List of Valencia CF players

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Valencia CF is an association football club based in Valencia, Spain, that plays in La Liga. The club was formed in 1919, and played its first competitive match on 21 May 1919, when it lost 10 to Valencia Gimnástico. They were promoted to La Liga for the first time in 193132, finishing 7th at the first attempt, and have only spent one season (198687) outside the top division since then. They are one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football, having won La Liga on six occasions and the Copa del Rey eight times. They also won the Supercopa de España in 1999 and its predecessor, the Copa Eva Duarte, in 1949. They have also had significant success on the European stage, winning the UEFA Cup, and its predecessor the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, on three occasions. In addition to this, they have claimed two UEFA Super Cups, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1980, and the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1998. They were defeated finalists in the UEFA Champions League in both 2000 and 2001.

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Ricardo Arias holds the record for most overall appearances, having played 501 times between 1976 and 1992. Waldo is the all-time top scorer with 160.

The list includes notable footballers who have played for Valencia. Generally, this means players that have played at least 100 league games and/or have reached international status.

Key

*Club record holder
¤ Played their full career at Valencia

List of players

Name NatPos [NB] Valencia careerAppsGoalsNotes
Luis Pasarín Flag of Spain (1931-1939).svg Defender 19291935460
Bertolí Flag of Spain (1931-1939).svg Midfielder 19331945
Carlos Iturraspe Flag of Spain (1931-1939).svg Midfielder 193319461685
János Aknai Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg Goalkeeper 1934193510
Gaspar Rubio Flag of Spain (1931-1939).svg Forward 19341935
Juan Ramón Flag of Spain (1931-1939).svg Defender 19341952 1941 Copa del Generalísimo winning captain
Hilario Flag of Spain (1931-1939).svg Midfielder 193600
Mundo* Flag of Spain (1938-1945).svg Forward 19391950210186 [Pichichi] [A]
1949 Copa del Generalísimo winning captain
Guillermo Gorostiza Flag of Spain (1938-1945).svg Forward 1940194611572
Epi Flag of Spain (1938-1945).svg Forward 1940194919878
Ignacio Eizaguirre Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Goalkeeper 194019501970 [Zamora]
Vicente Asensi Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Midfielder 1940195527533
Silvestre Igoa Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Forward 1941195016881
Pasieguito Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Midfielder 19421944
19451946
19481959
240+65+
Simón Lecue Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Midfielder 19421946774
Salvador Monzó Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Defender 19421955 1954 Copa del Generalísimo winning captain
Antonio Fuertes Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Midfielder 1943195918658
Antonio Puchades Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Midfielder 19451958¤2564
Seguí Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Midfielder 1945195983
Manuel Badenes Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Forward 195019569790
Faas Wilkes Flag of the Netherlands.svg Forward 195319566238
José Manuel Pesudo Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Goalkeeper 19551961
19661971
1270
Manuel Mestre Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Defender 19551969¤323
Esteban Areta Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Defender 19561957265
Goyo Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Goalkeeper 19561962 [Zamora]
Vicente Piquer Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Defender 195419651974
Ricardo Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Forward 19571960 [Pichichi]
Joel Antônio Martins Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg Forward 19581961
José Aveiro Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg Forward 195919613215
Héctor Núñez Flag of Uruguay.svg Forward 1959196515461
Vicente Guillot Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Forward 1959197015350
Roberto Gil Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Midfielder 19591971¤ 1967 Copa del Generalísimo winning captain
