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 Football Club 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 its current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa was one of the founding members of The Football League in 1888 and the Premier League in 1992.[1] Aston Villa is one of the most successful clubs in English football history, having won 25 honours in its history.

This is a list of Aston Villa's notable players, generally this means players that have played 100 or more competitive matches for the club, a feat often referred to as joining the 100 club.[2][3] 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, record-holders, and players that became coaches or managers at the club are also included. Players who hold 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 as competitions were regarded as invitational or friendly.

Notable players

  This and the † indicate that they hold or held a club or national record
  This and the * indicate that they played their full professional 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 Defender 1874 1874–1876 n/a n/a †[5][6]
George Ramsay  Scotland Forward 1876–1882 1876–1884 n/a n/a [7]
Archie Hunter  Scotland Forward 1878–1890 1884–1891 73 42 [8]
Gershom Cox  England Defender 1878–1893 – 101 0 –
Howard Vaughton  England Forward 1880–1888 – 26 15 †[9]
Albert Brown  England Forward 1884–1894 – 114 58 †[10]
Dennis Hodgetts  England Midfielder 1886–1896 – 215 91 –
Jimmy Warner  England Goalkeeper 1886–1892 – 101 0 –
James Cowan  Scotland Midfielder 1889–1902* – 354 27 –
Charlie Athersmith  England Winger 1891–1901 – 307 85 –
Jack Devey  England Forward 1891–1902 1891–1898 304 187 †[11]
Howard Spencer  England Defender 1892–1907 1902–1906 292 2
Jack Reynolds  England Midfielder 1893–1897 – 110 17 –
Willie Groves  Scotland Midfielder, Forward 1893–1894 – 22 4 †[12]
Stephen Smith  England Forward 1893–1901 – 184 42 –
Jimmy Crabtree  England Defender 1895–1904 1898–1902 200 7 –
Albert Evans  England Defender 1896–1906 – 206 0 –
Fred Wheldon  England Forward 1896–1900 – 137 74 –
Billy George  England Goalkeeper 1897–1911* – 401 0 –
Billy Garraty  England Forward 1897–1908 – 255 112 –
Tommy Bowman  Scotland Midfielder 1897–1901 – 113 2 –
George Johnson  England Forward 1897–1905 – 110 47 –
Albert Wilkes  England Midfielder 1898–1907 – 157 8 –
Joe Pearson  England Midfielder 1900–1908 – 118 7 –
Joe Bache  England Forward 1900–1914 1906–1914 474 185
Alf Wood  England Defender 1900–1905 – 111 7 –
Willie Clarke  Scotland Forward 1901–1905 – 41 5 †[13]
William Brawn  England Forward 1901–1906 – 107 20 –
Alf Miles  England Defender 1902–1914 – 269 0 –
Alex Leake  England Midfielder 1902–1907 – 140 9 –
Bert Hall  England Forward 1903–1913 – 214 62 –
Harry Hampton  England Forward 1904–1920 – 376 242 †[14]
James Logan  Scotland Defender 1905–1912 – 157 4 –
George Tranter  England Midfielder 1905–1915 – 174 1 –
Joe Walters  England Forward 1905–1912 – 121 41 –
Chris Buckley  England Forward 1906–1914 – 143 3 –
Tom Lyons  England Defender 1907–1915 – 238 0 –
Charlie Wallace  England Forward 1907–1921 – 349 57 –
Clem Stephenson  England Forward 1910–1921 – 216 96 [8]
