
Con Martin | Republic of Ireland / Ireland | Goalkeeper Utility | 1948–1956 | – | 213 | 1 | – |
Colin Gibson | England | Forward | 1949–1956 | – | 167 | 26 | – |
Stan Lynn | England | Defender | 1950–1961 | – | 323 | 38 | – |
Derek Pace | England | Forward | 1950–1958 | – | 107 | 42 | – |
Tommy Thompson | England | Forward | 1950–1955 | – | 165 | 75 | – |
Davy Walsh | Ireland / Republic of Ireland | Striker | 1950–1955 | – | 114 | 40 | – |
Vic Crowe | Wales | Midfielder | 1951–1964 | 1959–1964 | 351 | 12 | [23] |
Danny Blanchflower | Northern Ireland | Midfielder | 1951–1954 | 1951–1955 | 155 | 10 | [8] [24] |
Peter McParland | Northern Ireland | Forward | 1952–1962 | – | 340 | 120 | † [7] [25] |
Billy Baxter | England | Midfielder | 1953–1957 | – | 108 | 6 | – |
Gordon Lee | England | Defender | 1955–1966 | – | 142 | 2 | – |
Pat Saward | Republic of Ireland | Defender | 1955–1961 | – | 168 | 2 | – |
Jackie Sewell | England | Forward | 1955–1959 | – | 144 | 40 | – |
Harry Burrows | England | Forward | 1956–1965 | – | 181 | 73 | – |
Alan Deakin | England | Midfielder | 1956–1969 | 1964–1969 | 270 | 9 | – |
Jimmy Dugdale | England | Defender | 1956–1962 | – | 244 | 3 | – |
Nigel Sims | England | Goalkeeper | 1956–1964 | – | 308 | 0 | – |
Leslie Smith | England | Forward | 1956–1960 | – | 129 | 25 | – |
Mike Tindall | England | Midfielder | 1956–1961 | – | 134 | 4 | – |
Gerry Hitchens | England | Forward | 1957–1961 | – | 160 | 96 | – |
Ron Wylie | Scotland | Midfielder Forward | 1958–1965 | – | 244 | 28 | – |
Charlie Aitken | Scotland | Defender | 1959–1976 | 1966–1973 | 660 | 16 | † [7] [26] |
Jimmy MacEwan | Scotland | Forward | 1959–1966 | – | 181 | 31 | – |
John Neal | England | Defender | 1959–1963 | – | 114 | 0 | – |
Bobby Thomson | Scotland | Forward | 1959–1963 | – | 171 | 70 | – |
Alan Baker | England | Defender | 1960–1966 | – | 109 | 17 | – |
John Sleeuwenhoek | England | Defender | 1961–1967 | – | 260 | 1 | – |
Lew Chatterley | England | Defender Midfielder | 1960–1971 | – | 160 | 27 | – |
Phil Woosnam | Wales | Forward | 1962–1966 | – | 125 | 30 | – |
Mick Wright | England | Defender | 1962–1973 | – | 315 | 1 | – |
Keith Bradley | England | Defender Midfielder | 1962–1972 | – | 135 | 9 | – |
Tony Hateley | England | Forward | 1963–1966 | – | 148 | 86 | – |
Stan Horne | England | Midfielder | 1963–1965 | – | 6 | 0 | [27] |
Dave Pountney | England | Midfielder | 1963–1968 | – | 128 | 7 | – |
Johnny MacLeod | Scotland | Right-winger | 1964–1968 | – | 139 | 18 | – |
Colin Withers | England | Goalkeeper | 1964–1969 | – | 163 | 0 | – |
William Anderson | England | Forward | 1967–1973 | – | 263 | 45 | – |
John Dunn | England | Goalkeeper | 1967–1971 | – | 118 | 0 | – |
Brian Godfrey | England | Midfielder Forward | 1967–1971 | – | 260 | 25 | – |
Fred Turnbull | England | Defender | 1967–1975 | – | 183 | 3 | – |
Brian Tiler | England | Defender | 1968–1973 | – | 127 | 4 | – |
Chico Hamilton | England | Forward | 1969–1976 | – | 234 | 48 | – |
Pat McMahon | Scotland | Midfielder | 1969–1976 | – | 149 | 30 | – |
Bruce Rioch | Scotland | Midfielder | 1969–1974 | – | 175 | 37 | – |
Brian Little | England | Forward | 1970–1979 | – | 301 | 82 | [7] |
Andy Lochhead | Scotland | Forward | 1970–1973 | – | 153 | 47 | – |
