David Silva

David Josué Jiménez Silva (born January 8, 1986 in Arguineguin, Spain), is a football (soccer) who plays as a midfielder for Valencia CF and the Spain national football team.

Club career

He made his first league appearance at SD Eibar where he played 35 league games for the side whilst on loan from Valencia, scoring 5 goals. In the 2005/2006 season, Silva was loaned out to play for Celta Vigo where he played 31 matches scoring 4 goals, further cementing his reputation as one of Valencia's brightest prospects. He soon became a Spanish U21 international, and scored 4 goals during the FIFA World Youth Championship in 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship; this was enough to earn him joint 4th place in the goal ranking, alongside Italy striker Graziano Pelle.

David Silva is versatile player; capable of playing on both the left or right of midfield, or as a traditional number 10. A player of slight build, he is often compared to Pablo Aimar, the player he replaced at Valencia. In fact Silva is wearing Aimar's trademark number 21 shirt. Silva is considered one of the prospects in Valencia, and already a lot of responsibility lies on his shoulders.

On June 21, 2007, Silva signed a seven-year contract at Valencia, further cementing his place as one of the club's leading players and brightest prospects, alongside David Villa, Joaquín Sánchez and Raul Albiol.

International career

He made his international debut for the Spain national football team in the 1-0 friendly defeat to Romania national football team on 15 November 2006.
He also appeared in Spain's 1-0 victory over English national football team. Silva continues to play for the national team after showing good contributions in his first games. His latest appearance for the national team was in Spain's 3-2 friendly victory over Greece national football team on 22 August 2007, scoring 2 goals in the process.