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For a list of all Aston Villa F.C. players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Aston Villa F.C. players.
Aston Villa players from the squad that won the 1982 European Cup Final at the 25 years celebration: Jimmy Rimmer, Kenny Swain, Allan Evans, Ken McNaught, Gary Williams, Des Bremner, Gordon Cowans, Dennis Mortimer, Gary Shaw, Tony Morley, Peter Withe, and Nigel Spink

Aston Villa F.C. 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 their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founding members of The Football League in 1888 and the Premier League in 1992.[1]

They are one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in England, having won the First Division Championship seven times and the FA Cup seven times.[2] Villa are also one of only five English clubs to win the European Cup, which they did in 1982.[3] Aston Villa are one of the most successful clubs in English football history, having won 25 honours in their history.

This is a list of its notable players, generally this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club. 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 and record-holders are also included. Players who hold club 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.

Notable players

  • Statistics correct as of 26 January 2014.

  This and the † indicate that they are a club record holder
  This and the * indicate that they played their full 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  England Defender 1874 1874–1876 n/a n/a †[5][6]
George Ramsay Scotland  Scotland Forward 1876–1882 1876–1884 n/a n/a [7]
Archie Hunter Scotland  Scotland Forward 1878–1890 1884–1891 73 42 [8]
Gershom Cox England  England Defender 1878–1893 – 101 0 –
Howard Vaughton England  England Forward 1880–1888 – 26 15 †[9]
Arthur Brown England  England Forward 1884–1894 – 114 58 †[10]
Dennis Hodgetts England  England Midfielder 1886–1896 – 215 91 –
Jimmy Warner England England Goalkeeper 1886–1892 – 101 0 –
James Cowan Scotland  Scotland Midfielder 1889–1902 – 354 27 –
Charlie Athersmith England  England Winger 1891–1901 – 307 85 –
Jack Devey England  England Forward 1891–1902 1891–1898 304 187 †[11]
Howard Spencer England  England Defender 1892–1907 1902–1906 292 2
Jack Reynolds England  England Midfielder 1893–1897 – 110 17 –
Stephen Smith England  England Forward 1893–1901 – 184 42 –
Jimmy Crabtree England  England Defender 1895–1904 1898–1902 200 7 –
Albert Evans England England Defender 1896–1906 – 206 0 –
Fred Wheldon England  England Forward 1896–1900 – 137 74 –
Billy George England  England Goalkeeper 1897–1911* – 401 0 –
Billy Garraty England  England Forward 1897–1908 – 255 112 –
Tommy Bowman Scotland  Scotland Midfielder 1897–1901 – 113 2 –
George Johnson England England Forward 1897–1905 – 110 47 –
Albert Wilkes England  England Midfielder 1898–1907 – 157 8 –
Joe Pearson England  England Midfielder 1900–1908 – 118 7 –
Joe Bache England  England Forward 1900–1914 1906–1914 474 185
Alf Wood England England Defender 1900–1905 – 111 7 –
William Brawn England England Forward 1901–1906 – 107 20 –
Alf Miles England England Defender 1902–1914 – 269 0 –
Alex Leake England England Midfielder 1902–1907 – 140 9 –
Bert Hall England England Forward 1903–1913 – 214 62 –
Harry Hampton England  England Forward 1904–1920 – 376 242 †[12]
James Logan Scotland Scotland Defender 1905–1912 – 157 4 –
George Tranter England England Midfielder 1905–1915 – 174 1 –
Joe Walters England England Forward 1905–1912 – 121 41 –
Chris Buckley England England Forward 1906–1914 – 143 3 –
Tom Lyons England England Defender 1907–1915 – 238 0 –
Charlie Wallace England  England Forward 1907–1921 – 349 57 –
Clem Stephenson England  England Forward 1910–1921 – 216 96 [8]
Tommy Weston England England Defender 1911–1922 – 179 0 –
Jimmy Harrop England England Defender 1912–1921 – 171 4 –
Andy Ducat England  England Midfield 1912–1921 1919–1921 87 4
Sam Hardy England  England Goalkeeper 1912–1921 – 183 0 [8]
