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 1–0 to Valencia Gimnástico. They were promoted to La Liga for the first time in 1931–32, finishing 7th at the first attempt, and have only spent one season (1986–87) 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.

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

• Players whose name is in italics currently play for the club.
• The years are the first and last calendar years in which the player was registered to the club.
• Appearances and goals comprise only those in league matches; that is those in La Liga and the Segunda División.

List of players

Name	Nat	Pos[NB]	Valencia career	Apps	Goals	Notes
Luis Pasarín		Defender	1929–1935	46	0
Bertolí		Midfielder	1933–1945	–	–
Carlos Iturraspe		Midfielder	1933–1946	168	5
János Aknai		Goalkeeper	1934–1935	1	0
Gaspar Rubio		Forward	1934–1935	–	–
Juan Ramón		Defender	1934–1952	–	–	1941 Copa del Generalísimo winning captain
Hilario		Midfielder	1936	0	0
Mundo*		Forward	1939–1950	210	186	[Pichichi][A] 1949 Copa del Generalísimo winning captain
Guillermo Gorostiza		Forward	1940–1946	115	72
Epi		Forward	1940–1949	198	78
Ignacio Eizaguirre		Goalkeeper	1940–1950	197	0	[Zamora]
Vicente Asensi		Midfielder	1940–1955	275	33
Silvestre Igoa		Forward	1941–1950	168	81
Pasieguito		Midfielder	1942–1944 1945–1946 1948–1959	240+	65+
Simón Lecue		Midfielder	1942–1946	77	4
Salvador Monzó		Defender	1942–1955	–	–	1954 Copa del Generalísimo winning captain
Antonio Fuertes		Midfielder	1943–1959	186	58
Antonio Puchades		Midfielder	1945–1958¤	256	4
Seguí		Midfielder	1945–1959	–	83
Manuel Badenes		Forward	1950–1956	97	90
Faas Wilkes		Forward	1953–1956	62	38
José Manuel Pesudo		Goalkeeper	1955–1961 1966–1971	127	0
Manuel Mestre		Defender	1955–1969¤	323	–
Esteban Areta		Defender	1956–1957	26	5
Goyo		Goalkeeper	1956–1962	–	–	[Zamora]
Vicente Piquer		Defender	1954–1965	197	4
Ricardo		Forward	1957–1960	–	–	[Pichichi]
Joel Antônio Martins		Forward	1958–1961	–	–
José Aveiro		Forward	1959–1961	32	15
Héctor Núñez		Forward	1959–1965	154	61
Vicente Guillot		Forward	1959–1970	153	50
Roberto Gil		Midfielder	1959–1971¤	–	–	1967 Copa del Generalísimo winning captain
Waldo*		Forward	1961–1970	216	115	[Pichichi][B]
Paquito		Midfielder	1963–1972	212	26
Abelardo		Goalkeeper	1965–1974	–	–	[Zamora]
Juan Sol		Defender	1965–1975 1979–1981	237	14
José Claramunt		Midfielder	1965–1978¤	294	55
Enrique Collar		Forward	1969–1970	15	1
Fernando Barrachina		Defender	1969–1977	146	1
Óscar Valdez		Forward	1971–1978	167	42
Kurt Jara		Midfielder	1973–1975	57	11
Salif Keïta		Forward	1973–1976	74	23
Raimundo Aguilera		Goalkeeper	1974–1975	–	–
Juan Planelles		Midfielder	1974–1976	50	12
Johnny Rep		Midfielder	1975–1977	55	22
Enrique Saura		Midfielder	1975–1985	306	37
Mario Kempes*		Forward	1976–1981 1982–1984	184	116	[Pichichi][A]
José Carrete		Defender	1976–1983	208	2	1979 Copa del Rey winning captain