Waldo* Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg Forward 19611970216115 [Pichichi] [B]
Paquito Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Midfielder 1963197221226
Abelardo Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Goalkeeper 19651974 [Zamora]
Juan Sol Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Defender 19651975
19791981
23714
José Claramunt Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Midfielder 19651978¤29455
Enrique Collar Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Forward 19691970151
Fernando Barrachina Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Defender 196919771461
Óscar Valdez Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Forward 1971197816742
Kurt Jara Flag of Austria.svg Midfielder 197319755711
Salif Keïta Flag of Mali.svg Forward 197319767423
Raimundo Aguilera Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg Goalkeeper 19741975
Juan Planelles Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Midfielder 197419765012
Johnny Rep Flag of the Netherlands.svg Midfielder 197519775522
Enrique Saura Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Midfielder 1975198530637
Mario Kempes * Flag of Argentina.svg Forward 19761981
19821984
184116 [Pichichi] [A]
José Carrete Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg Defender 197619832082 1979 Copa del Rey winning captain
Javier Subirats Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 1976199029130
Ricardo Arias * Flag of Spain.svg Defender 197619924113 [C]
Eufemio Cabral Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg Midfielder 19771979350
Carlos Diarte Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg Forward 197719797118
José Luis Manzanedo Flag of Spain.svg Goalkeeper 19771985 [Zamora]
Miguel Tendillo Flag of Spain.svg Defender 1977198620817 1980 European Cup Winners' Cup winning captain
José Manuel Sempere Flag of Spain.svg Goalkeeper 19771995¤3010
Rainer Bonhof Flag of Germany.svg Midfielder 197819806110
Darío Felman Flag of Argentina.svg Forward 1978198312118
Daniel Solsona Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 1978198313926
Pablo Rodríguez Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 197819841048
Fernando Morena Flag of Uruguay.svg Forward 198019813116
Frank Arnesen Flag of Denmark.svg Midfielder 198119833213
Kurt Welzl Flag of Austria.svg Forward 198119834112
Roberto Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 19811986
19901995
25858
Santiago Idígoras Flag of Spain.svg Forward 19821983164
Voro Flag of Spain.svg Defender 198219932168
Fernando Giner Flag of Spain.svg Defender 1982199530012
Juan José Urruti Flag of Argentina.svg Forward 19831986748
Fernando Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 19831998459118
Wilmar Cabrera Flag of Uruguay.svg Forward 198419855422
Quique Sánchez Flores Flag of Spain.svg Defender 1984199427223
Paco Camarasa Flag of Spain.svg Defender 19852000¤2667
Miguel Bossio Flag of Uruguay.svg Midfielder 19861990960
Nando Flag of Spain.svg Defender 198719921407
Rabah Madjer Flag of Algeria.svg Forward 1988144
Luis Flores Flag of Mexico.svg Forward 19881989366
José Ochotorena Flag of Spain.svg Goalkeeper 198819921050 [Zamora]
Eloy Flag of Spain.svg Forward 1988199520337
José Molina Flag of Spain.svg Goalkeeper 1989199400
Lyuboslav Penev Flag of Bulgaria.svg Forward 1989199516767
Rommel Fernández Flag of Panama.svg Forward 19911993212
Leonardo Flag of Brazil.svg Midfielder 19911993707
Juan Sánchez Flag of Spain.svg Forward 19911994
19992004
14230
Sergio Barila Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Defender 1991199500
Miodrag Belodedici Flag of Romania.svg Defender 19921994490
Álvaro Cervera Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 19921995825
Gaizka Mendieta * Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 1992200123044 [D]
1999 Supercopa de España winning captain
Juan Antonio Pizzi Flag of Spain.svg Forward 19931994194
Predrag Mijatović Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Forward 1993199610456
Javi Navarro Flag of Spain.svg Defender 19932000410
Víctor Aristizábal Flag of Colombia.svg Forward 199470
Juan Carlos Flag of Spain.svg Defender 19941995140
Oleg Salenko Flag of Russia.svg Forward 19941995257
Mazinho Flag of Brazil.svg Midfielder 19941996710
Vicente Engonga Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 19941997692
Jorge Otero Flag of Spain.svg Defender 19941997840
Enrique Romero Flag of Spain.svg Defender 19941997915
