People act as if Villa is the only one to have scored for a small team
Samuel Eto'o 69 goals in 163 for Mallorca, leading them to the copa del rey title in 2003
130 in 200 games for Barca, 3 liga's an 2 CL Title in the process
53 in 101 for Inter.
Has scored 10 or more goals in 11 straight seasons,m 2 of which he was out injured for most.
this is a man that has won a cup every year he has been fit since 2003.
and before you think he has only done it for Big clubs
50 in 105 game for his home land of Cameroon, but its not only goals, because after all this is samuel eto'o we are talking about. he has won everything a international level that a African team can be expected to win
2x ACF champion, and Gold Medal winner, but again this is samuel eto'o that we are talking about, one of those finals ended goalless, guess who scored in the other two. you guessed it, samuel eto'o.
So to conclude
250 goals in 456 games club
50 in 105 International
4x League Champion
3x Champion league Winner
2x AFC Winner
Back to back Trebles
2 Copa's
1x Club world cup winner
1x Gold Medalist
An most importantly Mister Big shot when it comes to the finals.
everyone else on the list and at his shoulders look up to him
I love Eto'o, but Villa has been more consistent. and considering Villa only spent 1 of his 10 years playing for us, that makes his consistency all the more remarkable.
internationally, Villa dwarfs Eto'o as well. and I've watched a fuckload of Cameroon so I know what I'm talking about here. when Cameroon were awesome, Eto'o was not a central figure in the team. Mboma would regularly outscore him. since Eto'o took up a key role, his scoring has gone up massively, but the team as a whole is not as good. and Villa has fired Spain out of their struggles (something Eto'o never managed to do for Cameroon) with the 2010 World Cup being the best example of this.
but Eto'o is definitely Mr. Big Shot. I can't think of a striker who thrives in Finals more than this guy.
...221/333 for United and Madrid ( 66% to Villa's 53%)
...At least 20 goals for 7 / 10 years.
...33 goals out of 58 games for The Netherlands
...1 Prem league title with United, 2 Liga titles with Real, 1 FA cup, 1 Supercup
...Top UEFA scorer 3 times, EPL top scorer, and a Pichichi
Pretty fucking impressive as well.
None of the above striker dominated two Elite leagues the way he did.
If his national team was as good as Spain he would've at least had a Euro to show for his excellent record with the national team.
Like I said there is very little separating these strikers...
oh yeah, Ruud's a bad mother fucker no doubt, but you can't use the "if his national team was better..." argument to put someone on a par with Villa. I know Villa plays with some of the best midfielders of all-time, but at the World Cup they were struggling. through fitness issues, defensive tactics, stifled by Torres' suckitude, whatever. and David Villa scored the goals to get them to the Semi-Final where they finally took over.
and it's his performances at the 2010 World Cup (and to an extent the Euros) as well as his consistency (at least 20 goals for 10 years) that puts him over the top of both Eto'o, Henry and Ruud, for me. but you could argue it for any of those four and I wouldn't argue too much. they're all magnificent.
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