Jimmy Cumbes | England | Goalkeeper | 1971–1976 | – | 182 | 0 | – |
Ray Graydon | England | Forward | 1971–1977 | – | 230 | 81 | – |
Geoff Vowden | England | Striker | 1971–1974 | – | 114 | 25 | – |
John Gidman | England | Defender | 1972–1980 | – | 243 | 9 | – |
Chris Nicholl | England | Defender | 1972–1977 | 1976–1977 | 251 | 20 | |
John Robson | England | Defender | 1972–1978 | – | 176 | 1 | – |
Ian Ross | Scotland | Defender | 1972–1976 | 1974–1976 | 204 | 3 | |
John Deehan | England | Midfielder | 1973–1979 | – | 139 | 51 | – |
Leighton Phillips | Wales | Defender | 1974–1978 | – | 175 | 4 | – |
Frank Carrodus | England | Midfielder | 1974–1979 | – | 196 | 10 | – |
Andy Gray | Scotland | Forward | 1975–1979 1985–1987 | – | 209 | 78 | [28] [29] |
Gary Williams | England | Defender | 1975–1987 | – | 303 | 2 | – |
Dennis Mortimer | England | Midfielder | 1975–1985 | 1977–1984 | 405 | 36 | [7] |
Gordon Cowans | England | Midfielder | 1976–1985 1988–1991 1993–1994 | – | 528 | 59 | † [7] [30] |
Colin Gibson | England | Defender | 1976–1985 | – | 238 | 17 | – |
Jimmy Rimmer | England | Goalkeeper | 1977–1983 | – | 287 | 0 | – |
Allan Evans | Scotland | Defender | 1977–1989 | 1984–1989 | 469 | 62 | – |
Ken McNaught | Scotland | Defender | 1977–1983 | – | 259 | 14 | – |
Nigel Spink | England | Goalkeeper | 1977–1996 | – | 454 | 0 | – |
John Gregory | England | Forward | 1977–1979 | – | 76 | 11 | [31] |
Brendan Ormsby | England | Defender | 1978–1986 | – | 140 | 7 | – |
Gary Shaw | England | Forward | 1978–1988 | – | 165 | 78 | [29] |
Kenny Swain | England | Defender | 1978–1983 | – | 178 | 2 | – |
Paul Birch | England | Midfielder | 1978–1991 | – | 188 | 25 | – |
Des Bremner | Scotland | Midfielder | 1979–1984 | – | 226 | 10 | – |
Tony Morley | England | Midfielder | 1979–1983 | – | 179 | 34 | – |
Peter Withe | England | Forward | 1980–1985 | – | 182 | 90 | [7] |
Mark Walters | England | Midfielder | 1981–1987 | – | 224 | 48 | – |
Tony Dorigo | England | Defender | 1983–1987 | – | 135 | 1 | – |
Tony Daley | England | Midfielder | 1985–1994 | – | 290 | 38 | – |
Kevin Gage | England | Defender | 1987–1992 | – | 145 | 12 | – |
Stuart Gray | England | Midfielder | 1987–1991 | 1989–1992 | 132 | 15 | – |
David Platt | England | Midfielder | 1988–1991 | – | 145 | 68 | [28] |
Chris Price | England | Defender | 1988–1992 | – | 142 | 4 | – |
Ian Olney | England | Forward | 1988–1992 | – | 114 | 21 | – |
Paul McGrath | Republic of Ireland | Defender | 1989–1996 | – | 321 | 10 | [7] [8] [28] |
Dwight Yorke | Trinidad and Tobago | Forward | 1989–1998 | – | 288 | 97 | – |
Dalian Atkinson | England | Forward | 1991–1995 | – | 114 | 38 | – |
Ugo Ehiogu | England | Defender | 1991–2000 | – | 285 | 17 | – |
Garry Parker | England | Midfielder | 1991–1995 | – | 119 | 14 | – |
Kevin Richardson | England | Midfielder | 1991–1995 | 1992–1995 | 188 | 16 | – |
Steve Staunton | Republic of Ireland | Defender | 1991–1998 2000–2003 | 2002–2003 | 350 | 19 | – |
Shaun Teale | England | Defender | 1991–1995 | – | 185 | 5 | – |
Dean Saunders | Wales | Forward | 1992–1995 | – | 142 | 49 | – |
Earl Barrett | England | Defender | 1992–1995 | – | 132 | 2 | – |
Mark Bosnich | Australia | Goalkeeper | 1992–1999 | – | 227 | 0 | – |
Ray Houghton | Republic of Ireland | Midfielder | 1992–1995 | – | 121 | 11 | – |
