David Villa nicknamed the El-Guaje of the La Furia Rojas of Spain is the only player to score an hat-trick at the UEFA Euro 2008 hosted by Austria and Switzerland.
He did it against Russia on June 10, 2008 in Innsbruck, where hescored three goals in the tournament he ended up winning the Golden Boot with 4 goals and the championship trophy as his team clinched the trophy without him in the final match against Germany.
He missed UEFA EURO 2012 due to the broken tibia injury he sustained while playing for FC Barcelona against Al-Saad in a FIFA World Club Cup tournament in Japan made his debut in 2005 and has so far racked up 82 caps with a record 51 goals.
Marcos Evangelista de Moraes was born June 7, 1970, better known as Cafu, is the most internationally capped player for the Selacao of Brazil with 142 caps with 5 goals.
He earned his first cap in a friendly against the La Furia Roja of Spain on September 12, 1990, and played sparingly for Brazil in the early 1990s, making the USA 94 FIFA World Cup roaster as a substitute. He appeared in the final against the Azzuris of Italy at the Rose Bowl, following an injury to Jorginho in the 22nd minute.
He is the only player ever to have appeared in three FIFA World Cup finals, having won two, USA 94 and Korea/Japan 2002.Cafu also hold the record of winning the most number of matches in FIFA World Cups with 16.
The last time the Three Lions of England defeated the La Furia Roja of Spain in an international match was in February 1987 at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid. FC Barcelona'sGary Linekar scored four goals in the space of 33 minutes as England stunned Spain in an international friendly match 4-2 which saw Spain's Emilio Butragueño opening scoring in that historic match. Linekar's four goals took his England tally to 18 in 21 matches, a rate matched only by Jimmy Greaves and Nat Lofthouse.
Long before David Villa usurped Raul Gonzalez and became the all-time leading goalscorer for the La Furia Roja (Spanish national team), he had the honour of scoring the quickest hat-trick in the Spanish Primera Liga for Valencia CF.
With the match at EstadioSan Mames against Athletic Bilboa tied at 0-0 and with only 10 minutes left on the clock, Villa broke Bilbao hearts when he scored three goals in the space of five minutes.
Before Luis Aragones was appointed manager of the La Furia Roja otherwise known as the Spanish National team in 2004 (where he won the UEFA European Championship in 2008) from RCD Mallorca, he was was arguably the most experienced manager in the Spanish game.
He steered Atletico Madrid to their 8th league title in 1976/1977 season and has won the Spanish Copa Del Rey four times (three times with Madrilenos in 1976, 1985, 1992 and once with F.C. Barcelona in 1988. He also won the Intercontinental Cup now the (FIFA World Club Cup) in 1974, Supercopa de España in 1985, Segunda Division in 2002 and Iberian Cup in 1991 all with Atletico Madrid in all his spell with the club.
His previous clubs have included Real Betis Balompie, city rivals F.C Sevilla, Real Oviedo, Valencia CF and RCD Espanyol. He also managed Turkish side Fenerbache in the 2008/2009 season where he had a bad spell.