Frank Moss England  England Defender
Midfielder		 1914–1929 1921–1927 283 9 –
Richard York England  England Forward 1915–1931 – 390 86 –
Jimmy Gibson Scotland  Scotland Defender 1927–1936 – 197 9 –
Danny Blair Scotland Scotland Defender 1931–1936 – 138 0 –
Arthur Dorrell England England Forward 1919–1931 – 390 65
Frank Barson England  England Midfielder 1919–1922 – 108 10 –
Tommy Jackson England England Goalkeeper 1919–1930 – 186 0 –
Billy Kirton England England Forward 1919–1928 – 261 59 –
Billy Walker England  England Forward 1919–1933* 1927–1933 531 244 †[13][14]
Tommy Ball England England Defender 1920–1923 – 77 0 [15][16]
George Blackburn England  England Midfielder 1920–1926 – 145 2 –
Tommy Smart England  England Defender 1920–1934 – 452 8 –
Cyril Spiers England England Goalkeeper 1920–1927 – 112 0 –
Len Capewell England England Forward 1921–1930 – 156 100 –
John Johnstone Scotland Scotland Defender 1921–1927 – 115 1 –
Thomas Mort England England Defender 1921–1935 – 368 2 –
Vic Milne Scotland Scotland Defender 1923–1929 – 175 1 –
Alec Talbot England  England Defender 1923–1936 1933–1934 263 7 –
Teddy Bowen England England Defender 1923–1934 – 199 0 –
Joe Tate England England Midfielder 1925–1935 – 193 4 –
Billy Kingdon England England Midfielder 1926–1936 – 241 5 –
Joseph Beresford England  England Forward 1927–1935 – 251 73 –
Eric Houghton England  England Forward 1927–1946 1934–1936 392 170 [7]
Tom Waring England  England Forward 1928–1935 – 226 167 †[17]
George Brown England England Forward 1929–1934 – 126 89 –
Jack Mandley England England Forward 1929–1934 – 112 26 –
Ernie Callaghan England  England Defender 1930–1947* – 142 0 †[18]
Harry Morton England England Goalkeeper 1930–1937 – 207 0 –
Fred Biddlestone England England Goalkeeper 1930–1939 – 160 0 –
Dai Astley Wales  Wales Forward 1931–1936 – 173 100 –
Ronnie Dix England England Striker 1932–1937 – 104 30 –
Jimmy Allen England England Midfielder 1934–(n/a) – 160 3 –
Frank Broome England  England Forward 1934–1946 – 151 90 –
Frederick Haycock Ireland Ireland Forward 1936–1939 – 110 33 –
George Cummings Scotland  Scotland Defender 1935–1949 1938–1939 232 0 –
Tom Griffiths Wales  Wales Midfielder 1935–1939 1936–1937 67 1 –
Alex Massie Scotland  Scotland Midfielder 1935–1945 1937–1938 152 5
Bob Iverson England England Defender 1936–1948 – 153 12 –
Billy Goffin England England Forward 1937–1954 – 173 42 –
George Edwards England England Forward 1938–1956 – 152 41 –
Frank Moss England England Midfielder 1938–1951 – 313 3 –
Harry Parkes England  England Defender
Utility		 1939–1955* – 345 4 –
Joe Rutherford England England Goalkeeper 1939–1951 – 156 0 –
Johnny Dixon England  England Forward 1945–1961* 1955–1959 430 144
Eddie Lowe England England Midfielder 1945–1950 – 117 3 –
Amos Moss England England Defender 1945–1956 – 109 5 –
Leslie Smith England England Forward 1945–1952 – 197 37 –
Dicky Dorsett England  England Defender 1946–1953 1949–1951 271 36 –
Keith Jones Welsh Wales Goalkeeper 1946–1957 – 199 0 –
Trevor Ford Wales  Wales Forward 1947–1950 – 128 61 [7][8]
Peter Aldis England  England Defender 1948–1960 – 294 1 –
Con Martin Ireland  Ireland Goalkeeper
Utility		 1948–1956 – 213 1 –
Colin Gibson England England Forward 1949–1956 – 167 26 –
Stan Lynn England  England Defender 1950–1961 – 323 38 –
Derek Pace England England Forward 1950–1958 – 107 42 –
Tommy Thompson England England Forward 1950–1955 – 165 75 –
Davy Walsh Ireland Ireland Striker 1950–1955 – 114 40 –
Vic Crowe Wales  Wales Midfielder 1951–1964 1959–1964 351 12
Danny Blanchflower Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland Midfielder 1951–1954 1951–1955 155 10 [8][19]
Peter McParland Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland Forward 1952–1962 – 340 120 †[7][20]
Billy Baxter England England Midfielder 1953–1957 – 108 6 –
Gordon Lee England England Defender 1955–1966 – 142 2 –
Pat Saward Ireland Ireland Defender 1955–1961 – 168 2 –
Jackie Sewell England England Forward 1955–1959 – 144 40 –