Andoni Zubizarreta Flag of Spain.svg Goalkeeper 199419981520
Viola Flag of Brazil.svg Forward 199519963010
Iván Campo Flag of Spain.svg Defender 19951997251
Patxi Ferreira Flag of Spain.svg Defender 19951997604
José Ignacio Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 19951997611
David Albelda Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 199520133516 2004 UEFA Cup winning captain
2004 UEFA Super Cup winning captain
Valeri Karpin Flag of Russia.svg Midfielder 19961997366
Leandro Machado Flag of Brazil.svg Forward 19961997238
Gabriel Moya Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 19961997357
Romário Flag of Brazil.svg Forward 19961997115
Fernando Cáceres Flag of Argentina.svg Defender 19961998510
Javier Farinós Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 1996200011510
Claudio López Flag of Argentina.svg Forward 1996200012647
Goran Vlaović Flag of Croatia.svg Forward 199620007317
Miguel Ángel Angulo Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 1996200931343
Marcelinho Carioca Flag of Brazil.svg Midfielder 1997111
José del Solar Flag of Peru.svg Midfielder 19971998120
Ariel Ortega Flag of Argentina.svg Midfielder 19971998299
Moussa Saïb Flag of Algeria.svg Midfielder 19971998140
Juanfran Flag of Spain.svg Defender 19971999410
Guillermo Morigi Flag of Argentina.svg Midfielder 19971999151
Gerard Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 19972000454
Luis Milla Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 19972001791
Jocelyn Angloma Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Defender 199720021205
Miroslav Đukić Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Defender 199720031574
Amedeo Carboni * Flag of Italy.svg Defender 199720062451 [E]
Curro Torres Flag of Spain.svg Defender 199720091171
Nicolás Olivera Flag of Uruguay.svg Forward 199820
Cristiano Lucarelli Flag of Italy.svg Forward 19981999131
Gabi Popescu Flag of Romania.svg Midfielder 19981999251
Stefan Schwarz Flag of Sweden.svg Midfielder 19981999234
Óscar Téllez Flag of Spain.svg Defender 1998199910
Alain Roche Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Defender 19982000341
Joachim Björklund Flag of Sweden.svg Defender 19982001571
Adrian Ilie Flag of Romania.svg Midfielder 199820028429
Dennis Șerban Flag of Romania.svg Midfielder 19982002141
Santiago Cañizares * Flag of Spain.svg Goalkeeper 199820083050 [Zamora] [F]
Kily González Flag of Argentina.svg Midfielder 19992003928
Mauricio Pellegrino Flag of Argentina.svg Defender 199920051405
Didier Deschamps Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Midfielder 20002001130
Zlatko Zahovič Flag of Slovenia.svg Midfielder 20002001203
Diego Alonso Flag of Uruguay.svg Forward 20002002202
John Carew Flag of Norway.svg Forward 200020048420
Roberto Ayala Flag of Argentina.svg Defender 200020071889
Rubén Baraja Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 2000201026241
Vicente Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 2000201124336
Salva Flag of Spain.svg Forward 20012005245
Pablo Aimar Flag of Argentina.svg Midfielder 2001200616227
Gonzalo de los Santos Flag of Uruguay.svg Midfielder 20012006312
Mista Flag of Spain.svg Forward 2001200614440
Francisco Rufete Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 2001200613213
Carlos Marchena Flag of Spain.svg Defender 200120102308
Anthony Réveillère Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Defender 2003181
Ricardo Oliveira Flag of Brazil.svg Forward 20032004218
Fabián Canobbio Flag of Uruguay.svg Midfielder 20032005111
Mohamed Sissoko Flag of Mali.svg Midfielder 20032005450
Raúl Albiol Flag of Spain.svg Defender 200320091315
David Silva Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 2003201011921
Bernardo Corradi Flag of Italy.svg Forward 20042006213
Marco Di Vaio Flag of Italy.svg Forward 200420063511
Stefano Fiore Flag of Italy.svg Midfielder 20042007202
Pablo Hernández Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 20042007
20082012
11216
Marco Caneira Flag of Portugal.svg Defender 20042008461
Emiliano Moretti Flag of Italy.svg Defender 200420091354
Miku Flag of Venezuela.svg Forward 2004201020
Patrick Kluivert Flag of the Netherlands.svg Forward 20052006101
Fabián Estoyanoff Flag of Uruguay.svg Midfielder 2005200800
Mario Regueiro Flag of Uruguay.svg Midfielder 20052008303
Edu Flag of Brazil.svg Midfielder 20052009501
David Villa Flag of Spain.svg Forward 20052010166108
Hugo Viana Flag of Portugal.svg Midfielder 20052010442