Javier Subirats		Midfielder	1976–1990	291	30
Ricardo Arias*		Defender	1976–1992	411	3	[C]
Eufemio Cabral		Midfielder	1977–1979	35	0
Carlos Diarte		Forward	1977–1979	71	18
José Luis Manzanedo		Goalkeeper	1977–1985	–	–	[Zamora]
Miguel Tendillo		Defender	1977–1986	208	17	1980 European Cup Winners' Cup winning captain
José Manuel Sempere		Goalkeeper	1977–1995¤	301	0
Rainer Bonhof		Midfielder	1978–1980	61	10
Darío Felman		Forward	1978–1983	121	18
Daniel Solsona		Midfielder	1978–1983	139	26
Pablo Rodríguez		Midfielder	1978–1984	104	8
Fernando Morena		Forward	1980–1981	31	16
Frank Arnesen		Midfielder	1981–1983	32	13
Kurt Welzl		Forward	1981–1983	41	12
Roberto		Midfielder	1981–1986 1990–1995	258	58
Santiago Idígoras		Forward	1982–1983	16	4
Voro		Defender	1982–1993	216	8
Fernando Giner		Defender	1982–1995	300	12
Juan José Urruti		Forward	1983–1986	74	8
Fernando		Midfielder	1983–1998	459	118
Wilmar Cabrera		Forward	1984–1985	54	22
Quique Sánchez Flores		Defender	1984–1994	272	23
Paco Camarasa		Defender	1985–2000¤	266	7
Miguel Bossio		Midfielder	1986–1990	96	0
Nando		Defender	1987–1992	140	7
Rabah Madjer		Forward	1988	14	4
Luis Flores		Forward	1988–1989	36	6
José Ochotorena		Goalkeeper	1988–1992	105	0	[Zamora]
Eloy		Forward	1988–1995	203	37
José Molina		Goalkeeper	1989–1994	0	0
Lyuboslav Penev		Forward	1989–1995	167	67
Rommel Fernández		Forward	1991–1993	21	2
Leonardo		Midfielder	1991–1993	70	7
Juan Sánchez		Forward	1991–1994 1999–2004	142	30
Sergio Barila		Defender	1991–1995	0	0
Miodrag Belodedici		Defender	1992–1994	49	0
Álvaro Cervera		Midfielder	1992–1995	82	5
Gaizka Mendieta*		Midfielder	1992–2001	230	44	[D] 1999 Supercopa de España winning captain
Juan Antonio Pizzi		Forward	1993–1994	19	4
Predrag Mijatović		Forward	1993–1996	104	56
Javi Navarro		Defender	1993–2000	41	0
Víctor Aristizábal		Forward	1994	7	0
Juan Carlos		Defender	1994–1995	14	0
Oleg Salenko		Forward	1994–1995	25	7
Mazinho		Midfielder	1994–1996	71	0
Vicente Engonga		Midfielder	1994–1997	69	2
Jorge Otero		Defender	1994–1997	84	0
Enrique Romero		Defender	1994–1997	91	5
Andoni Zubizarreta		Goalkeeper	1994–1998	152	0
Viola		Forward	1995–1996	30	10
Iván Campo		Defender	1995–1997	25	1
Patxi Ferreira		Defender	1995–1997	60	4
José Ignacio		Midfielder	1995–1997	61	1
David Albelda		Midfielder	1995–2013	351	6	2004 UEFA Cup winning captain 2004 UEFA Super Cup winning captain
Valeri Karpin		Midfielder	1996–1997	36	6
Leandro Machado		Forward	1996–1997	23	8
Gabriel Moya		Midfielder	1996–1997	35	7
Romário		Forward	1996–1997	11	5
Fernando Cáceres		Defender	1996–1998	51	0
Javier Farinós		Midfielder	1996–2000	115	10
Claudio López		Forward	1996–2000	126	47
Goran Vlaović		Forward	1996–2000	73	17
Miguel Ángel Angulo		Midfielder	1996–2009	313	43
Marcelinho Carioca		Midfielder	1997	11	1
José del Solar		Midfielder	1997–1998	12	0
Ariel Ortega		Midfielder	1997–1998	29	9
Moussa Saïb		Midfielder	1997–1998	14	0
Juanfran		Defender	1997–1999	41	0