Tommy Weston  England Defender 1911–1922 – 179 0 –
Jimmy Harrop  England Defender 1912–1921 – 171 4 –
Andy Ducat  England Midfield 1912–1921 1919–1921 87 4
Sam Hardy  England Goalkeeper 1912–1921 – 183 0 [8]
Frank Moss  England Defender
Midfielder		 1914–1929 1921–1927 283 9 –
Richard York  England Forward 1915–1931 – 390 86 –
Jimmy Gibson  Scotland Defender 1927–1936 – 197 9 –
Danny Blair  Scotland Defender 1931–1936 – 138 0 –
Arthur Dorrell  England Forward 1919–1931 – 390 65
Frank Barson  England Midfielder 1919–1922 – 108 10 –
Tommy Jackson  England Goalkeeper 1919–1930 – 186 0 –
Billy Kirton  England Forward 1919–1928 – 261 59 –
Billy Walker  England Forward 1919–1933* 1927–1933 531 244 †[15][16]
Tommy Ball  England Defender 1920–1923 – 77 0 [17][18]
George Blackburn  England Midfielder 1920–1926 – 145 2 –
Tommy Smart  England Defender 1920–1934 – 452 8 –
Cyril Spiers  England Goalkeeper 1920–1927 – 112 0 –
Len Capewell  England Forward 1921–1930 – 156 100 –
Jock Johnstone  Scotland Defender 1921–1927 – 115 1 –
Thomas Mort  England Defender 1921–1935 – 368 2 –
Vic Milne  Scotland Defender 1923–1929 – 175 1 –
Alec Talbot  England Defender 1923–1936 1933–1934 263 7 –
Teddy Bowen  England Defender 1923–1934 – 199 0 –
Joe Tate  England Midfielder 1925–1935 – 193 4 –
Billy Kingdon  England Midfielder 1926–1936 – 241 5 –
Joseph Beresford  England Forward 1927–1935 – 251 73 –
Eric Houghton  England Forward 1927–1946 1934–1936 392 170 [7][19]
Tom Waring  England Forward 1928–1935 – 226 167 †[20]
George Brown  England Forward 1929–1934 – 126 89 –
Jack Mandley  England Forward 1929–1934 – 112 26 –
Ernie Callaghan  England Defender 1930–1947* – 142 0 [21]
Harry Morton  England Goalkeeper 1930–1937 – 207 0 –
Fred Biddlestone  England Goalkeeper 1930–1939 – 160 0 –
Dai Astley  Wales Forward 1931–1936 – 173 100 –
Ronnie Dix  England Striker 1932–1937 – 104 30 –
Jimmy Allen  England Midfielder 1934–(n/a) – 160 3 –
Frank Broome  England Forward 1934–1946 – 151 90 –
Freddie Haycock  England Forward 1936–1939 – 110 33 –
George Cummings  Scotland Defender 1935–1949 1938–1939 232 0 –
Tom Griffiths  Wales Midfielder 1935–1939 1936–1937 67 1 –
Alex Massie  Scotland Midfielder 1935–1945 1937–1938 152 5 [22]
Bob Iverson  England Defender 1936–1948 – 153 12 –
Billy Goffin  England Forward 1937–1954 – 173 42 –
George Edwards  England Forward 1938–1956 – 152 41 –
Frank Moss  England Midfielder 1938–1951 – 313 3 –
Harry Parkes  England Defender
Utility		 1939–1955* – 345 4 –
Joe Rutherford  England Goalkeeper 1939–1951 – 156 0 –
Johnny Dixon  England Forward 1945–1961* 1955–1959 430 144
Eddie Lowe  England Midfielder 1945–1950 – 117 3 –
Amos Moss  England Defender 1945–1956 – 109 5 –
Leslie Smith  England Forward 1945–1952 – 197 37 –
Dicky Dorsett  England Defender 1946–1953 1949–1951 271 36 –
Keith Jones  Wales Goalkeeper 1946–1957 – 199 0 –
Trevor Ford  Wales Forward 1947–1950 – 128 61 [7][8]
Peter Aldis  England Defender 1948–1960 – 294 1 –
Con Martin  Republic of Ireland/
 Ireland 		Goalkeeper
Utility		 1948–1956 – 213 1 –
Colin Gibson  England Forward 1949–1956 – 167 26 –
Stan Lynn  England Defender 1950–1961 – 323 38 –