Miguel Flag of Portugal.svg Defender 200520121752
Fernando Morientes Flag of Spain.svg Forward 200620096619
Asier del Horno Flag of Spain.svg Defender 20062011150
Joaquín Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 2006201115818
Javier Arizmendi Flag of Spain.svg Forward 20072008301
Iván Helguera Flag of Spain.svg Defender 20072008251
Timo Hildebrand Flag of Germany.svg Goalkeeper 20072008260
Nikola Žigić Flag of Serbia.svg Forward 20072010285
Manuel Fernandes Flag of Portugal.svg Midfielder 20072011562
Juan Mata Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 2007201112933
Sunny Flag of Nigeria.svg Midfielder 20072011100
Jordi Alba Flag of Spain.svg Defender 20072012745
Nacho González Flag of Uruguay.svg Midfielder 2008201100
Hedwiges Maduro Flag of the Netherlands.svg Midfielder 20082012762
Éver Banega Flag of Argentina.svg Midfielder 200820141369
César Sánchez Flag of Spain.svg Goalkeeper 20092011630
Isco Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 2009201140
Jérémy Mathieu Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Defender 200920141266
Paco Alcácer Flag of Spain.svg Forward 200920169330
Marius Stankevičius Flag of Lithuania.svg Defender 20102011202
Aritz Aduriz Flag of Spain.svg Forward 201020125817
Alejandro Domínguez Flag of Argentina.svg Midfielder 20102012220
Mehmet Topal Flag of Turkey.svg Midfielder 20102012431
Tino Costa Flag of Argentina.svg Midfielder 201020138410
Roberto Soldado Flag of Spain.svg Forward 2010201310159
Ricardo Costa Flag of Portugal.svg Defender 20102014877
Sofiane Feghouli Flag of Algeria.svg Midfielder 2010201614620
Juan Bernat Flag of Spain.svg Defender 20112014511
Jonas Flag of Brazil.svg Forward 2011201411336
Adil Rami Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Defender 20112014612
Antonio Barragán Flag of Spain.svg Defender 201120161101
Diego Alves Flag of Brazil.svg Goalkeeper 201120171460
Pablo Piatti Flag of Argentina.svg Midfielder 2011201711015
Dani Parejo Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 2011202028254
Fernando Gago Flag of Argentina.svg Midfielder 20122013180
Nelson Valdez Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg Forward 20122013286
Aly Cissokho Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Defender 20122014252
Jonathan Viera Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 20122014182
Andrés Guardado Flag of Mexico.svg Midfielder 20122015481
João Pereira Flag of Portugal.svg Defender 20122015550
José Luis Gayà Flag of Spain.svg Defender 2012¤1042
Dorlan Pabón Flag of Colombia.svg Forward 20132014133
Hélder Postiga Flag of Portugal.svg Forward 20132014153
Seydou Keita Flag of Mali.svg Midfielder 2014111
Philippe Senderos Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Defender 201480
Eduardo Vargas Flag of Chile.svg Forward 2014173
Nicolás Otamendi Flag of Argentina.svg Defender 20142015356
André Gomes Flag of Portugal.svg Midfielder 20142016637
Shkodran Mustafi Flag of Germany.svg Defender 20142016616
Lucas Orbán Flag of Argentina.svg Defender 20142016291
Álvaro Negredo Flag of Spain.svg Forward 201420175510
João Cancelo Flag of Portugal.svg Defender 20142018742
Rodrigo* Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 2014202017238
Enzo Pérez Flag of Argentina.svg Midfielder 20152017610
Mathew Ryan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Goalkeeper 20152017100
Aymen Abdennour Flag of Tunisia.svg Defender 20152019350
Zakaria Bakkali Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Midfielder 20152018342
Denis Cheryshev Flag of Russia.svg Midfielder 2016
20192022
966
Eliaquim Mangala Flag of France.svg Defender 20162017
20192021
452
Munir Flag of Spain.svg Forward 20162017336
Mario Suárez Flag of Spain.svg Midfielder 20162017213
Ezequiel Garay Flag of Argentina.svg Defender 20162020926
Nani Flag of Portugal.svg Midfielder 20162018255
Gonçalo Guedes Flag of Portugal.svg Midfielder 2017202211323 [G]
Geoffrey Kondogbia Flag of France.svg Midfielder 20172020826
Nemanja Maksimović Flag of Serbia.svg Midfielder 20172018150
Jeison Murillo Flag of Colombia.svg Defender 20172020180
Fabián Orellana Flag of Chile.svg Midfielder 20172018161
Simone Zaza Flag of Italy.svg Forward 201720195318
Lee Kang-in Flag of South Korea.svg Midfielder 20182021442
Uroš Račić Flag of Serbia.svg Midfielder 201870

Notes

^ For a full description of positions see football positions.

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