Harry Burrows England England Forward 1956–1965 – 181 73 –
Alan Deakin England  England Midfielder 1956–1969 1964–1969 270 9 –
Jimmy Dugdale England England Defender 1956–1962 – 244 3 –
Nigel Sims England  England Goalkeeper 1956–1964 – 308 0 –
Leslie Smith England England Forward 1956–1960 – 129 25 –
Mike Tindall England England Midfielder 1956–1961 – 134 4 –
Gerry Hitchens England  England Forward 1957–1961 – 160 96 –
Ron Wylie Scotland  Scotland Midfielder
Forward		 1958–1965 – 244 28 –
Charlie Aitken Scotland  Scotland Defender 1959–1976* 1966–1973 660 16 †[7][21]
Jimmy MacEwan Scotland Scotland Forward 1959–1966 – 181 31 –
John Neal England England Defender 1959–1963 – 114 0 –
Bobby Thomson Scotland Scotland Forward 1959–1963 – 171 70 –
Alan Baker England England Defender 1960–1966 – 109 17 –
John Sleeuwenhoek England England Defender 1961–1967 – 260 1 –
Lew Chatterley England England Defender
Midfielder		 1960–1971 – 160 27 –
Phil Woosnam Wales  Wales Forward 1962–1966 – 125 30 –
Mick Wright England England Defender 1962–1973 – 315 1 –
Keith Bradley England England Defender
Midfielder		 1962–1972 – 135 9 –
Tony Hateley England  England Forward 1963–1966 – 148 86 –
Dave Pountney England England Midfielder 1963–1968 – 128 7 –
Johnny MacLeod Scotland Scotland Right-winger 1964–1968 – 139 18 –
Colin Withers England England Goalkeeper 1964–1969 – 163 0 –
William Anderson England  England Forward 1967–1973 – 263 45 –
John Dunn England England Goalkeeper 1967–1971 – 118 0 –
Brian Godfrey England England Midfielder
Forward		 1967–1971 – 260 25 –
Fred Turnbull England England Defender 1967–1975 – 183 3 –
Brian Tiler England England Defender 1968–1973 – 127 4 –
Chico Hamilton England England Forward 1969–1976 – 234 48 –
Pat McMahon Scotland Scotland Midfielder 1969–1976 – 149 30 –
Bruce Rioch Scotland Scotland Midfielder 1969–1974 – 175 37 –
Brian Little England  England Forward 1970–1979 – 301 82 [7]
Andy Lochhead Scotland  Scotland Forward 1970–1973 – 153 47 –
Jimmy Cumbes England England Goalkeeper 1971–1976 – 182 0 –
Ray Graydon England  England Forward 1971–1977 – 230 81 –
Geoff Vowden England England Striker 1971–1974 – 114 25 –
John Gidman England England Defender 1972–1980 – 243 9 –
Chris Nicholl England  England Defender 1972–1977 1976–1977 251 20
John Robson England England Defender 1972–1978 – 176 1 –
Ian Ross Scotland  Scotland Defender 1972–1976 1974–1976 204 3
John Deehan England  England Midfielder 1973–1979 – 139 51 –
Leighton Phillips Wales Wales Defender 1974–1978 – 175 4 –
Frank Carrodus England England Midfielder 1974–1979 – 196 10 –
Andy Gray Scotland  Scotland Forward 1975–1979
1985–1987		 – 209 78 [22][23]
Gary Williams England  England Defender 1975–1987 – 303 2 –
Dennis Mortimer England  England Midfielder 1975–1985 1977–1984 405 36 [7]
Gordon Cowans England  England Midfielder 1976–1985
1988–1991
1993–1994		 – 528 59 †[7][24]
Colin Gibson England  England Defender 1976–1985 – 238 17 –
Jimmy Rimmer England  England Goalkeeper 1977–1983 – 287 0 –
Allan Evans Scotland  Scotland Defender 1977–1989 1984–1989 469 62 –
Ken McNaught Scotland  Scotland Defender 1977–1983 – 259 14 –
Nigel Spink England  England Goalkeeper 1977–1996 – 454 0 –
Brendan Ormsby England England Defender 1978–1986 – 140 7 –
Gary Shaw England  England Forward 1978–1988 – 165 78 [23]
Kenny Swain England  England Defender 1978–1983 – 178 2 –
Paul Birch England  England Midfielder 1978–1991 – 188 25 –
Des Bremner Scotland  Scotland Midfielder 1979–1984 – 226 10 –
Tony Morley England  England Midfielder 1979–1983 – 179 34 –
Peter Withe England  England Forward 1980–1985 – 182 90 [7]
Mark Walters England  England Midfielder 1981–1987 – 224 48 –
Tony Dorigo England England Defender 1983–1987 – 135 1 –
Tony Daley England  England Midfielder 1985–1994 – 290 38 –
Kevin Gage England England Defender 1987–1992 – 145 12 –
Stuart Gray England  England Midfielder 1987–1991 1989–1992 132 15 –
David Platt England  England Midfielder 1988–1991 – 145 68 [22]
Chris Price England England Defender 1988–1992 – 142 4 –