Derek Pace  England Forward 1950–1958 – 107 42 –
Tommy Thompson  England Forward 1950–1955 – 165 75 –
Davy Walsh  Ireland/
 Republic of Ireland 		Striker 1950–1955 – 114 40 –
Vic Crowe  Wales Midfielder 1951–1964 1959–1964 351 12 [23]
Danny Blanchflower  Northern Ireland Midfielder 1951–1954 1951–1955 155 10 [8][24]
Peter McParland  Northern Ireland Forward 1952–1962 – 340 120 †[7][25]
Billy Baxter  England Midfielder 1953–1957 – 108 6 –
Gordon Lee  England Defender 1955–1966 – 142 2 –
Pat Saward  Republic of Ireland Defender 1955–1961 – 168 2 –
Jackie Sewell  England Forward 1955–1959 – 144 40 –
Harry Burrows  England Forward 1956–1965 – 181 73 –
Alan Deakin  England Midfielder 1956–1969 1964–1969 270 9 –
Jimmy Dugdale  England Defender 1956–1962 – 244 3 –
Nigel Sims  England Goalkeeper 1956–1964 – 308 0 –
Leslie Smith  England Forward 1956–1960 – 129 25 –
Mike Tindall  England Midfielder 1956–1961 – 134 4 –
Gerry Hitchens  England Forward 1957–1961 – 160 96 –
Ron Wylie  Scotland Midfielder
Forward		 1958–1965 – 244 28 –
Charlie Aitken  Scotland Defender 1959–1976 1966–1973 660 16 †[7][26]
Jimmy MacEwan  Scotland Forward 1959–1966 – 181 31 –
John Neal  England Defender 1959–1963 – 114 0 –
Bobby Thomson  Scotland Forward 1959–1963 – 171 70 –
Alan Baker  England Defender 1960–1966 – 109 17 –
John Sleeuwenhoek  England Defender 1961–1967 – 260 1 –
Lew Chatterley  England Defender
Midfielder		 1960–1971 – 160 27 –
Phil Woosnam  Wales Forward 1962–1966 – 125 30 –
Mick Wright  England Defender 1962–1973 – 315 1 –
Keith Bradley  England Defender
Midfielder		 1962–1972 – 135 9 –
Tony Hateley  England Forward 1963–1966 – 148 86 –
Stan Horne  England Midfielder 1963–1965 – 6 0 [27]
Dave Pountney  England Midfielder 1963–1968 – 128 7 –
Johnny MacLeod  Scotland Right-winger 1964–1968 – 139 18 –
Colin Withers  England Goalkeeper 1964–1969 – 163 0 –
William Anderson  England Forward 1967–1973 – 263 45 –
John Dunn  England Goalkeeper 1967–1971 – 118 0 –
Brian Godfrey  England Midfielder
Forward		 1967–1971 – 260 25 –
Fred Turnbull  England Defender 1967–1975 – 183 3 –
Brian Tiler  England Defender 1968–1973 – 127 4 –
Chico Hamilton  England Forward 1969–1976 – 234 48 –
Pat McMahon  Scotland Midfielder 1969–1976 – 149 30 –
Bruce Rioch  Scotland Midfielder 1969–1974 – 175 37 –
Brian Little  England Forward 1970–1979 – 301 82 [7]
Andy Lochhead  Scotland Forward 1970–1973 – 153 47 –
Jimmy Cumbes  England Goalkeeper 1971–1976 – 182 0 –
Ray Graydon  England Forward 1971–1977 – 230 81 –
Geoff Vowden  England Striker 1971–1974 – 114 25 –
John Gidman  England Defender 1972–1980 – 243 9 –
Chris Nicholl  England Defender 1972–1977 1976–1977 251 20
John Robson  England Defender 1972–1978 – 176 1 –
Ian Ross  Scotland Defender 1972–1976 1974–1976 204 3
John Deehan  England Midfielder 1973–1979 – 139 51 –
Leighton Phillips  Wales Defender 1974–1978 – 175 4 –
Frank Carrodus  England Midfielder 1974–1979 – 196 10 –
Andy Gray  Scotland Forward 1975–1979
1985–1987		 – 209 78 [28][29]
Gary Williams  England Defender 1975–1987 – 303 2 –
Dennis Mortimer  England Midfielder 1975–1985 1977–1984 405 36 [7]
Gordon Cowans  England Midfielder 1976–1985
1988–1991
1993–1994		 – 528 59 †[7][30]
