David Villa: Mr. Unstoppable

David Villa is a great football player. When he pulls on a red Spanish shirt, he is simply magical.

And he continues to amaze crowds this year in South Africa with his spectacular ball control, passing and uncanny ability to find the net.

In his 55 international appearance for his country, he has scored 36 goals. At the 2006 World Cup he scored three goals, four goals at the 2008 Euro earned him the golden boot, and he scored three goals at this year’s Confederations Cup.

He has already scored three in South Africa.

Villa seems to have this supernatural ability to anticipate moves far faster than his opposing defenders, often running circles around them and reaching the net unmarked.

Not only is he deadly in front of the net, but he makes passes that more often than not, lead to goals. He can run up the goal tally of any fellow striker.

Some things fans probably don’t know about David Villa: He dedicates every goal he scores to his two daughters. He runs a football camp for children every July, where children come to receive training from professional footballers. Villa fractured his right femur as a child, and therefore has become an ambidextrous player. His father forced him to learn to kick with his left foot while his right leg was in a cast.