Guillermo Morigi		Midfielder	1997–1999	15	1
Gerard		Midfielder	1997–2000	45	4
Luis Milla		Midfielder	1997–2001	79	1
Jocelyn Angloma		Defender	1997–2002	120	5
Miroslav Đukić		Defender	1997–2003	157	4
Amedeo Carboni*		Defender	1997–2006	245	1	[E]
Curro Torres		Defender	1997–2009	117	1
Nicolás Olivera		Forward	1998	2	0
Cristiano Lucarelli		Forward	1998–1999	13	1
Gabi Popescu		Midfielder	1998–1999	25	1
Stefan Schwarz		Midfielder	1998–1999	23	4
Óscar Téllez		Defender	1998–1999	1	0
Alain Roche		Defender	1998–2000	34	1
Joachim Björklund		Defender	1998–2001	57	1
Adrian Ilie		Midfielder	1998–2002	84	29
Dennis Șerban		Midfielder	1998–2002	14	1
Santiago Cañizares*		Goalkeeper	1998–2008	305	0	[Zamora][F]
Kily González		Midfielder	1999–2003	92	8
Mauricio Pellegrino		Defender	1999–2005	140	5
Didier Deschamps		Midfielder	2000–2001	13	0
Zlatko Zahovič		Midfielder	2000–2001	20	3
Diego Alonso		Forward	2000–2002	20	2
John Carew		Forward	2000–2004	84	20
Roberto Ayala		Defender	2000–2007	188	9
Rubén Baraja		Midfielder	2000–2010	262	41
Vicente		Midfielder	2000–2011	243	36
Salva		Forward	2001–2005	24	5
Pablo Aimar		Midfielder	2001–2006	162	27
Gonzalo de los Santos		Midfielder	2001–2006	31	2
Mista		Forward	2001–2006	144	40
Francisco Rufete		Midfielder	2001–2006	132	13
Carlos Marchena		Defender	2001–2010	230	8
Anthony Réveillère		Defender	2003	18	1
Ricardo Oliveira		Forward	2003–2004	21	8
Fabián Canobbio		Midfielder	2003–2005	11	1
Mohamed Sissoko		Midfielder	2003–2005	45	0
Raúl Albiol		Defender	2003–2009	131	5
David Silva		Midfielder	2003–2010	119	21
Bernardo Corradi		Forward	2004–2006	21	3
Marco Di Vaio		Forward	2004–2006	35	11
Stefano Fiore		Midfielder	2004–2007	20	2
Pablo Hernández		Midfielder	2004–2007 2008–2012	112	16
Marco Caneira		Defender	2004–2008	46	1
Emiliano Moretti		Defender	2004–2009	135	4
Miku		Forward	2004–2010	2	0
Patrick Kluivert		Forward	2005–2006	10	1
Fabián Estoyanoff		Midfielder	2005–2008	0	0
Mario Regueiro		Midfielder	2005–2008	30	3
Edu		Midfielder	2005–2009	50	1
David Villa		Forward	2005–2010	166	108
Hugo Viana		Midfielder	2005–2010	44	2
Miguel		Defender	2005–2012	175	2
Fernando Morientes		Forward	2006–2009	66	19
Asier del Horno		Defender	2006–2011	15	0
Joaquín		Midfielder	2006–2011	158	18
Javier Arizmendi		Forward	2007–2008	30	1
Iván Helguera		Defender	2007–2008	25	1
Timo Hildebrand		Goalkeeper	2007–2008	26	0
Nikola Žigić		Forward	2007–2010	28	5
Manuel Fernandes		Midfielder	2007–2011	56	2
Juan Mata		Midfielder	2007–2011	129	33
Sunny		Midfielder	2007–2011	10	0
Jordi Alba		Defender	2007–2012	74	5
Nacho González		Midfielder	2008–2011	0	0
Hedwiges Maduro		Midfielder	2008–2012	76	2
Éver Banega		Midfielder	2008–2014	136	9
César Sánchez		Goalkeeper	2009–2011	63	0
Isco		Midfielder	2009–2011	4	0
Jérémy Mathieu		Defender	2009–2014	126	6
Paco Alcácer		Forward	2009–2016	93	30
Marius Stankevičius		Defender	2010–2011	20	2
Aritz Aduriz		Forward	2010–2012	58	17
Alejandro Domínguez		Midfielder	2010–2012	22	0