Colin Gibson  England Defender 1976–1985 – 238 17 –
Jimmy Rimmer  England Goalkeeper 1977–1983 – 287 0 –
Allan Evans  Scotland Defender 1977–1989 1984–1989 469 62 –
Ken McNaught  Scotland Defender 1977–1983 – 259 14 –
Nigel Spink  England Goalkeeper 1977–1996 – 454 0 –
John Gregory  England Forward 1977–1979 – 76 11 [31]
Brendan Ormsby  England Defender 1978–1986 – 140 7 –
Gary Shaw  England Forward 1978–1988 – 165 78 [29]
Kenny Swain  England Defender 1978–1983 – 178 2 –
Paul Birch  England Midfielder 1978–1991 – 188 25 –
Des Bremner  Scotland Midfielder 1979–1984 – 226 10 –
Tony Morley  England Midfielder 1979–1983 – 179 34 –
Peter Withe  England Forward 1980–1985 – 182 90 [7]
Mark Walters  England Midfielder 1981–1987 – 224 48 –
Tony Dorigo  England Defender 1983–1987 – 135 1 –
Tony Daley  England Midfielder 1985–1994 – 290 38 –
Kevin Gage  England Defender 1987–1992 – 145 12 –
Stuart Gray  England Midfielder 1987–1991 1989–1992 132 15 –
David Platt  England Midfielder 1988–1991 – 145 68 [28]
Chris Price  England Defender 1988–1992 – 142 4 –
Ian Olney  England Forward 1988–1992 – 114 21 –
Paul McGrath  Republic of Ireland Defender 1989–1996 – 321 10 [7][8][28]
Dwight Yorke  Trinidad and Tobago Forward 1989–1998 – 288 97 –
Dalian Atkinson  England Forward 1991–1995 – 114 38 –
Ugo Ehiogu  England Defender 1991–2000 – 285 17 –
Garry Parker  England Midfielder 1991–1995 – 119 14 –
Kevin Richardson  England Midfielder 1991–1995 1992–1995 188 16 –
Steve Staunton  Republic of Ireland Defender 1991–1998
2000–2003		 2002–2003 350 19 –
Shaun Teale  England Defender 1991–1995 – 185 5 –
Dean Saunders  Wales Forward 1992–1995 – 142 49 –
Earl Barrett  England Defender 1992–1995 – 132 2 –
Mark Bosnich  Australia Goalkeeper 1992–1999 – 227 0 –
Ray Houghton  Republic of Ireland Midfielder 1992–1995 – 121 11 –
Andy Townsend  Republic of Ireland Midfielder 1993–1997 1995–1997 177 11 –
Lee Hendrie  England Midfielder 1993–2007 – 308 32 –
Ian Taylor  England Midfielder 1994–2003 – 293 43 –
Savo Milošević  Serbia and Montenegro/
 Serbia 		Forward 1995–1998 – 117 34 –
Mark Draper  England Midfielder 1995–2000 – 141 14 –
Gareth Southgate  England Defender 1995–2001 1997–2001 244 9 –
Alan Wright  England Defender 1995–2003 – 331 5 –
Julian Joachim  England Striker 1996–2001 – 173 46 –
Darius Vassell  England Forward 1997–2005 – 162 35 –
Gareth Barry  England Defender
Midfielder		 1998–2009 2006–2008 441 52 –
Dion Dublin  England Defender
Forward		 1998–2004 – 190 59 –
Paul Merson  England Midfielder 1998–2002 2001–2002 145 19 –
Steve Stone  England Midfielder 1999–2002 – 121 7 –
Mark Delaney  Wales Defender 1999–2007 – 193 2 [32]
Thomas Hitzlsperger  Germany Midfielder 2001–2005 – 110 13 –
Peter Schmeichel  Denmark Goalkeeper 2001-2002 _ 29 1 _
George Boateng  Ghana Midfielder 1999–2002 – 127 5 [33]
Jlloyd Samuel  Trinidad and Tobago Defender 1999–2007 – 199 3 –
Juan Pablo Ángel  Colombia Forward 2001–2007 – 205 66 –
Olof Mellberg  Sweden Defender 2001–2008 2003–2006 263 8 †[34]
Gavin McCann  England Midfielder 2003–2007 – 129 5 –
Thomas Sørensen  Denmark Goalkeeper 2003–2008 – 158 0 –
Martin Laursen  Denmark Defender 2004–2009 2008–2009 91 11 –