Andy Townsend | Republic of Ireland | Midfielder | 1993–1997 | 1995–1997 | 177 | 11 | – |
Lee Hendrie | England | Midfielder | 1993–2007 | – | 308 | 32 | – |
Ian Taylor | England | Midfielder | 1994–2003 | – | 293 | 43 | – |
Savo Milošević | Serbia and Montenegro / Serbia | Forward | 1995–1998 | – | 117 | 34 | – |
Mark Draper | England | Midfielder | 1995–2000 | – | 141 | 14 | – |
Gareth Southgate | England | Defender | 1995–2001 | 1997–2001 | 244 | 9 | – |
Alan Wright | England | Defender | 1995–2003 | – | 331 | 5 | – |
Julian Joachim | England | Striker | 1996–2001 | – | 173 | 46 | – |
Darius Vassell | England | Forward | 1997–2005 | – | 162 | 35 | – |
Gareth Barry | England | Defender Midfielder | 1998–2009 | 2006–2008 | 441 | 52 | – |
Dion Dublin | England | Defender Forward | 1998–2004 | – | 190 | 59 | – |
Paul Merson | England | Midfielder | 1998–2002 | 2001–2002 | 145 | 19 | – |
Steve Stone | England | Midfielder | 1999–2002 | – | 121 | 7 | – |
Mark Delaney | Wales | Defender | 1999–2007 | – | 193 | 2 | [32] |
Thomas Hitzlsperger | Germany | Midfielder | 2001–2005 | – | 110 | 13 | – |
Peter Schmeichel | Denmark | Goalkeeper | 2001-2002 | _ | 29 | 1 | _ |
George Boateng | Ghana | Midfielder | 1999–2002 | – | 127 | 5 | [33] |
Jlloyd Samuel | Trinidad and Tobago | Defender | 1999–2007 | – | 199 | 3 | – |
Juan Pablo Ángel | Colombia | Forward | 2001–2007 | – | 205 | 66 | – |
Olof Mellberg | Sweden | Defender | 2001–2008 | 2003–2006 | 263 | 8 | † [34] |
Gavin McCann | England | Midfielder | 2003–2007 | – | 129 | 5 | – |
Thomas Sørensen | Denmark | Goalkeeper | 2003–2008 | – | 158 | 0 | – |
Martin Laursen | Denmark | Defender | 2004–2009 | 2008–2009 | 91 | 11 | – |
Steven Davis | Northern Ireland | Midfielder | 2004–2007 | – | 109 | 9 | – |
Gabriel Agbonlahor | England | Forward | 2005–2018* | 2015–2016 | 391 | 86 | [lower-alpha 1] |
James Milner | England | Midfielder | 2005–2006 2008–2010 | – | 126 | 22 | |
Stiliyan Petrov | Bulgaria | Midfielder | 2006–2013 | 2009–2012 | 219 | 12 | – |
Ashley Young | England | Defender Winger | 2007–2011 2021–2023 | 2022–2023 | 247 | 39 | [lower-alpha 2] |
John Carew | Norway | Forward | 2007–2011 | – | 143 | 47 | – |
Nigel Reo-Coker | England | Midfielder | 2007–2011 | – | 122 | 3 | – |
Brad Friedel | United States | Goalkeeper | 2008–2011 | – | 131 | 0 | † [35] [36] [37] [38] |
Brad Guzan | United States | Goalkeeper | 2008–2016 | – | 127 | 0 | – |
Carlos Cuéllar | Spain | Defender | 2008–2012 | – | 120 | 3 | – |
Emile Heskey | England | Forward | 2008–2012 | – | 110 | 14 | – |
Fabian Delph | England | Midfielder | 2009–2015 | 2015 | 134 | 8 | – |
Ciaran Clark | Republic of Ireland | Defender | 2009–2016 | – | 159 | 10 | – |
Marc Albrighton | England | Midfielder | 2009–2014 | – | 101 | 9 | – |
Stephen Warnock | England | Defender | 2009–2012 | – | 104 | 4 | – |
Richard Dunne | Republic of Ireland | Defender | 2009–2013 | – | 111 | 4 | – |
James Collins | Wales | Defender | 2009–2012 | – | 110 | 6 | – |
Andreas Weimann | Austria | Forward | 2010–2015 | – | 129 | 24 | – |
Alan Hutton | Scotland | Defender | 2011–2019 | – | 193 | 3 | – |
Ashley Westwood | England | Midfielder | 2012–2017 | – | 102 | 3 | – |
Ron Vlaar | Netherlands | Defender | 2012–2015 | 2012–2015 | 88 | 2 | – |