Paul McGrath Ireland  Ireland Defender 1989–1996 – 321 10 [7][8][22]
Dwight Yorke Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Forward 1989–1998 – 288 97 –
Dalian Atkinson England  England Forward 1991–1995 – 124 38 –
Ugo Ehiogu England England Defender 1991–2000 – 285 17 –
Garry Parker England England Midfielder 1991–1995 – 119 14 –
Kevin Richardson England  England Midfielder 1991–1995 1992–1995 188 16 –
Steve Staunton Ireland  Ireland Defender 1991–1998
2000–2003		 2002–2003 350 19 –
Shaun Teale England England Defender 1991–1995 – 185 5 –
Dean Saunders Wales  Wales Forward 1992–1995 – 142 49 –
Earl Barrett England  England Defender 1992–1995 – 132 2 –
Mark Bosnich Australia  Australia Goalkeeper 1992–1999 – 227 0 –
Ray Houghton Ireland Ireland Midfielder 1992–1995 – 121 11 –
Andy Townsend Ireland  Ireland Midfielder 1993–1997 1995–1997 177 11 –
Lee Hendrie England  England Midfielder 1993–2007 – 308 32 –
Ian Taylor England  England Midfielder 1994–2003 – 293 43 –
Savo Milošević Serbia Serbia Serbia Forward 1995–1998 – 117 34 –
Mark Draper England England Midfielder 1995–2000 – 141 14 –
Gareth Southgate England  England Defender 1995–2001 1997–2001 244 9 –
Alan Wright England  England Defender 1995–2003 – 331 5 –
Saša Ćurčić Serbia Serbia Serbia Midfielder 1996–1998 – 29 0 –
Julian Joachim England England Striker 1996–2001 – 173 46 –
Darius Vassell England  England Forward 1997–2005 – 162 35 –
Gareth Barry England  England Defender
Midfielder		 1998–2009 2006–2008 441 52 –
Dion Dublin England  England Defender
Forward		 1998–2004 – 190 59 –
Paul Merson England  England Midfielder 1998–2002 2001–2002 145 19 –
Steve Stone England  England Midfielder 1999–2002 – 121 7 –
Mark Delaney Wales  Wales Defender 1999–2007 – 193 2 –
George Boateng Ghana Ghana Midfielder 1999–2002 – 127 5 –
Jlloyd Samuel Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Defender 1999–2007 – 199 3 –
Thomas Hitzlsperger Germany Germany Midfielder 2001–2005 – 110 13 –
Juan Pablo Ángel Columbia  Colombia Forward 2001–2007 – 205 66 –
Olof Mellberg Sweden  Sweden Defender 2001–2008 2003–2006 263 8 †[25]
Gavin McCann England England Midfielder 2003–2007 – 129 5 –
Thomas Sørensen Denmark Denmark Goalkeeper 2003–2008 – 158 0 –
Martin Laursen Denmark Denmark Defender 2004–2009 2008–2009 91 11 –
Steven Davis Northern Ireland  Northern Ireland Midfielder 2004–2007 – 109 9 –
Gabriel Agbonlahor England England Forward 2005–2018* 2015–2016 401 86 [a]
James Milner England  England Midfielder 2005–2006
2008–2010		 – 126 22
Stiliyan Petrov Bulgaria Bulgaria Midfielder 2006–2013 2009–2012 187 8 –
Ashley Young England England Winger 2007–2011 – 190 38 –
John Carew Norway Norway Forward 2007–2011 – 143 47 –
Nigel Reo-Coker England England Midfielder 2007–2011 – 122 3 –
Brad Friedel England United States Goalkeeper 2008–2011 – 130 0 –
Brad Guzan England United States Goalkeeper 2008–2016 – 127 0 –
Carlos Cuéllar Spain Spain Defender 2008–2012 – 120 3 –
Emile Heskey England England Forward 2008–2012 – 110 14 –
Fabian Delph England England Midfielder 2009–2015 2015 134 8 –
Ciaran Clark Ireland Ireland Defender 2009–2016 – 159 10 –
Marc Albrighton England England Midfielder 2009–2014 – 101 9 –
Stephen Warnock England England Defender 2009–2012 – 104 4 –
Richard Dunne Ireland Ireland Defender 2009–2013 – 111 4 –
James Collins Wales Wales Defender 2009–2012 – 110 6 –
Andreas Weimann Austria Austria Forward 2010–2015 – 129 24 –
Alan Hutton Scotland Scotland Defender 2011–2019 – 193 3 –
Ashley Westwood England England Midfielder 2012–2017 – 102 3 –
Ron Vlaar Netherlands Netherlands Defender 2012–2015 2012–2015 88 2 –
Christian Benteke Belgium Belgium Forward 2012–2015 – 101 49 –
Leandro Bacuna Curaçao Curaçao Midfielder 2013–2017 – 129 8 –
Jack Grealish England England Midfielder 2014– 132 11
Tommy Elphick England England Defender 2016–2019 2016 46 1 –
James Chester Wales Wales Defender 2016– 2016–2017 & 2018- 121 10 –
John Terry England England Defender 2017–2018 2017–2018 37 1 –
Albert Adomah Ghana Ghana Forward 2016–2019 103 18 –