Steven Davis  Northern Ireland Midfielder 2004–2007 – 109 9 –
Gabriel Agbonlahor  England Forward 2005–2018* 2015–2016 391 86 [a]
James Milner  England Midfielder 2005–2006
2008–2010		 – 126 22
Stiliyan Petrov  Bulgaria Midfielder 2006–2013 2009–2012 219 12 –
Ashley Young  England Defender
Winger		 2007–2011
2021–2023		 2022–2023 247 39 [b]
John Carew  Norway Forward 2007–2011 – 143 47 –
Nigel Reo-Coker  England Midfielder 2007–2011 – 122 3 –
Brad Friedel  United States Goalkeeper 2008–2011 – 131 0 †[35][36][37][38]
Brad Guzan  United States Goalkeeper 2008–2016 – 127 0 –
Carlos Cuéllar  Spain Defender 2008–2012 – 120 3 –
Emile Heskey  England Forward 2008–2012 – 110 14 –
Fabian Delph  England Midfielder 2009–2015 2015 134 8 –
Ciaran Clark  Republic of Ireland Defender 2009–2016 – 159 10 –
Marc Albrighton  England Midfielder 2009–2014 – 101 9 –
Stephen Warnock  England Defender 2009–2012 – 104 4 –
Richard Dunne  Republic of Ireland Defender 2009–2013 – 111 4 –
James Collins  Wales Defender 2009–2012 – 110 6 –
Andreas Weimann  Austria Forward 2010–2015 – 129 24 –
Alan Hutton  Scotland Defender 2011–2019 – 193 3 –
Ashley Westwood  England Midfielder 2012–2017 – 102 3 –
Ron Vlaar  Netherlands Defender 2012–2015 2012–2015 88 2 –
Christian Benteke  Belgium Forward 2012–2015 – 101 49 –
Leandro Bacuna  Curaçao Midfielder 2013–2017 – 129 8 –
Jack Grealish  England Midfielder 2014–2021 2019–2021 213 32 †[39]
Micah Richards  England Defender 2015–2019 2015–2016 31 2 [a]
Tommy Elphick  England Defender 2016–2019 2016 46 1 –
Mile Jedinak  Australia Midfielder 2016–2019 80 2 [40]
James Chester  Wales Defender 2016–2020 2016–2017
2018–2019		 121 10 –
Jonathan Kodjia  Ivory Coast Forward 2016–2020 – 105 31 –
Albert Adomah  Ghana Forward 2016–2019 103 18 –
John Terry  England Defender 2017–2018 2017–2018 37 1 [41]
Ahmed Elmohamady  Egypt Defender 2017–2021 – 129 4 –
Conor Hourihane  Republic of Ireland Midfielder 2017–2022 – 133 28 –
Neil Taylor  Wales Midfielder 2017–2021 – 103 0 †[42]
John McGinn  Scotland Midfielder 2018– 2022– 181 17 [b]
Anwar El Ghazi  Netherlands Forward 2018–2022 – 119 26 –
Tyrone Mings  England Defender 2019– 2021–22 162 8 –
Jacob Ramsey  England Midfielder 2019– 101 12 –
Douglas Luiz  Brazil Midfielder 2019– – 148 10 –
Ezri Konsa  England Defender 2019– 135 6 –
Ollie Watkins  England Forward 2020– 113 42 –
Matty Cash  Poland Defender 2020– 101 7 –
Emiliano Martínez  Argentina Goalkeeper 2020– – 115 0 †[43][44][45][46]

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ a b Ashley Young was designated club captain while John McGinn was designated captain by manager Steven Gerrard at the start of the 2022-23 Premier League campaign.

Specific

  1. ^ "Villa History 1874–1887". Aston Villa F.C. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
  2. ^ Kendrick, Mat (25 January 2014). "Ciaran Clark so proud to join Villa's 100 club". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. ^ Club, Aston Villa Football. "Ollie Watkins 100: Aston Villa's latest centurion". Aston Villa Football Club. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  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 Brown.