Mehmet Topal		Midfielder	2010–2012	43	1
Tino Costa		Midfielder	2010–2013	84	10
Roberto Soldado		Forward	2010–2013	101	59
Ricardo Costa		Defender	2010–2014	87	7
Sofiane Feghouli		Midfielder	2010–2016	146	20
Juan Bernat		Defender	2011–2014	51	1
Jonas		Forward	2011–2014	113	36
Adil Rami		Defender	2011–2014	61	2
Antonio Barragán		Defender	2011–2016	110	1
Diego Alves		Goalkeeper	2011–2017	146	0
Pablo Piatti		Midfielder	2011–2017	110	15
Dani Parejo		Midfielder	2011–2020	282	54
Fernando Gago		Midfielder	2012–2013	18	0
Nelson Valdez		Forward	2012–2013	28	6
Aly Cissokho		Defender	2012–2014	25	2
Jonathan Viera		Midfielder	2012–2014	18	2
Andrés Guardado		Midfielder	2012–2015	48	1
João Pereira		Defender	2012–2015	55	0
José Luis Gayà		Defender	2012–¤	104	2
Dorlan Pabón		Forward	2013–2014	13	3
Hélder Postiga		Forward	2013–2014	15	3
Seydou Keita		Midfielder	2014	11	1
Philippe Senderos		Defender	2014	8	0
Eduardo Vargas		Forward	2014	17	3
Nicolás Otamendi		Defender	2014–2015	35	6
André Gomes		Midfielder	2014–2016	63	7
Shkodran Mustafi		Defender	2014–2016	61	6
Lucas Orbán		Defender	2014–2016	29	1
Álvaro Negredo		Forward	2014–2017	55	10
João Cancelo		Defender	2014–2018	74	2
Rodrigo*		Midfielder	2014–2020	172	38
Enzo Pérez		Midfielder	2015–2017	61	0
Mathew Ryan		Goalkeeper	2015–2017	10	0
Aymen Abdennour		Defender	2015–2019	35	0
Zakaria Bakkali		Midfielder	2015–2018	34	2
Denis Cheryshev		Midfielder	2016 2019–2022	96	6
Eliaquim Mangala		Defender	2016–2017 2019–2021	45	2
Munir		Forward	2016–2017	33	6
Mario Suárez		Midfielder	2016–2017	21	3
Ezequiel Garay		Defender	2016–2020	92	6
Nani		Midfielder	2016–2018	25	5
Gonçalo Guedes		Midfielder	2017–2022	113	23	[G]
Geoffrey Kondogbia		Midfielder	2017–2020	82	6
Nemanja Maksimović		Midfielder	2017–2018	15	0
Jeison Murillo		Defender	2017–2020	18	0
Fabián Orellana		Midfielder	2017–2018	16	1
Simone Zaza		Forward	2017–2019	53	18
Lee Kang-in		Midfielder	2018–2021	44	2
Uroš Račić		Midfielder	2018–	7	0

Notes

^ For a full description of positions see football positions.

• Pichichi.^{a b c d} Won the Pichichi Trophy while at Valencia.^[1]
• Zamora.^{a b c d e f} Won the Ricardo Zamora Trophy while at Valencia.
• A. ^{a b} Mundo and Mario Kempes are the only Valencia players to win multiple Pichichi Trophies, doing so twice each.
• B. ^ Waldo holds the record for most Valencia goals, with 160.
• C. ^ Ricardo Arias holds the record for most Valencia appearances, with 501.
• D. ^ Gaizka Mendieta is the most expensive player ever sold by Valencia, costing €48 million when he moved to Lazio in 2001.
• E. ^ Amedeo Carboni holds the record for most Valencia appearances by a foreign player, with 375.
• F. ^ Santiago Cañizares has the most Ricardo Zamora Trophies of any Valencia player, with 3.
• G. ^ Gonçalo Guedes is the most expensive player ever bought by Valencia, costing €40 million when he moved from Paris Saint-Germain in 2018.

References