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ Gabriel Agbonlahor was designated club captain while Micah Richards was designated team captain during the 2015-16 Premier League campaign. Agbonlahor resigned the position following a suspension from first team duties in April 2016. Richards was replaced by Tommy Elphick as captain in August 2016.

Specific

  1. ^ "Villa History 1874–1887". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  2. ^ "FA Cup history". Football Association (FA). Archived from the original on 26 March 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2007.
  3. ^ "European Cup Win". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  4. ^ For a full description of positions see football positions.
  5. ^ One of the four founding members (founding fathers) of the club.
  6. ^ First official club captain of Aston Villa.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j One of 12 players to be inducted into the Aston Villa Hall of Fame in 2006.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Football League 100 Legends Hall of Fame entrant.
  9. ^ Aston Villa's first England player in 1882, jointly with Albert Arthur Brown.
  10. ^ Aston Villa's first England player in 1882, jointly with Howard Vaughton.
  11. ^ Third all time goalscorer.
  12. ^ Second all time goalscorer.
  13. ^ Club record goalscorer.
  14. ^ Second all time appearances.
  15. ^ The only Football League player to have been murdered.
  16. ^ Cowan, Mark (6 May 2010). "The star Villa player shot dead by neighbour". From the archives. Birmingham Mail. Archived from the original on 8 May 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  17. ^ Club record for most league goals (49) and most goals in total (50) scored in a season, in 1930–31.
  18. ^ Club record holder for oldest first team player; 39 years 86 days old.
  19. ^ English Football Hall of Fame inductee (2003).
  20. ^ First Aston Villa player to participate in a World Cup.
  21. ^ Charlie Aitken is the all time appearance record holder.
  22. ^ a b c Won the PFA Players' Player of the Year award.
  23. ^ a b Won the PFA Young Player of the Year award.
  24. ^ Third all time appearance record holder.
  25. ^ First club captain not from the British Isles.

General

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