  10. ^ Aston Villa's first England player in 1882, jointly with Howard Vaughton.
  11. ^ Third all time goalscorer.
  12. ^ The first player to be transferred for £100 and the first recorded professional transfer fee, from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa in 1893.
  13. ^ Aston Villa's first Black player and the first Black goalscorer in the English Football League, for Aston Villa in December 1901.
  14. ^ Second all time goalscorer.
  15. ^ Club record goalscorer.
  16. ^ Second all time appearances.
  17. ^ The only Football League player to have been murdered.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1953-58, winning the 1957 FA Cup. He was also a director, youth coach, and vice-president of the club in later years, holding the latter role until his death in 1996.
  20. ^ Club record for most league goals (49) and most goals in total (50) scored in a season, in 1930–31.
  21. ^ Callaghan was the club record holder for oldest first team player for 63 years between 1947-2011; he was 39 years and 86 days old when he became the club's oldest player in 1946 and 39 years and 257 days on his last appearance in 1947. Brad Friedel broke his record in February 2011.
  22. ^ Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1945-50.
  23. ^ Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1970-74, winning the 1971-72 Third Division title.
  24. ^ English Football Hall of Fame inductee (2003).
  25. ^ First Aston Villa player to participate in a World Cup and the club's top-scorer in World Cups with five goals.
  26. ^ Charlie Aitken is the all time appearance record holder.
  27. ^ Horne was the first homegrown Black player at Aston Villa, having joined the Villa youth team in 1961, he made his senior debut in 1963, he was transferred to Manchester City in 1965.
  28. ^ a b c Won the PFA Players' Player of the Year award.
  29. ^ a b Won the PFA Young Player of the Year award.
  30. ^ Third all time appearance record holder.
  31. ^ Went on to become Aston Villa manager from 1998-2002, winning the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup title.He was also a coach at the club between 1994-96.
  32. ^ Delaney joined Aston Villa as a youth coach in 2007 shortly after his retirement as a player and progressed to become Head Coach of the Under-23 side by 2015, a role he held until May 2022.
  33. ^ Boateng re-joined Aston Villa as an under-18 coach in 2019 and progressed to become Professional Development Coach for the Under-23 side in 2020, a position he held until August 2022 when he left to coach the Ghana national side ahead of the 2022 World Cup.
  34. ^ First club captain from outside the British Isles.
  35. ^ Friedel became Aston Villa's oldest first team player in February 2011 aged 39 years and 259 days, beating the record previously held for over 63 years by Ernie Callaghan. On the day of his final appearance, a 1-0 home win against Liverpool, he was 40 years and 4 days old, it was also his 400th game in the Premier League.
  36. ^ Evans, Gregg. "Brad Friedel exclusive: 'Even at 44 years old, I could have carried on'". The Athletic. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  37. ^ Joint highest clean sheets (15) in a Premier League season with Emi Martínez, achieved in the 2009-10 season.
  38. ^ Wilson, Amie. "Brad Friedel delivers 'huge' Emi Martinez verdict and ponders Aston Villa record". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  39. ^ When sold to Manchester City in August 2021 for £100mn, Grealish became the most expensive player in English football history.
  40. ^ Jedinak re-joined Aston Villa as a youth coach in October 2020. He later took up the additional role of Loan Development Coach in 2021.
  41. ^ Terry re-joined Aston Villa as assistant head coach in October 2018, two months after he departed as captain. He remained in the position until August 2021.
  42. ^ First British Asian player for Aston Villa.
  43. ^ Joint highest clean sheets (15) in a Premier League season with Brad Friedel, achieved in the 2020-21 season.
  44. ^ Wilson, Amie. "Brad Friedel delivers 'huge' Emi Martinez verdict and ponders Aston Villa record". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  45. ^ First active Aston Villa player to win the World Cup with Argentina in 2022, he was also awarded the Golden Glove award for best goalkeeper.
  46. ^ "The mind games of Argentina's dancing hero Martinez". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

General

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