Christian Benteke | Belgium | Forward | 2012–2015 | – | 101 | 49 | – |
Leandro Bacuna | Curaçao | Midfielder | 2013–2017 | – | 129 | 8 | – |
Jack Grealish | England | Midfielder | 2014–2021 | 2019–2021 | 213 | 32 | † [39] |
Micah Richards | England | Defender | 2015–2019 | 2015–2016 | 31 | 2 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Tommy Elphick | England | Defender | 2016–2019 | 2016 | 46 | 1 | – |
Mile Jedinak | Australia | Midfielder | 2016–2019 | 80 | 2 | [40] | |
James Chester | Wales | Defender | 2016–2020 | 2016–2017 2018–2019 | 121 | 10 | – |
Jonathan Kodjia | Ivory Coast | Forward | 2016–2020 | – | 105 | 31 | – |
Albert Adomah | Ghana | Forward | 2016–2019 | 103 | 18 | – | |
John Terry | England | Defender | 2017–2018 | 2017–2018 | 37 | 1 | [41] |
Ahmed Elmohamady | Egypt | Defender | 2017–2021 | – | 129 | 4 | – |
Conor Hourihane | Republic of Ireland | Midfielder | 2017–2022 | – | 133 | 28 | – |
Neil Taylor | Wales | Midfielder | 2017–2021 | – | 103 | 0 | † [42] |
John McGinn | Scotland | Midfielder | 2018– | 2022– | 181 | 17 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Anwar El Ghazi | Netherlands | Forward | 2018–2022 | – | 119 | 26 | – |
Tyrone Mings | England | Defender | 2019– | 2021–22 | 162 | 8 | – |
Jacob Ramsey | England | Midfielder | 2019– | 101 | 12 | – | |
Douglas Luiz | Brazil | Midfielder | 2019– | – | 148 | 10 | – |
Ezri Konsa | England | Defender | 2019– | 135 | 6 | – | |
Ollie Watkins | England | Forward | 2020– | 113 | 42 | – | |
Matty Cash | Poland | Defender | 2020– | 101 | 7 | – | |
Emiliano Martínez | Argentina | Goalkeeper | 2020– | – | 115 | 0 | † [43] [44] [45] [46] |
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The 2012–13 Premier League season was Aston Villa's 138th season in English football. It was the club's 102nd season in the top flight, and 25th consecutive season in the Premier League. The club was managed by Paul Lambert, their third manager in three seasons, after Alex McLeish was sacked on 14 May 2012, having himself only been in charge for 11 months and 4 days. Lambert's first competitive match came on the opening day of the Premier League season on 18 August 2012, a 1–0 defeat to newly-promoted West Ham United at Upton Park. Their first Premier League win came on 15 September 2012, a 2–0 victory against Swansea City at Villa Park. Lambert was handed a one-match touchline ban on 21 November 2012 for comments relating to a penalty decision in Villa's defeat to Manchester City. On his first return to Carrow Road, Lambert received a mixed reception from the Norwich fans on 11 December 2012 in a League Cup quarter-final which his Villa team won 4–1.
Damián Emiliano Martínez Romero is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Argentina national team. Throughout his career, he has gained a reputation for specializing in penalty shoot-outs and saving penalty kicks.
The 1946–47 English football season was Aston Villa's 47th season in the Football League, this season playing in the Football League First Division. The 1946–47 season was the first to feature a full football programme since the 1938–39 campaign.
Bradley Jamie Ethan Young is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cymru Premier club The New Saints.
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